Licensed Before & After School in Freeport, NY

Before & After School in Freeport

As of August 2026

Freeport, on Long Island, reports 148 child care providers in New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) licensing data, all licensed centers with no family child care homes recorded. The roster spans every age group in smaller numbers: 4 providers serve infants, 7 serve toddlers, 9 serve preschoolers, and 143 serve school-age children. Combined licensed capacity totals 3,115 children, averaging 21 per site, one of the smaller averages in this dataset. 15 Freeport providers hold a QUALITYstarsNY rating. CloverMap gathers this full roster for Freeport families to search.

What to know about childcare in Freeport

New York State licensing data lists 148 child care providers in Freeport, all recorded as licensed centers, with no family child care homes appearing in this dataset. Freeport's total places it among the smaller cities in this Long Island-heavy portion of the batch, with a full but modest age-group breakdown.

Freeport providers report a combined licensed capacity of 3,115 children, averaging 21 per site, one of the lowest per-site averages in this dataset. That suggests a roster made up largely of smaller, single-classroom or single-site centers rather than large multi-room operations.

Freeport's age-group data covers every category, though in modest numbers: 4 providers serve infants, 7 serve toddlers, 9 serve preschool-age children, and 143 serve school-age children. Parents searching for infant or toddler placement in Freeport have a small but real set of providers to start from, while school-age coverage represents the large majority of the roster.

Every Freeport provider on this list is licensed by the Office of Children and Family Services, New York's statewide child care regulator responsible for staffing, group size, and facility standards. 15 Freeport providers, roughly 10 percent of the roster, also carry a QUALITYstarsNY rating.

Given Freeport's smaller average capacity, a search here is likely to surface a set of small, individually run centers rather than large institutional ones, which can mean more variation in program style from one provider to the next. Ready Set Grow Child Care, Inc. is one provider in the roster representative of Freeport's mix of small, independently run centers. Because most of Freeport's capacity is concentrated in small sites, parents may want to inquire early about waitlists for specific age groups, particularly infant and toddler slots.

An OCFS license is issued once a provider demonstrates it meets New York's baseline requirements for staff-to-child ratios, group sizes appropriate to each age band, staff qualifications, and physical space standards. That license is a floor rather than a ceiling: it confirms a provider has cleared the state's minimum bar for operating legally, and families are still well served by asking providers directly about curriculum, daily schedule, and communication practices before enrolling. In practice, that means Freeport parents can narrow a search meaningfully by age: infant care generally covers children under about age 2, toddler and preschool programs cover roughly ages 2 through 5, and school-age or after-school programs serve children from about 5 to 12. Because Freeport's roster reports real counts in every one of those bands, a family can start from the age category that matches their child rather than filtering through the full list. CloverMap's filters let parents sort this roster by age group, licensed capacity, or QUALITYstarsNY status to speed up that comparison.