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Bilingual Daycare in Iowa

Bilingual daycares in Iowa, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

bilingual daycares listed
13
towns
9
town has its own bilingual daycare page
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of all Iowa daycares
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What puts a daycare on this listIt describes a bilingual or language-immersion program.A daycare not on this list may still have staff who speak your language; ask.

Iowa

Largest towns for bilingual daycare in Iowa

West Des Moines3 bilingual daycaresDubuque2 bilingual daycaresUrbandale2 bilingual daycaresAnkeny1 bilingual daycareBondurant1 bilingual daycareCenterville1 bilingual daycareClive1 bilingual daycareIowa City1 bilingual daycareJohnston1 bilingual daycare

Programs

Programs in Iowa

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 daycares3,122
Take infants168
Child care centers1,478
Accept subsidy33
In-home daycares1,644
Christian & church daycares143
Montessori schools33
Preschools & pre-K345
Early morning daycare290
Part-time daycare74
Drop-in daycare17
Bilingual daycare13
Head Start118

The Iowa state record

Iowa Department of Health and Human Services licenses daycares in Iowa.

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 2021
Cited rules
Each cited rule, in the state's own wording
Search the Iowa state records

Before you enroll

Choosing a bilingual daycare in Iowa

  1. 1

    Ask which languages

    Ask which languages are spoken in the room and how much of the day is in each.

  2. 2

    Ask who teaches

    Ask whether teachers speak the language fluently, and whether they stay with the group.

  3. 3

    Ask how children start

    Ask how the daycare helps a child who does not yet speak the second language.

  4. 4

    Check the license record

    Open a listing for its state license and, where the state publishes it, the inspection record.

Iowa

Cost, inspections and ratios in Iowa

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

A to Z

All 9 Iowa towns with bilingual daycare, A to Z

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Nearby

Nearby states

Illinois108 bilingual daycaresMinnesota66 bilingual daycaresWisconsin41 bilingual daycaresMissouri11 bilingual daycaresNebraska2,629 daycaresSouth Dakota698 daycares

Questions

Questions about bilingual daycare in Iowa

How many bilingual daycares are in Iowa?

13 bilingual daycares are listed in 9 Iowa towns. A daycare not on this list may still have staff who speak your language; ask.

Which Iowa town has the most bilingual daycares?

West Des Moines, with 3 listed. Next are Dubuque (2) and Urbandale (2).

Which languages do bilingual daycares teach?

It varies by daycare. Ask which languages are spoken in the room, how much of the day is in each and whether the teachers are native speakers.

Who licenses daycares in Iowa?

Iowa Department of Health and Human Services licenses daycares in Iowa. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.