Licensed Before & After School in Jamaica, NY

Before & After School in Jamaica

As of August 2026

Jamaica's roster includes 190 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. School-age programming accounts for nearly the entire roster, with 183 providers serving that age group. Combined licensed capacity reaches 10,330 children, averaging 54 per site, one of the higher averages in this dataset. 8 Jamaica providers carry a QUALITYstarsNY rating. CloverMap brings this full roster together for families searching in Jamaica.

What to know about childcare in Jamaica

New York State licensing data counts 190 child care providers in Jamaica, all recorded as licensed centers, with no family child care homes in this dataset. Jamaica's roster is smaller than the outer-borough totals in this batch but reports a notably high average site size, discussed below.

Jamaica providers report a combined licensed capacity of 10,330 children, averaging 54 per site, one of the largest per-site averages among the cities in this batch. That points to a roster built from a smaller number of comparatively large centers rather than many small ones.

The dataset records 183 Jamaica providers serving school-age children, with no entries logged for infant, toddler, or preschool care. As in other cities where those categories are absent from this roster, that reflects the scope of this dataset rather than a claim that no younger-child care exists in Jamaica; families with a school-age or after-school need will find the deepest, most directly usable data here.

All 190 Jamaica providers are licensed by the Office of Children and Family Services, New York's statewide child care regulator, which sets minimum standards for staffing, group size, and facility conditions across every provider type. 8 Jamaica providers, about 4 percent of the roster, also carry a QUALITYstarsNY rating.

Given Jamaica's larger average capacity, parents may find fewer total providers to compare but larger individual programs to evaluate; asking about classroom structure and staff-to-child ratios within a given center's overall capacity is a useful next step. Oh What Fun To Learn! LLC is one provider in the roster representative of Jamaica's mix of independently named centers. Because the dataset here concentrates on school-age coverage, families needing infant or toddler care should confirm current offerings directly with individual providers.

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 Jamaica's roster in this dataset speaks most directly to families whose need falls in the school-age band, roughly ages 5 through 12, since that is where every provider's reported coverage is concentrated. Parents seeking infant care (generally under about age 2) or preschool care (roughly ages 2 through 5) should treat the absence of those categories here as a gap in this particular roster and confirm current offerings directly with individual Jamaica providers. CloverMap's filters still let parents sort this roster by licensed capacity or QUALITYstarsNY status.