Infant · Toddler · Preschool
Takes financial assistance
Daycare and child care in North Reading, MA
- Licensed programs
- 17
- 9 centers · 8 home-based
- Take infants
- 4
- centers; family child care homes may take babies too
North Reading has 17 licensed child care programs: 9 centers and 8 home-based programs in Middlesex County.
Room for young children nearby
About average for MA1.7children under 5 for every licensed spot within 10 miles
About 40,440 children under 5 live in MA within 10 miles of North Reading (Census, 2020–2024). Programs there that take them are licensed for 23,428, counting any school-age spots, so it’s a bit tighter than this. MA overall: 1.7. See the 937 programs nearby
All 17 licensed programs in North Reading
School age
Takes financial assistance
Ages not listed by the state: ask
Infant · Toddler · Preschool
Takes financial assistance
Ages not listed by the state: ask
Preschool
Ages not listed by the state: ask
Infant · Toddler · Preschool
Takes financial assistance
Ages not listed by the state: ask
Newly licensed
Preschool
Takes financial assistance
Ages not listed by the state: ask
Ages not listed by the state: ask
Newly licensed
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Takes financial assistance
Ages not listed by the state: ask
Ages not listed by the state: ask
School age
Takes financial assistance
School age
Takes financial assistance
Child care near North Reading
937 more programs within 10 miles, in Reading, Andover, Peabody and 24 other towns. Closest first.
142 more programs within 10 miles are licensed for infants, and 644 more don’t have their ages listed by the state, mostly family child care homes. Closest first.
172 more programs within 10 miles are licensed for toddlers, and 644 more don’t have their ages listed by the state, mostly family child care homes. Closest first.
221 more programs within 10 miles are licensed for preschoolers, and 644 more don’t have their ages listed by the state, mostly family child care homes. Closest first.
152 more programs within 10 miles are licensed for school-age children, and 644 more don’t have their ages listed by the state, mostly family child care homes. Closest first.
Toddler · Preschool
Preschool
Infant · Toddler · Preschool
Takes financial assistance
Preschool · School age
Takes financial assistance
Infant · Toddler · Preschool
School age
Takes financial assistance
Preschool · School age
Takes financial assistance
Ages not listed by the state: ask
Ages not listed by the state: ask
Ages not listed by the state: ask
Ages not listed by the state: ask
Daycare in North Reading by age
Infant care in North Reading
4 programs take infants, and 8 more may too (the state doesn’t list their ages; most are family child care homes).
Toddler care in North Reading
4 programs take toddlers, and 8 more may too (the state doesn’t list their ages; most are family child care homes).
Preschool in North Reading
6 programs take preschoolers, and 8 more may too (the state doesn’t list their ages; most are family child care homes).
Before- and after-school care in North Reading
4 programs take school-age children, and 8 more may too (the state doesn’t list their ages; most are family child care homes).
New and growing in North Reading
- Kristen Rose CartolanoNewly licensed on Apr 17, 2026
- Olena DivsalarNewly licensed on Nov 4, 2025
Nearby towns
- Reading20 programs · about 3.2 mi
- Lynnfield6 programs · about 3.9 mi
- Wilmington13 programs · about 4.2 mi
- Middleton4 programs · about 4.5 mi
- Wakefield22 programs · about 5.2 mi
- Andover33 programs · about 6.2 mi
- Peabody90 programs · about 6.6 mi
- North Andover21 programs · about 6.6 mi
From the state’s list of licensed child care programs (Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care, on the state’s Education-to-Career data hub), retrieved Oct 27, 2026. The state updates its list once a month. It gives each program’s licensed capacity, not its openings or prices. Always confirm details with the program. This page’s details last changed Oct 27, 2026.