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After-School Care in Missouri

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

daycares for school-age children listed
2,194
towns
353
towns have their own after-school care page
152
of all Missouri daycares
84%

Map of Missouri: 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.

Missouri

Largest towns for after-school care in Missouri

St Louis360 school-ageKansas City195 school-ageColumbia95 school-ageSpringfield94 school-ageLees Summit41 school-ageJefferson City39 school-ageO Fallon37 school-ageSt Charles34 school-ageFlorissant32 school-ageJoplin32 school-ageIndependence31 school-ageSt Joseph27 school-age

Programs

Programs in Missouri

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 daycares2,614
Take infants1,708
Child care centers2,046
Accept subsidy69
In-home daycares568
Christian & church daycares228
Montessori schools36
Preschools & pre-K2,217
24-hour daycare69
Night daycare1,980
Early morning daycare2,184
Part-time daycare135
Drop-in daycare17
After-school care2,194
Bilingual daycare11
Head Start207

The Missouri state record

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Childhood licenses daycares in Missouri.

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
Search the Missouri state records

Before you enroll

Choosing after-school care in Missouri

  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.

Missouri

Cost, inspections and ratios in Missouri

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

A to Z

All 353 Missouri towns with after-school care, A to Z

A13 towns
B33 towns
C35 towns
D11 towns
E13 towns
F14 towns
G13 towns
H23 towns
I3 towns
J7 towns
K10 towns
L26 towns
M31 towns
N9 towns
O11 towns
P21 towns
R8 towns
S36 towns
T7 towns
U4 towns
V3 towns
W21 towns
Z1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Illinois8,304 school-ageNebraska2,614 school-ageOklahoma2,223 school-ageTennessee1,743 school-ageKentucky1,309 school-ageArkansas617 school-ageIowa3,122 daycaresKansas1,063 daycares

Questions

Questions about after-school care in Missouri

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

2,194 daycares for school-age children are listed in 353 Missouri towns. A daycare that serves school-age children may not run an after-school program every day; ask.

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

St Louis, with 360 listed. Next are Kansas City (195) and Columbia (95).

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 Missouri?

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Childhood licenses daycares in Missouri. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.