Licensed Full-Day Daycare in Hilliard, OH

Full-Day Daycare in Hilliard

As of July 2026

37 providers make up Hilliard's roster in Ohio's licensing data, and it's almost entirely center-based: 35 centers to just 1 home-based program. Of those, 26 carry a Google rating, averaging 4.5 stars, and 17 are rated 4.5 stars or higher. Under Ohio's Step Up To Quality system, 16 Hilliard providers hold a Gold, Silver, or Bronze rating — 5 Gold, 3 Silver, and 8 Bronze. CloverMap lists Hilliard's full roster, including verified providers like All About Kids Childcare and Learning Center, for parents comparing options.

What to know about childcare in Hilliard

Hilliard's 37 providers are overwhelmingly center-based, with 35 centers against a single home-based program — about 95% centers, one of the highest center shares of any city in Ohio's licensing data. A Hilliard search will almost always involve comparing dedicated facilities rather than choosing between a center and a home, since only one home-based provider currently appears in the local roster.

Just under half of Hilliard's roster is medaled: 16 of 37 providers, or 43%, hold a rating under Ohio's Step Up To Quality program, split as 5 Gold, 3 Silver, and 8 Bronze, with Bronze the most common tier. Google ratings cover a larger share — 26 of 37 providers, or 70%, averaging 4.5 stars, with 17 rated 4.5 stars or higher. That's a strong, well-covered rating picture even where the medal coverage is more modest.

Hilliard's providers are licensed through Ohio's Department of Children and Youth (DCY), which sets the baseline staffing, health and safety, and operational standards for both centers and family child care homes statewide. Step Up To Quality is the voluntary review layered on top of that license, and in Hilliard, Bronze is the most common medal among providers that have gone through it, ahead of both Gold and Silver.

With 70% of Hilliard's roster carrying a Google rating and nearly two-thirds of those rated 4.5 stars or higher, Google data covers considerably more of the local market than Step Up To Quality medals do — useful context for a parent deciding which measure to lean on first when comparing options.

For a Hilliard parent, the practical reality is that a search will center almost entirely on the 35 centers, with only one home-based option available locally. Given how broad the Google rating coverage is here, starting with that measure and then checking the Step Up To Quality medal for the 16 providers that have one is a reasonable way to work through Hilliard's 37 total providers.

Hilliard's near-total center concentration, paired with strong and broad Google coverage, makes this one of the more center-and-review-heavy markets among comparable Ohio cities — a useful combination for parents who want both a structured facility and a large pool of public feedback to check against. Given how broad Hilliard's Google coverage is relative to its medal coverage, a parent building a shortlist here is likely to find more usable rating data through Google reviews than through Step Up To Quality alone, though both remain worth checking. That combination — near-total center coverage, strong Google participation, and moderate medal coverage — makes Hilliard a market where cross-referencing multiple data points pays off more than in cities with a single dominant signal.