After-School Care in District of Columbia
Daycares for school-age children in District of Columbia, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.
- daycares for school-age children listed
- 99
- town
- 1
- town has its own after-school care page
- 1
- of all District of Columbia daycares
- 22%
Map of District of Columbia: each dot is a town with daycares for school-age children, sized by how many are listed
District of Columbia
Largest towns for after-school care in District of Columbia
Programs
Programs in District of Columbia
Counts come from the state record and what each daycare says it offers. A daycare without a tag may still offer the program; ask.
| Program | Listed |
|---|---|
| All daycares | 452 |
| Take infants | 339 |
| Child care centers | 362 |
| Accept subsidy | 29 |
| In-home daycares | 90 |
| Christian & church daycares | 17 |
| Montessori schools | 31 |
| Preschools & pre-K | 347 |
| Night daycare | 31 |
| Early morning daycare | 76 |
| Part-time daycare | 25 |
| Drop-in daycare | 11 |
| After-school care | 99 |
| Bilingual daycare | 55 |
| Head Start | 39 |
The District of Columbia state record
Office of the State Superintendent of Education, Division of Early Learning licenses daycares in District of Columbia.
- License list
- The state's public list of licensed child care
- Ages served
- The ages on each license
- Inspections
- Every visit the state publishes back to 2023
- Cited rules
- Each cited rule, in the state's own wording
- Corrections
- Correction dates as the state records them
Before you enroll
Choosing after-school care in District of Columbia
- 1
Ask about school pickup
Ask whether it picks up from your child's school, and how.
- 2
Ask about school breaks
Ask whether it is open on school holidays, snow days and in summer.
- 3
Ask about homework time
Ask whether there is quiet time for homework and what else children do.
- 4
Check the license record
Open a listing for its state license, the ages it serves and the inspection record, where we hold them.
District of Columbia
Cost, inspections and ratios in District of Columbia
A to Z
The one District of Columbia town with after-school care
W1 town
- Washington99 school-age
No town on this list matches. Check the spelling, or search by ZIP code above.
Nearby
Nearby states
Questions
Questions about after-school care in District of Columbia
How many daycares for school-age children are in District of Columbia?
99 daycares for school-age children are listed in 1 District of Columbia town. A daycare that serves school-age children may not run an after-school program every day; ask.
Which District of Columbia town has the most daycares for school-age children?
Washington, with 99 listed.
Do these daycares pick children up from school?
Some do. Ask whether it picks up from your child's school, how, and what it costs.
Who licenses daycares in District of Columbia?
Office of the State Superintendent of Education, Division of Early Learning licenses daycares in District of Columbia. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.