School-age
After-School Care in Massachusetts
Daycares for school-age children in Massachusetts, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.
- daycares for school-age children listed
- 1,651
- towns
- 317
- towns have their own after-school care page
- 177
- of all Massachusetts daycares
- 19%
Map of Massachusetts: each dot is a town with daycares for school-age children, sized by how many are listed
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.
Massachusetts
Largest towns for after-school care in Massachusetts
Programs
Programs in Massachusetts
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 | 8,884 |
| Take infants | 1,428 |
| Child care centers | 3,010 |
| Accept subsidy | 6,436 |
| In-home daycares | 5,874 |
| Christian & church daycares | 93 |
| Montessori schools | 173 |
| Preschools & pre-K | 2,248 |
| Early morning daycare | 236 |
| Part-time daycare | 426 |
| Drop-in daycare | 39 |
| After-school care | 1,651 |
| Bilingual daycare | 158 |
| Head Start | 178 |
The Massachusetts state record
Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care licenses daycares in Massachusetts.
- License list
- The state's public list of licensed child care
- Ages served
- On some licenses only; elsewhere shown where the daycare gives them
- Inspections
- On the state's own site; each listing links to it
Before you enroll
Choosing after-school care in Massachusetts
- 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.
Massachusetts
Cost, inspections and ratios in Massachusetts
A to Z
All 317 Massachusetts towns with after-school care, A to Z
A20 towns
- Abington5 school-age
- Acton8 school-age
- Acushnet4 school-age
- Adams1 school-age
- Agawam10 school-age
- Allston2 school-age
- Amesbury4 school-age
- Amherst6 school-age
- Andover15 school-age
- Arlington15 school-age
- Ashby1 school-age
- Ashfield1 school-age
- Ashland8 school-age
- Assonet2 school-age
- Athol4 school-age
- Attleboro6 school-age
- Auburn7 school-age
- Auburndale1 school-age
- Avon1 school-age
- Ayer2 school-age
B23 towns
- Barre2 school-age
- Becket1 school-age
- Bedford6 school-age
- Belchertown5 school-age
- Bellingham5 school-age
- Belmont11 school-age
- Berlin1 school-age
- Beverly15 school-age
- Billerica9 school-age
- Blackstone2 school-age
- Boston28 school-age
- Bourne3 school-age
- Boxborough1 school-age
- Boxford2 school-age
- Bradford4 school-age
- Braintree13 school-age
- Brewster2 school-age
- Bridgewater1 school-age
- Brighton2 school-age
- Brockton17 school-age
- Brookline14 school-age
- Burlington6 school-age
- Buzzards Bay1 school-age
C17 towns
- Cambridge30 school-age
- Canton8 school-age
- Carlisle2 school-age
- Carver4 school-age
- Centerville2 school-age
- Charlestown3 school-age
- Charlton4 school-age
- Chatham2 school-age
- Chelmsford8 school-age
- Chelsea4 school-age
- Cherry Valley1 school-age
- Cheshire1 school-age
- Chesterfield1 school-age
- Chestnut Hill3 school-age
- Chicopee20 school-age
- Clinton1 school-age
- Concord6 school-age
D13 towns
- Dalton2 school-age
- Danvers13 school-age
- Dartmouth6 school-age
- Dedham3 school-age
- Dennis Port1 school-age
- Devens2 school-age
- Dighton2 school-age
- Dorchester20 school-age
- Dorchester Center3 school-age
- Douglas1 school-age
- Dracut14 school-age
- Dudley4 school-age
- Duxbury4 school-age
E14 towns
- East Boston4 school-age
- East Bridgewater5 school-age
- East Brookfield2 school-age
- East Falmouth2 school-age
- East Freetown2 school-age
- East Longmeadow7 school-age
- East Sandwich2 school-age
- East Walpole2 school-age
- East Wareham1 school-age
- Easthampton3 school-age
- Easton1 school-age
- Edgartown1 school-age
- Essex1 school-age
- Everett7 school-age
F9 towns
- Fairhaven8 school-age
- Fall River17 school-age
- Falmouth2 school-age
- Feeding Hills1 school-age
- Fitchburg5 school-age
- Florence2 school-age
- Foxboro7 school-age
- Framingham14 school-age
- Franklin10 school-age
G9 towns
- Gardner3 school-age
- Georgetown2 school-age
- Gilbertville1 school-age
- Gloucester11 school-age
- Grafton3 school-age
- Granby1 school-age
- Great Barrington1 school-age
- Greenfield5 school-age
- Groton2 school-age
H21 towns
- Hadley1 school-age
- Halifax4 school-age
- Hamilton1 school-age
- Hampden1 school-age
- Hanover3 school-age
- Hanson2 school-age
- Harvard1 school-age
- Harwich1 school-age
- Haverhill16 school-age
- Hingham4 school-age
- Hinsdale2 school-age
- Holbrook3 school-age
- Holden7 school-age
- Holliston4 school-age
- Holyoke7 school-age
- Hopkinton8 school-age
- Hubbardston1 school-age
- Hudson6 school-age
- Huntington1 school-age
- Hyannis4 school-age
- Hyde Park6 school-age
I2 towns
- Indian Orchard2 school-age
- Ipswich1 school-age
J2 towns
- Jamaica Plain5 school-age
- Jefferson1 school-age
K1 town
- Kingston6 school-age
L15 towns
M25 towns
- Malden17 school-age
- Manchester1 school-age
- Mansfield9 school-age
- Marblehead9 school-age
- Marion4 school-age
- Marlborough16 school-age
- Marshfield8 school-age
- Marstons Mills2 school-age
- Mashpee2 school-age
- Mattapan5 school-age
- Mattapoisett3 school-age
- Maynard3 school-age
- Medfield5 school-age
- Medford7 school-age
- Medway7 school-age
- Melrose3 school-age
- Mendon3 school-age
- Methuen9 school-age
- Middleboro10 school-age
- Middleton1 school-age
- Milford10 school-age
- Millbury3 school-age
- Millis2 school-age
- Milton2 school-age
- Monson1 school-age
N27 towns
- Nahant1 school-age
- Nantucket3 school-age
- Natick15 school-age
- Needham13 school-age
- New Bedford29 school-age
- Newburyport3 school-age
- Newton18 school-age
- Newton Center2 school-age
- Newtonville2 school-age
- North Adams2 school-age
- North Andover2 school-age
- North Attleboro10 school-age
- North Billerica2 school-age
- North Brookfield1 school-age
- North Chelmsford1 school-age
- North Dartmouth4 school-age
- North Eastham1 school-age
- North Easton2 school-age
- North Falmouth2 school-age
- North Grafton2 school-age
- North Reading4 school-age
- Northampton4 school-age
- Northborough4 school-age
- Northbridge1 school-age
- Norton5 school-age
- Norwell5 school-age
- Norwood12 school-age
O6 towns
- Oak Bluffs2 school-age
- Oakham2 school-age
- Orange1 school-age
- Orleans2 school-age
- Osterville1 school-age
- Oxford1 school-age
P12 towns
- Palmer1 school-age
- Paxton4 school-age
- Peabody17 school-age
- Pelham1 school-age
- Pembroke6 school-age
- Pepperell1 school-age
- Petersham2 school-age
- Phillipston1 school-age
- Pittsfield13 school-age
- Plainville5 school-age
- Plymouth19 school-age
- Princeton1 school-age
Q1 town
- Quincy23 school-age
R13 towns
S37 towns
- Sagamore1 school-age
- Salem15 school-age
- Sandwich4 school-age
- Saugus4 school-age
- Scituate3 school-age
- Seekonk8 school-age
- Sharon3 school-age
- Sheffield1 school-age
- Sherborn1 school-age
- Shirley1 school-age
- Shrewsbury7 school-age
- Somerset7 school-age
- Somerville8 school-age
- South Boston3 school-age
- South Dartmouth3 school-age
- South Dennis1 school-age
- South Easton3 school-age
- South Grafton1 school-age
- South Hadley7 school-age
- South Hamilton1 school-age
- South Plympton1 school-age
- South Yarmouth2 school-age
- Southampton2 school-age
- Southborough1 school-age
- Southbridge1 school-age
- Southwick2 school-age
- Spencer2 school-age
- Springfield45 school-age
- Sterling3 school-age
- Stoneham4 school-age
- Stoughton10 school-age
- Stow1 school-age
- Sturbridge4 school-age
- Sudbury18 school-age
- Sutton3 school-age
- Swampscott4 school-age
- Swansea6 school-age
T9 towns
- Taunton6 school-age
- Teaticket1 school-age
- Templeton1 school-age
- Tewksbury10 school-age
- Three Rivers1 school-age
- Topsfield1 school-age
- Townsend1 school-age
- Turners Falls1 school-age
- Tyngsboro4 school-age
V1 town
- Vineyard Haven1 school-age
W37 towns
- Waban2 school-age
- Wakefield3 school-age
- Walpole2 school-age
- Waltham12 school-age
- Ware2 school-age
- Wareham5 school-age
- Watertown4 school-age
- Wayland8 school-age
- Wellesley8 school-age
- Wellfleet1 school-age
- West Barnstable1 school-age
- West Boylston3 school-age
- West Bridgewater3 school-age
- West Dennis1 school-age
- West Newbury3 school-age
- West Newton2 school-age
- West Roxbury7 school-age
- West Springfield9 school-age
- West Yarmouth3 school-age
- Westborough5 school-age
- Westfield10 school-age
- Westford14 school-age
- Weston3 school-age
- Westport2 school-age
- Westwood2 school-age
- Weymouth17 school-age
- Whitinsville4 school-age
- Whitman3 school-age
- Wilbraham3 school-age
- Williamstown4 school-age
- Wilmington3 school-age
- Winchendon1 school-age
- Winchester15 school-age
- Winthrop3 school-age
- Woburn10 school-age
- Worcester42 school-age
- Wrentham1 school-age
Y1 town
- Yarmouthport1 school-age
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Nearby
Nearby states
Questions
Questions about after-school care in Massachusetts
How many daycares for school-age children are in Massachusetts?
1,651 daycares for school-age children are listed in 317 Massachusetts towns. A daycare that serves school-age children may not run an after-school program every day; ask.
Which Massachusetts town has the most daycares for school-age children?
Springfield, with 45 listed. Next are Worcester (42) and Cambridge (30).
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 Massachusetts?
Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care licenses daycares in Massachusetts. It publishes inspections on its own site; use the state search linked on this page.