Preschool Roster Ohio

The whole state · checked 2026-10-12

Preschools and child care in Ohio

Every listing starts from the Ohio state record and shows where each fact comes from. Tap your corner of the quilt, or search.

Listed7,150 how we count, as of
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How Ohio checks child care

Three things the state publishes about every licensed program, and where to read them.

  • Inspections

    Ohio inspects every licensed child care center and preschool at least once each state fiscal year, unannounced, and every family child care home at least twice.

    19,983 inspections in state fiscal year 2025, 2,338 of them complaint investigations

    Source: Ohio Department of Children and Youth, Early Care and Education Licensing, SFY 2025 Annual Report (December 2025), read . Each listing here links its own reports on the state record, and Ohio Child Care Search is the state’s own search.

  • Step Up To Quality

    The state’s quality rating for licensed early learning programs: Gold, Silver or Bronze. Many programs have none. We show a program’s rating exactly as the state states it, with the date we read it, and nothing when there is none.

    3,188 of 5,410 listed centers and preschools carry a rating; home programs show theirs once they claim their listing. Source: maps.ohio.gov, as of ; the description from Ohio Child Care Search.

  • Help paying

    Each program’s state record lists the public programs it takes part in. Filter any list by them. This site does not check whether a family qualifies.

    • Accept Publicly Funded Child Care (program-reported, not verified by the state)4,949
    • Accept Ohio Preschool Program (program-reported, not verified by the state)1,112

    Of 7,150 listed programs. Source: each listing’s state record, newest check .

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Where in Ohio?

Preschools, child care centers and home programs from the Ohio register, by city.