Part-Time Daycare in Illinois
Daycares that offer part-time care in Illinois, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.
- daycares that offer part-time care listed
- 356
- towns
- 149
- towns have their own part-time daycare page
- 36
- of all Illinois daycares
- 4%
Map of Illinois: each dot is a town with daycares that offer part-time care, sized by how many are listed
Illinois
Largest towns for part-time daycare in Illinois
Programs
Programs in Illinois
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 |
|---|---|
| All daycares | 8,493 |
| Take infants | 7,433 |
| Child care centers | 2,842 |
| Accept subsidy | 188 |
| In-home daycares | 5,651 |
| Christian & church daycares | 203 |
| Montessori schools | 182 |
| Preschools & pre-K | 8,381 |
| Early morning daycare | 1,142 |
| Part-time daycare | 356 |
| Drop-in daycare | 35 |
| After-school care | 8,304 |
| Bilingual daycare | 108 |
| Head Start | 390 |
The Illinois state record
Illinois Department of Early Childhood licenses daycares in Illinois.
- License list
- The state's public list of licensed child care
- Ages served
- The ages on each license
- Inspections
- On the state's own site; each listing links to it
Before you enroll
Choosing part-time care in Illinois
- 1
Ask which days
Ask whether part-time means set days each week or half days, and whether you can change them.
- 2
Ask about cost
Ask how part-time tuition compares with full time, and whether you pay for holidays and sick days.
- 3
Ask about the group
Ask whether part-time children join the same room each time.
- 4
Check the license record
Open a listing for its state license and, where the state publishes it, the inspection record.
Illinois
Cost, inspections and ratios in Illinois
A to Z
All 149 Illinois towns with part-time daycare, A to Z
A5 towns
- Addison1 offer part-time
- Algonquin1 offer part-time
- Alton2 offer part-time
- Arlington Hts5 offer part-time
- Aurora9 offer part-time
B16 towns
- Barrington1 offer part-time
- Barrington Hills1 offer part-time
- Bartlett2 offer part-time
- Batavia1 offer part-time
- Beecher1 offer part-time
- Belleville2 offer part-time
- Bellwood1 offer part-time
- Belvidere1 offer part-time
- Bensenville1 offer part-time
- Berwyn1 offer part-time
- Bloomingdale2 offer part-time
- Bloomington2 offer part-time
- Bolingbrook2 offer part-time
- Bourbonnais1 offer part-time
- Brighton1 offer part-time
- Buffalo Grove4 offer part-time
C11 towns
- Carlinville1 offer part-time
- Carol Stream2 offer part-time
- Cary2 offer part-time
- Champaign5 offer part-time
- Charleston2 offer part-time
- Chicago64 offer part-time
- Clarendon Hills1 offer part-time
- Clarendon Hls1 offer part-time
- Cntry Clb Hls1 offer part-time
- Columbia1 offer part-time
- Crystal Lake3 offer part-time
D7 towns
- Darien1 offer part-time
- Decatur1 offer part-time
- Deerfield2 offer part-time
- Dekalb1 offer part-time
- Des Plaines1 offer part-time
- Dolton1 offer part-time
- Downers Grove3 offer part-time
E7 towns
- East Alton2 offer part-time
- Edwardsville1 offer part-time
- Effingham1 offer part-time
- Elgin3 offer part-time
- Elk Grove Vlg1 offer part-time
- Elmhurst4 offer part-time
- Evanston5 offer part-time
G8 towns
- Glen Carbon1 offer part-time
- Glen Ellyn6 offer part-time
- Glencoe2 offer part-time
- Glendale Hts2 offer part-time
- Glenview3 offer part-time
- Godfrey1 offer part-time
- Grayslake2 offer part-time
- Gurnee3 offer part-time
H8 towns
- Hampshire1 offer part-time
- Hanover Park1 offer part-time
- Highland1 offer part-time
- Highland Park2 offer part-time
- Hinckley1 offer part-time
- Hinsdale2 offer part-time
- Hoffman Est4 offer part-time
- Huntley2 offer part-time
I1 town
- Island Lake1 offer part-time
J2 towns
- Jerseyville1 offer part-time
- Joliet3 offer part-time
L9 towns
- La Grange2 offer part-time
- Lake Forest1 offer part-time
- Lake Zurich1 offer part-time
- Lemont2 offer part-time
- Libertyville3 offer part-time
- Lincolnshire1 offer part-time
- Lisle3 offer part-time
- Lk Barrington1 offer part-time
- Lombard6 offer part-time
M11 towns
N7 towns
- Naperville15 offer part-time
- New Lenox1 offer part-time
- Niles2 offer part-time
- Norridge1 offer part-time
- North Barrington1 offer part-time
- Northbrook4 offer part-time
- Northfield2 offer part-time
O9 towns
- O Fallon1 offer part-time
- Oak Brook1 offer part-time
- Oak Forest2 offer part-time
- Oak Lawn3 offer part-time
- Oak Park2 offer part-time
- Oakbrook Ter1 offer part-time
- Oregon1 offer part-time
- Orland Park3 offer part-time
- Oswego4 offer part-time
P8 towns
- Palatine4 offer part-time
- Palos Hills1 offer part-time
- Palos Park1 offer part-time
- Park Ridge1 offer part-time
- Peoria2 offer part-time
- Peoria Hts1 offer part-time
- Peotone1 offer part-time
- Plainfield3 offer part-time
R9 towns
- Richmond1 offer part-time
- Richton Park1 offer part-time
- Ringwood1 offer part-time
- Riverdale1 offer part-time
- Rock Island2 offer part-time
- Rockford4 offer part-time
- Roscoe1 offer part-time
- Roselle1 offer part-time
- Round Lake Beach1 offer part-time
S15 towns
- Schaumburg4 offer part-time
- Sheridan1 offer part-time
- Shorewood1 offer part-time
- Silvis1 offer part-time
- Skokie3 offer part-time
- Sleepy Hollow1 offer part-time
- Smithton1 offer part-time
- South Beloit1 offer part-time
- South Elgin1 offer part-time
- South Holland1 offer part-time
- Springfield3 offer part-time
- St Charles2 offer part-time
- Steeleville1 offer part-time
- Swansea1 offer part-time
- Sycamore2 offer part-time
T3 towns
- Tinley Park4 offer part-time
- Tolono1 offer part-time
- Troy1 offer part-time
V2 towns
- Vernon Hills3 offer part-time
- Villa Park2 offer part-time
W9 towns
- Warrenville2 offer part-time
- West Chicago1 offer part-time
- Westchester2 offer part-time
- Westmont1 offer part-time
- Wheaton3 offer part-time
- Wheeling3 offer part-time
- Willowbrook1 offer part-time
- Wilmette2 offer part-time
- Woodridge3 offer part-time
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Questions
Questions about part-time daycare in Illinois
How many daycares that offer part-time care are in Illinois?
356 daycares that offer part-time care are listed in 149 Illinois towns. A daycare not on this list may still offer part-time care; ask.
Which Illinois town has the most daycares that offer part-time care?
Chicago, with 64 listed. Next are Naperville (15) and Aurora (9).
What counts as part-time daycare?
Care for less than a full week: half days, or two or three days a week. Each daycare sets its own options, so ask which days and hours it offers part-time and whether a half-day spot costs less than a full day.
Who licenses daycares in Illinois?
Illinois Department of Early Childhood licenses daycares in Illinois. It publishes inspections on its own site; use the state search linked on this page.