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Part-Time Daycare in Missouri

Daycares that offer part-time care in Missouri, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

daycares that offer part-time care listed
135
towns
49
towns have their own part-time daycare page
14
of all Missouri daycares
5%

Map of Missouri: each dot is a town with daycares that offer part-time care, sized by how many are listed

Part-time
What puts a daycare on this listIt says it offers part-time care: half days or some days a week.A daycare not on this list may still offer part-time care; ask.

Missouri

Largest towns for part-time daycare in Missouri

St Louis21 offer part-timeColumbia9 offer part-timeKansas City9 offer part-timeSt Charles8 offer part-timeLees Summit7 offer part-timeO Fallon6 offer part-timeChesterfield5 offer part-timeKirkwood5 offer part-timeSpringfield5 offer part-timeLiberty4 offer part-timeSt Peters4 offer part-timeBallwin3 offer part-time

Programs

Programs in Missouri

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 daycares2,614
Take infants1,708
Child care centers2,046
Accept subsidy69
In-home daycares568
Christian & church daycares228
Montessori schools36
Preschools & pre-K2,217
24-hour daycare69
Night daycare1,980
Early morning daycare2,184
Part-time daycare135
Drop-in daycare17
After-school care2,194
Bilingual daycare11
Head Start207

The Missouri state record

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Childhood licenses daycares in Missouri.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
The ages on each license
Inspections
Every visit the state publishes back to 2023
Cited rules
Each cited rule, in the state's own wording
Search the Missouri state records

Before you enroll

Choosing part-time care in Missouri

  1. 1

    Ask which days

    Ask whether part-time means set days each week or half days, and whether you can change them.

  2. 2

    Ask about cost

    Ask how part-time tuition compares with full time, and whether you pay for holidays and sick days.

  3. 3

    Ask about the group

    Ask whether part-time children join the same room each time.

  4. 4

    Check the license record

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

Missouri

Cost, inspections and ratios in Missouri

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

A to Z

All 49 Missouri towns with part-time daycare, A to Z

A1 town
B2 towns
C7 towns
E2 towns
F2 towns
G1 town
H2 towns
I1 town
J3 towns
K2 towns
L5 towns
M3 towns
O3 towns
R2 towns
S7 towns
T1 town
  • Troy1 offer part-time
U1 town
W4 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Illinois356 offer part-timeTennessee128 offer part-timeKansas91 offer part-timeKentucky88 offer part-timeIowa74 offer part-timeNebraska73 offer part-timeOklahoma58 offer part-timeArkansas48 offer part-time

Questions

Questions about part-time daycare in Missouri

How many daycares that offer part-time care are in Missouri?

135 daycares that offer part-time care are listed in 49 Missouri towns. A daycare not on this list may still offer part-time care; ask.

Which Missouri town has the most daycares that offer part-time care?

St Louis, with 21 listed. Next are Columbia (9) and Kansas City (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 Missouri?

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Childhood licenses daycares in Missouri. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.