Daycares in Massachusetts
Child care centers and home daycares in Massachusetts, 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
- 8,884
- towns
- 406
- take infants
- 1,428
- accept subsidy
- 6,436
Map of Massachusetts: each dot is a town with daycares, sized by how many are listed
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Programs
Programs in Massachusetts
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 | 1,428 |
| Child care centers | 3,010 |
| Accept subsidy | 6,436 |
| In-home daycares | 5,874 |
| Christian & church daycares | 93 |
| Montessori schools | 173 |
| Preschools & pre-K | 2,248 |
| Early morning daycare | 236 |
| Part-time daycare | 426 |
| Drop-in daycare | 39 |
| After-school care | 1,651 |
| Bilingual daycare | 158 |
| Head Start | 178 |
The Massachusetts state record
Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care licenses daycares in Massachusetts.
- 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
- On the state's own site; each listing links to it
Massachusetts
Cost, inspections and ratios in Massachusetts
A to Z
All 406 Massachusetts towns, A to Z
A23 towns
- Abington17 daycares
- Acton18 daycares
- Acushnet7 daycares
- Adams14 daycares
- Agawam19 daycares
- Allston9 daycares
- Amesbury14 daycares
- Amherst16 daycares
- Andover33 daycares
- Aquinnah1 daycare
- Arlington46 daycares
- Ashburnham8 daycares
- Ashby3 daycares
- Ashfield1 daycare
- Ashland26 daycares
- Ashley Falls2 daycares
- Assonet4 daycares
- Athol17 daycares
- Attleboro37 daycares
- Auburn23 daycares
- Auburndale4 daycares
- Avon7 daycares
- Ayer7 daycares
B31 towns
- Baldwinville5 daycares
- Barnstable6 daycares
- Barre6 daycares
- Becket1 daycare
- Bedford11 daycares
- Belchertown17 daycares
- Bellingham20 daycares
- Belmont37 daycares
- Berkley4 daycares
- Berlin2 daycares
- Beverly39 daycares
- Billerica38 daycares
- Blackstone9 daycares
- Blandford2 daycares
- Boston226 daycares
- Bourne6 daycares
- Boxborough3 daycares
- Boxford7 daycares
- Boylston2 daycares
- Bradford9 daycares
- Braintree45 daycares
- Brewster6 daycares
- Bridgewater10 daycares
- Brighton23 daycares
- Brimfield1 daycare
- Brockton150 daycares
- Brookfield1 daycare
- Brookline49 daycares
- Burlington28 daycares
- Buzzards Bay1 daycare
- Byfield1 daycare
C27 towns
- Cambridge100 daycares
- Canton31 daycares
- Carlisle3 daycares
- Carver9 daycares
- Centerville18 daycares
- Charlemont1 daycare
- Charlestown14 daycares
- Charlton16 daycares
- Chatham2 daycares
- Chelmsford25 daycares
- Chelsea54 daycares
- Cherry Valley4 daycares
- Cheshire9 daycares
- Chester1 daycare
- Chesterfield2 daycares
- Chestnut Hill7 daycares
- Chicopee89 daycares
- Chicopee Falls1 daycare
- Chilmark1 daycare
- Clarksburg2 daycares
- Clinton24 daycares
- Cohasset7 daycares
- Colrain1 daycare
- Concord13 daycares
- Conway3 daycares
- Cotuit2 daycares
- Cummington1 daycare
D17 towns
- Dalton15 daycares
- Danvers27 daycares
- Dartmouth8 daycares
- Dedham38 daycares
- Deerfield4 daycares
- Dennis1 daycare
- Dennis Port1 daycare
- Devens2 daycares
- Dighton5 daycares
- Dorchester218 daycares
- Dorchester Center20 daycares
- Douglas4 daycares
- Dover4 daycares
- Dracut45 daycares
- Dudley20 daycares
- Dunstable2 daycares
- Duxbury8 daycares
E17 towns
- East Boston49 daycares
- East Bridgewater15 daycares
- East Brookfield3 daycares
- East Falmouth12 daycares
- East Freetown4 daycares
- East Longmeadow17 daycares
- East Sandwich3 daycares
- East Taunton9 daycares
- East Walpole5 daycares
- East Wareham2 daycares
- East Weymouth1 daycare
- Easthampton14 daycares
- Easton1 daycare
- Edgartown4 daycares
- Erving2 daycares
- Essex2 daycares
- Everett133 daycares
F11 towns
- Fairhaven11 daycares
- Fall River99 daycares
- Falmouth9 daycares
- Feeding Hills11 daycares
- Fiskdale3 daycares
- Fitchburg116 daycares
- Florence9 daycares
- Forestdale9 daycares
- Foxboro16 daycares
- Framingham121 daycares
- Franklin31 daycares
G11 towns
- Gardner34 daycares
- Georgetown6 daycares
- Gilbertville1 daycare
- Gill3 daycares
- Gloucester23 daycares
- Grafton5 daycares
- Granby6 daycares
- Great Barrington3 daycares
- Greenfield15 daycares
- Groton6 daycares
- Groveland4 daycares
H27 towns
- Hadley4 daycares
- Halifax6 daycares
- Hamilton2 daycares
- Hampden6 daycares
- Hanover14 daycares
- Hanson9 daycares
- Harvard6 daycares
- Harwich4 daycares
- Harwich Port1 daycare
- Hatfield2 daycares
- Haverhill142 daycares
- Hingham17 daycares
- Hinsdale3 daycares
- Holbrook16 daycares
- Holden17 daycares
- Holland4 daycares
- Holliston15 daycares
- Holyoke59 daycares
- Hopedale3 daycares
- Hopkinton18 daycares
- Housatonic1 daycare
- Hubbardston5 daycares
- Hudson28 daycares
- Hull2 daycares
- Huntington1 daycare
- Hyannis50 daycares
- Hyde Park104 daycares
I2 towns
- Indian Orchard14 daycares
- Ipswich11 daycares
J2 towns
- Jamaica Plain44 daycares
- Jefferson3 daycares
K1 town
- Kingston13 daycares
L19 towns
- Lakeville9 daycares
- Lancaster4 daycares
- Lanesboro6 daycares
- Lawrence479 daycares
- Lee5 daycares
- Leicester5 daycares
- Lenox1 daycare
- Lenox Dale1 daycare
- Leominster78 daycares
- Leverett4 daycares
- Lexington36 daycares
- Lincoln10 daycares
- Littleton5 daycares
- Longmeadow12 daycares
- Lowell277 daycares
- Ludlow17 daycares
- Lunenburg10 daycares
- Lynn257 daycares
- Lynnfield6 daycares
M28 towns
- Malden101 daycares
- Manchester4 daycares
- Mansfield19 daycares
- Marblehead20 daycares
- Marion5 daycares
- Marlborough68 daycares
- Marshfield18 daycares
- Marstons Mills6 daycares
- Mashpee11 daycares
- Mattapan75 daycares
- Mattapoisett5 daycares
- Maynard9 daycares
- Medfield11 daycares
- Medford54 daycares
- Medway18 daycares
- Melrose22 daycares
- Mendon6 daycares
- Merrimac4 daycares
- Methuen151 daycares
- Middleboro19 daycares
- Middleton4 daycares
- Milford36 daycares
- Millbury9 daycares
- Millis9 daycares
- Millville3 daycares
- Milton31 daycares
- Monson3 daycares
- Montague2 daycares
N36 towns
- Nahant2 daycares
- Nantucket16 daycares
- Natick43 daycares
- Needham31 daycares
- New Bedford61 daycares
- Newbury3 daycares
- Newburyport12 daycares
- Newton69 daycares
- Newton Center2 daycares
- Newton Highlands1 daycare
- Newton Lower Falls1 daycare
- Newtonville4 daycares
- Nonantum1 daycare
- Norfolk4 daycares
- North Adams15 daycares
- North Andover21 daycares
- North Attleboro22 daycares
- North Billerica5 daycares
- North Brookfield2 daycares
- North Chelmsford5 daycares
- North Dartmouth7 daycares
- North Dighton2 daycares
- North Eastham1 daycare
- North Easton6 daycares
- North Falmouth3 daycares
- North Grafton8 daycares
- North Oxford2 daycares
- North Quincy3 daycares
- North Reading17 daycares
- Northampton17 daycares
- Northborough12 daycares
- Northbridge4 daycares
- Northfield1 daycare
- Norton14 daycares
- Norwell14 daycares
- Norwood35 daycares
O6 towns
- Oak Bluffs2 daycares
- Oakham3 daycares
- Orange7 daycares
- Orleans3 daycares
- Osterville3 daycares
- Oxford16 daycares
P13 towns
- Palmer7 daycares
- Paxton8 daycares
- Peabody90 daycares
- Pelham1 daycare
- Pembroke11 daycares
- Pepperell7 daycares
- Petersham3 daycares
- Phillipston1 daycare
- Pittsfield58 daycares
- Plainville10 daycares
- Plymouth42 daycares
- Plympton5 daycares
- Princeton1 daycare
Q1 town
- Quincy89 daycares
R14 towns
S52 towns
- Sagamore1 daycare
- Sagamore Beach1 daycare
- Salem57 daycares
- Salisbury5 daycares
- Sandwich10 daycares
- Saugus31 daycares
- Scituate16 daycares
- Seekonk16 daycares
- Sharon24 daycares
- Sheffield3 daycares
- Shelburne1 daycare
- Shelburne Falls2 daycares
- Sherborn4 daycares
- Shirley6 daycares
- Shrewsbury34 daycares
- Shutesbury1 daycare
- Sixteen Acres1 daycare
- Somerset15 daycares
- Somerville53 daycares
- South Attleboro2 daycares
- South Boston18 daycares
- South Dartmouth7 daycares
- South Deerfield4 daycares
- South Dennis5 daycares
- South Easton12 daycares
- South End2 daycares
- South Grafton2 daycares
- South Hadley17 daycares
- South Hamilton4 daycares
- South Lawrence23 daycares
- South Natick1 daycare
- South Plympton1 daycare
- South Walpole1 daycare
- South Weymouth5 daycares
- South Yarmouth5 daycares
- Southampton7 daycares
- Southborough5 daycares
- Southbridge26 daycares
- Southwick6 daycares
- Spencer10 daycares
- Springfield459 daycares
- Sterling9 daycares
- Stockbridge2 daycares
- Stoneham19 daycares
- Stoughton32 daycares
- Stow4 daycares
- Sturbridge10 daycares
- Sudbury27 daycares
- Sunderland1 daycare
- Sutton6 daycares
- Swampscott16 daycares
- Swansea16 daycares
T10 towns
- Taunton59 daycares
- Teaticket5 daycares
- Templeton5 daycares
- Tewksbury37 daycares
- Three Rivers2 daycares
- Topsfield5 daycares
- Townsend7 daycares
- Truro1 daycare
- Turners Falls7 daycares
- Tyngsboro12 daycares
V1 town
- Vineyard Haven9 daycares
W53 towns
- Waban3 daycares
- Wakefield22 daycares
- Wales1 daycare
- Walpole22 daycares
- Waltham42 daycares
- Ware10 daycares
- Wareham7 daycares
- Watertown41 daycares
- Wayland14 daycares
- Webster17 daycares
- Wellesley24 daycares
- Wellesley Hills2 daycares
- Wellfleet2 daycares
- Wendell1 daycare
- Wenham1 daycare
- West Barnstable4 daycares
- West Boylston13 daycares
- West Bridgewater10 daycares
- West Brookfield4 daycares
- West Chatham1 daycare
- West Dennis2 daycares
- West Falmouth1 daycare
- West Harwich2 daycares
- West Newbury4 daycares
- West Newton7 daycares
- West Roxbury31 daycares
- West Springfield33 daycares
- West Tisbury3 daycares
- West Townsend3 daycares
- West Wareham1 daycare
- West Yarmouth21 daycares
- Westborough13 daycares
- Westfield44 daycares
- Westford30 daycares
- Westminster10 daycares
- Weston12 daycares
- Westport5 daycares
- Westwood14 daycares
- Weymouth50 daycares
- Whitinsville11 daycares
- Whitman14 daycares
- Wilbraham14 daycares
- Williamsburg1 daycare
- Williamstown4 daycares
- Wilmington13 daycares
- Winchendon10 daycares
- Winchester22 daycares
- Windsor1 daycare
- Winthrop19 daycares
- Woburn62 daycares
- Woods Hole2 daycares
- Worcester408 daycares
- Wrentham6 daycares
Y2 towns
- Yarmouth3 daycares
- Yarmouthport4 daycares
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Questions
Questions about daycare in Massachusetts
How many daycares are in Massachusetts?
8,884 daycares are listed across 406 Massachusetts towns: 3,010 child care centers and 5,874 home daycares.
Who licenses daycares in Massachusetts?
Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care licenses daycares in Massachusetts. It publishes inspections on its own site; use the state search linked on this page.
How many Massachusetts daycares take infants?
1,428, by the state record or their own description. A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.
How many Massachusetts daycares accept child care subsidies?
6,436 are listed as accepting subsidies. Ask each one whether it has a subsidy spot open now.