Daycares in Delaware
Child care centers and home daycares in Delaware, town by town, with the ages each one serves, its hours and, where the state publishes it, its inspection record. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.
- daycares listed
- 1,189
- towns
- 45
- take infants
- 767
- accept subsidy
- 913
Map of Delaware: each dot is a town with daycares, sized by how many are listed
Delaware
Largest towns in Delaware
Programs
Programs in Delaware
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 |
|---|---|
| Take infants | 767 |
| Child care centers | 598 |
| Accept subsidy | 913 |
| In-home daycares | 591 |
| Christian & church daycares | 49 |
| Montessori schools | 22 |
| Preschools & pre-K | 1,065 |
| Night daycare | 128 |
| Early morning daycare | 453 |
| Part-time daycare | 25 |
| After-school care | 947 |
| Bilingual daycare | 14 |
| Head Start | 38 |
The Delaware state record
Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing licenses daycares in Delaware.
- License list
- The state's public list of licensed child care
- Ages served
- The ages on each license
- Inspections
- Visits with findings back to 2021; the state does not list visits without findings
- Cited rules
- The inspector's finding, in the state's own words
- Corrections
- Correction dates as the state records them
Delaware
Cost, inspections and ratios in Delaware
A to Z
All 45 Delaware towns, A to Z
B4 towns
- Bear66 daycares
- Bethel1 daycare
- Blades2 daycares
- Bridgeville21 daycares
C5 towns
- Camden5 daycares
- Camden Wyoming8 daycares
- Christiana1 daycare
- Claymont19 daycares
- Clayton6 daycares
D4 towns
- Dagsboro4 daycares
- Delaware City1 daycare
- Delmar6 daycares
- Dover102 daycares
E1 town
- Ellendale1 daycare
F4 towns
- Farmington1 daycare
- Felton17 daycares
- Frankford10 daycares
- Frederica3 daycares
G2 towns
- Georgetown26 daycares
- Greenwood11 daycares
H5 towns
- Harbeson2 daycares
- Harrington12 daycares
- Hartly5 daycares
- Historic New Castle1 daycare
- Hockessin19 daycares
M5 towns
- Magnolia10 daycares
- Middletown63 daycares
- Milford28 daycares
- Millsboro23 daycares
- Milton11 daycares
N3 towns
- New Castle96 daycares
- Newark138 daycares
- Newport2 daycares
O2 towns
- Ocean View3 daycares
- Odessa1 daycare
R1 town
- Rehoboth Beach5 daycares
S3 towns
- Seaford47 daycares
- Selbyville5 daycares
- Smyrna34 daycares
T1 town
- Townsend20 daycares
W2 towns
- Wilmington311 daycares
- Wyoming1 daycare
No town on this list matches. Check the spelling, or search by ZIP code above.
Nearby
Nearby states
Questions
Questions about daycare in Delaware
How many daycares are in Delaware?
1,189 daycares are listed across 45 Delaware towns: 598 child care centers and 591 home daycares.
Who licenses daycares in Delaware?
Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing licenses daycares in Delaware. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.
How many Delaware daycares take infants?
767, by the state record or their own description. A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.
How many Delaware daycares accept child care subsidies?
913 are listed as accepting subsidies. Ask each one whether it has a subsidy spot open now.