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Early Morning Daycare in Iowa

Daycares that open before 7 AM in Iowa, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

daycares that open before 7 AM listed
290
towns
150
towns have their own early morning daycare page
23
of all Iowa daycares
9%
Opens earlyIowa
What puts a daycare on this listThe hours on its state license record open before 7 AM, or run 24 hours. Where the state publishes no hours, its public business listing gives the same opening time before 7 AM on every weekday.The Iowa license list we load does not publish opening hours, so here this list uses the hours on each daycare's public business listing: the same opening time before 7 AM on every weekday.Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

Iowa

Largest towns for early morning daycare in Iowa

Des Moines17 open before 7 AMCedar Rapids16 open before 7 AMAnkeny11 open before 7 AMUrbandale9 open before 7 AMDubuque8 open before 7 AMWest Des Moines8 open before 7 AMJohnston7 open before 7 AMWaterloo7 open before 7 AMCouncil Bluffs6 open before 7 AMNorth Liberty6 open before 7 AMSioux City6 open before 7 AMDavenport5 open before 7 AM

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 early morning care in Iowa

  1. 1

    Check the opening time

    Each listing shows its hours. Ask whether staff are there to take children at opening every day.

  2. 2

    Ask about breakfast

    Ask whether children who arrive early get breakfast, and whether you send it.

  3. 3

    Ask about the early group

    Some daycares combine age groups early in the morning. Ask who is with your child until the rooms open.

  4. 4

    Check the license record

    Open a listing for its state license, its hours as the state lists them and 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 150 Iowa towns with early morning daycare, A to Z

A11 towns
B12 towns
C18 towns
D9 towns
E5 towns
F3 towns
G6 towns
H3 towns
I6 towns
J2 towns
K1 town
L5 towns
M13 towns
N5 towns
O4 towns
P8 towns
R4 towns
S15 towns
T3 towns
U1 town
V2 towns
W14 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Wisconsin3,149 open before 7 AMMissouri2,184 open before 7 AMNebraska1,669 open before 7 AMIllinois1,142 open before 7 AMMinnesota505 open before 7 AMSouth Dakota63 open before 7 AM

Questions

Questions about early morning daycare in Iowa

How many daycares that open before 7 AM are in Iowa?

290 daycares that open before 7 AM are listed in 150 Iowa towns. Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

Which Iowa town has the most daycares that open before 7 AM?

Des Moines, with 17 listed. Next are Cedar Rapids (16) and Ankeny (11).

Which daycares in Iowa open at 6 AM?

126 daycares open at 6 AM or earlier by the hours we hold in Iowa. All 290 on this list open before 7 AM. Call to confirm the time.

Which daycares in Iowa open at 5 AM?

6 open at 5 AM or earlier.

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.