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After-School Care in Indiana

Daycares for school-age children in Indiana, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

daycares for school-age children listed
2,024
towns
199
towns have their own after-school care page
116
of all Indiana daycares
68%

Map of Indiana: each dot is a town with daycares for school-age children, sized by how many are listed

School-age
What puts a daycare on this listThe state record lists school-age children among the ages it serves.A daycare that serves school-age children may not run an after-school program every day; ask.

Indiana

Largest towns for after-school care in Indiana

Indianapolis424 school-ageFort Wayne134 school-ageSouth Bend131 school-ageEvansville86 school-ageTerre Haute85 school-ageGary51 school-ageLafayette42 school-ageHammond40 school-ageFishers39 school-ageNew Albany39 school-ageBloomington34 school-ageElkhart30 school-age

Programs

Programs in Indiana

Counts come from the state record and what each daycare says it offers. A daycare without a tag may still offer the program; ask.

ProgramListed
All daycares2,967
Take infants1,952
Child care centers1,502
Accept subsidy2,591
In-home daycares1,465
Christian & church daycares268
Montessori schools26
Preschools & pre-K2,461
24-hour daycare287
Night daycare510
Early morning daycare1,724
Weekend daycare229
Part-time daycare119
Drop-in daycare14
After-school care2,024
Bilingual daycare11
Head Start163

The Indiana state record

Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning licenses daycares in Indiana.

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 2021
Cited rules
The inspector's finding, in the state's own words
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the Indiana state records

Before you enroll

Choosing after-school care in Indiana

  1. 1

    Ask about school pickup

    Ask whether it picks up from your child's school, and how.

  2. 2

    Ask about school breaks

    Ask whether it is open on school holidays, snow days and in summer.

  3. 3

    Ask about homework time

    Ask whether there is quiet time for homework and what else children do.

  4. 4

    Check the license record

    Open a listing for its state license, the ages it serves and the inspection record, where we hold them.

Indiana

Cost, inspections and ratios in Indiana

Daycare cost in IndianaWeekly prices by age and countyWhat Indiana inspectors citeThe rules cited most, and what they meanStaff-to-child ratios in IndianaHow many children each adult may care forTour checklist for IndianaQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 199 Indiana towns with after-school care, A to Z

A7 towns
B13 towns
C19 towns
D5 towns
E4 towns
F9 towns
G14 towns
H8 towns
I1 town
J2 towns
K4 towns
L17 towns
M20 towns
N14 towns
O5 towns
P10 towns
R10 towns
S13 towns
T4 towns
U1 town
V3 towns
W14 towns
Y1 town
Z1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Illinois8,304 school-ageKentucky1,309 school-ageOhio224 school-ageMichigan7,685 daycares

Questions

Questions about after-school care in Indiana

How many daycares for school-age children are in Indiana?

2,024 daycares for school-age children are listed in 199 Indiana towns. A daycare that serves school-age children may not run an after-school program every day; ask.

Which Indiana town has the most daycares for school-age children?

Indianapolis, with 424 listed. Next are Fort Wayne (134) and South Bend (131).

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 Indiana?

Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning licenses daycares in Indiana. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.