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After-School Care in Ohio

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

daycares for school-age children listed
224
towns
105
towns have their own after-school care page
20
of all Ohio daycares
3%

Map of Ohio: 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.

Ohio

Largest towns for after-school care in Ohio

Columbus28 school-ageHilliard12 school-ageNewark12 school-ageAkron8 school-ageCincinnati6 school-ageParma6 school-ageLogan5 school-ageCanton4 school-ageGallipolis4 school-ageJackson4 school-ageKings Mills4 school-ageNorwood4 school-age

Programs

Programs in Ohio

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 daycares8,684
Take infants84
Child care centers6,888
Accept subsidy15
In-home daycares1,796
Christian & church daycares446
Montessori schools129
Preschools & pre-K922
Night daycare798
Early morning daycare2,680
Weekend daycare505
Part-time daycare28
Drop-in daycare13
After-school care224
Head Start626

The Ohio state record

Ohio Department of Children and Youth licenses daycares in Ohio.

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
Every visit the state publishes back to 2023
Cited rules
Each cited rule, in the state's own wording
Search the Ohio state records

Before you enroll

Choosing after-school care in Ohio

  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.

Ohio

Cost, inspections and ratios in Ohio

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

A to Z

All 105 Ohio towns with after-school care, A to Z

A2 towns
B8 towns
C13 towns
D6 towns
E1 town
F3 towns
G7 towns
H5 towns
I1 town
J3 towns
K1 town
L4 towns
M13 towns
N8 towns
O2 towns
P4 towns
R4 towns
S4 towns
T3 towns
U1 town
V1 town
W9 towns
Z2 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Pennsylvania3,376 school-ageIndiana2,024 school-ageKentucky1,309 school-ageWest Virginia82 school-ageMichigan7,685 daycares

Questions

Questions about after-school care in Ohio

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

224 daycares for school-age children are listed in 105 Ohio towns. A daycare that serves school-age children may not run an after-school program every day; ask.

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

Columbus, with 28 listed. Next are Hilliard (12) and Newark (12).

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 Ohio?

Ohio Department of Children and Youth licenses daycares in Ohio. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.