Licensed Preschool in South Ozone Park, NY

Preschool in South Ozone Park

As of August 2026

South Ozone Park's average licensed capacity of 57 children per site -- among the higher figures in this batch -- comes from a combined capacity of 2,154 children across 38 providers, according to New York State Office of Children and Family Services records. Every provider operates as a center, with no family child care homes listed, and all 38 serve school-age children. 2 providers hold a QUALITYstarsNY rating. CloverMap lets South Ozone Park families browse this complete, verified roster of listings.

What to know about childcare in South Ozone Park

New York State Office of Children and Family Services data lists 38 licensed child care providers in South Ozone Park, all classified as centers. No family child care homes appear on the roster, meaning South Ozone Park families searching this data will be comparing facility-based programs exclusively. In practical terms, that means a parent's search in this city will involve comparing similarly structured facility-based programs against each other, rather than weighing a facility-based option against a smaller home-based one.

South Ozone Park's 38 providers report a combined licensed capacity of 2,154 children, an average of 57 per site -- one of the higher per-site averages recorded in this batch of cities. That scale suggests South Ozone Park's centers tend to run larger operations, likely with multiple classrooms per site. That capacity is best read as a site-wide ceiling rather than a single classroom size, since most centers of this scale operate more than one age-based group at once.

Every one of South Ozone Park's 38 providers is recorded serving school-age children, and the dataset shows no meaningful infant, toddler, or preschool coverage for this city. That makes South Ozone Park a strong search target for before- or after-school programming, but a family with a younger child will likely need to look beyond this area's own roster.

All 38 South Ozone Park providers are licensed through the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, which sets minimum standards for staffing, group size, and facility conditions before a provider may operate. 2 South Ozone Park providers additionally hold a QUALITYstarsNY rating, the state's voluntary quality-rating and improvement system. License holders are expected to maintain those standards on an ongoing basis, not just at the point of initial approval, which is part of why the OCFS roster is kept current over time.

A parent searching in South Ozone Park will find a roster of large, school-age-focused centers, including operators like Little Butterfly Daycare, Corp. Families with infants, toddlers, or preschoolers should plan to widen their search radius, since none of the recorded providers here serve those age groups.

None of the figures in this profile indicate whether a specific center has an opening today; they describe licensed capacity and program structure as reported to the state. A South Ozone Park parent should treat this roster as a shortlist-building tool, then contact individual centers directly to confirm current availability, hours, and whether a program's age groupings fit before enrolling.