Licensed Full-Day Daycare in Port Washington, NY

Full-Day Daycare in Port Washington

As of August 2026

With average licensed capacity of about 120 children per site — the highest in this cluster of cities — Port Washington's 22 providers stand out for scale. All operate as centers per OCFS records, with combined capacity for 2641 children. 2 providers, including Temple Beth Israel Nursery School, carry a QUALITYstarsNY rating. Coverage spans every age group. CloverMap lists Port Washington's full roster so families can compare these larger programs directly.

What to know about childcare in Port Washington

Every one of Port Washington's 22 listed providers is a center — New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) records show no family or group family day care homes registered in the city. That means the entire roster shares a dedicated-facility operating model, with classroom groupings and multiple staff, rather than the smaller single-caregiver setup of a licensed home provider, so the real comparison in Port Washington is between programs of different scale and specialty rather than operating format.

Licensed capacity across the 22 reporting providers totals 2641 children, for an average of about 120 per site — by far the largest average in this cohort of cities. That points to substantial multi-classroom centers rather than small standalone programs, which typically means more simultaneous openings across age groups, though also larger overall enrollment within any single building.

Age coverage runs across every band: 2 providers serve infants, 9 serve toddlers, 10 serve preschoolers, and 12 serve school-age children, with toddler and preschool care especially well represented. Combined with the city's unusually high average capacity, that suggests Port Washington's centers are generally well equipped to serve multiple age groups under one roof rather than specializing narrowly.

Every provider on this list is licensed or registered through OCFS, the state agency that sets and enforces child care standards across New York. A license confirms a program has met the state's baseline requirements for staffing, group size, and health and safety practices before enrolling children — a floor, not a ranking, so program philosophy and schedule still deserve a direct look regardless of a center's size.

2 Port Washington providers, including Temple Beth Israel Nursery School, carry a QUALITYstarsNY rating, New York's voluntary quality-improvement program, adding a data point beyond licensing status and program scale.

Because Port Washington's centers run larger than average, families should ask directly about classroom-level group sizes and staffing rather than assuming a bigger program means a bigger single classroom; CloverMap's listings surface capacity, age coverage, and rating status together so that conversation can start with real numbers. That combination of scale, full age coverage, and rated participation makes Port Washington one of the more thoroughly documented cities in this cohort for families who want a larger program with more room to grow into.