After-School Care in Montana
Daycares for school-age children in Montana, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.
- daycares for school-age children listed
- 711
- towns
- 105
- towns have their own after-school care page
- 40
- of all Montana daycares
- 61%
Map of Montana: each dot is a town with daycares for school-age children, sized by how many are listed
Montana
Largest towns for after-school care in Montana
Programs
Programs in Montana
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 | 1,163 |
| Take infants | 655 |
| Child care centers | 646 |
| Accept subsidy | 38 |
| In-home daycares | 517 |
| Christian & church daycares | 46 |
| Montessori schools | 68 |
| Preschools & pre-K | 881 |
| Early morning daycare | 72 |
| Part-time daycare | 40 |
| Drop-in daycare | 21 |
| After-school care | 711 |
| Head Start | 86 |
The Montana state record
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Child Care Licensing licenses daycares in Montana.
- 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 2018
- Cited rules
- Each cited rule, in the state's own wording
Before you enroll
Choosing after-school care in Montana
- 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.
Montana
Cost, inspections and ratios in Montana
A to Z
All 105 Montana towns with after-school care, A to Z
B13 towns
C14 towns
D4 towns
- Darby1 school-age
- Deer Lodge4 school-age
- Dillon9 school-age
- Dixon1 school-age
E4 towns
- East Helena4 school-age
- Ekalaka1 school-age
- Ennis2 school-age
- Eureka3 school-age
F4 towns
- Fairfield2 school-age
- Florence2 school-age
- Forsyth3 school-age
- Frenchtown4 school-age
G6 towns
H7 towns
K1 town
- Kalispell35 school-age
L7 towns
M5 towns
- Malta5 school-age
- Manhattan1 school-age
- Miles City12 school-age
- Missoula89 school-age
- Moore1 school-age
P5 towns
- Pablo3 school-age
- Philipsburg2 school-age
- Plains2 school-age
- Plentywood3 school-age
- Polson11 school-age
S10 towns
- Seeley Lake1 school-age
- Shelby1 school-age
- Shepherd5 school-age
- Sheridan1 school-age
- Sidney4 school-age
- Somers1 school-age
- St Ignatius1 school-age
- Stanford1 school-age
- Stevensville5 school-age
- Superior3 school-age
T6 towns
- Terry1 school-age
- Thompson Falls2 school-age
- Three Forks1 school-age
- Townsend1 school-age
- Troy2 school-age
- Twin Bridges1 school-age
V1 town
- Victor2 school-age
W8 towns
- Westby1 school-age
- White Sulphur Springs3 school-age
- Whitefish9 school-age
- Whitehall1 school-age
- Winifred1 school-age
- Winnett1 school-age
- Wolf Point1 school-age
- Worden1 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 Montana
How many daycares for school-age children are in Montana?
711 daycares for school-age children are listed in 105 Montana towns. A daycare that serves school-age children may not run an after-school program every day; ask.
Which Montana town has the most daycares for school-age children?
Billings, with 114 listed. Next are Missoula (89) and Great Falls (59).
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 Montana?
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Child Care Licensing licenses daycares in Montana. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.