Licensed Toddler Care in Elmont, NY

Toddler Care in Elmont

As of August 2026

Elmont's average licensed capacity per provider -- 110 children -- is the highest recorded among the cities in this batch, driven by a combined capacity of 4,715 children across just 43 providers, according to New York State Office of Children and Family Services data. Every provider operates as a center, with no family child care homes listed. School-age programming leads at 42 providers, with smaller numbers serving preschoolers (2), toddlers (2), and infants (1). 4 providers hold a QUALITYstarsNY rating. CloverMap lets Elmont families browse this full, verified roster.

What to know about childcare in Elmont

New York State Office of Children and Family Services licensing data lists 43 child care providers in Elmont, and every one is classified as a center. No family child care homes appear on the roster, meaning Elmont families searching this data will be comparing facility-based programs exclusively -- and, as the numbers below show, unusually large ones. That center-only composition also means licensing paperwork, staff credentialing, and facility requirements are applied at a facility level rather than a single household, which is worth knowing when comparing this roster to cities with a more mixed provider base.

Elmont's 43 providers report a combined licensed capacity of 4,715 children, an average of 110 per site -- by far the highest per-site average recorded in this batch of cities. That figure signals that Elmont's centers, on average, are substantially larger operations than those in most nearby cities, likely reflecting a smaller number of sites each built to serve a large number of children. Because capacity is reported at the site level, the figure reflects a center's full licensed footprint rather than the size of any single classroom a child would be placed into.

Age coverage in Elmont is concentrated at the school-age level, with 42 of the 43 providers serving that group. Preschool and toddler care are each represented by 2 providers, and infant care by 1. That pattern suggests Elmont's large centers are primarily structured around school-age programming, with younger age groups served by only a small slice of the roster.

Every Elmont provider is licensed through the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, which sets baseline standards for staffing ratios, group size, and facility conditions before any provider can operate. 4 Elmont providers additionally hold a QUALITYstarsNY rating, the state's voluntary quality-rating and improvement system.

A parent searching in Elmont should expect a roster of large-scale centers, including operations like The Meacham Child Care Center LLC, built predominantly around school-age care. Given how few of Elmont's 43 providers serve infants or toddlers, a family with a younger child may find better luck broadening the search beyond Elmont itself, while a family needing school-age coverage has access to some of the largest single-site capacities in this entire dataset.

As with any licensing roster, the numbers here describe authorized capacity and program structure rather than real-time openings, so a Elmont parent narrowing a list should expect to follow up directly with individual centers to confirm current availability and enrollment timing. The age-group and capacity details already discussed can help prioritize which centers in Elmont are worth that follow-up first.