Please Note: The aim of this list is to act as a first resource for those looking for recommended daycare and preschool options. Neither the Colloquium nor Baylor University endorse or recommend these private businesses. This has been crowdsourced and compiled by a survey sent out by Baylor Women’s Colloquium in the fall of 2024. It is not an authoritative source / the information may not be fully up to date. Please confirm waitlist availability and cost directly with the facility in advance.
Location: Woodway/Hewitt
Approximate Waitlist: 1 year
Ages: 18 mo – 5 years
Hours: 7am-6pm, year round
No kindergarten option
Approx. cost: $900-$1000 month depending on age
Afterschool Program for children with Disabilities in Waco, TX
Location: Waco
Ages: Kindergarten through High school
Approx. Cost: $65/week
Location: Waco
Ages: 0 – 5 years
Hours: 7am-6pm, year round
Approx. cost: $1,100 month depending on age
Notes: Christian Focus
First Baptist Church Waco Preschool
Location: Waco, downtown
Waitlist: can be 1-2 years
Ages: 0 – 5 years
Hours: 7:15am-5:30pm, year round
Approx. cost: $770-$990 depending on age
Location: Waco
Ages: 6 weeks to 5 years; after school care for up to 12.
Hours: 6:30am-6:00pm, year round
Approx. cost: not reported
Notes: elements of Montessori; English and Spanish spoken; live web cam
Location: Woodway
Ages: 6 weeks to 12 yo
Hours: 6:30-6pm, year round
Approx. cost: $350/week
Notes: no religious affiliation
Location: Waco
Ages: 6 weeks to 5years
Hours: 7:00am-5:30pm, year round
Approx. cost: $700/month
Notes: Christian focus (Church of Nazarene); accommodates some disabilities
Location: Waco
Waitlist: 1-3years
Ages: infant-5 years
Hours: 7:00-5:15pm, year round
Approx. cost: $850/month
Notes: high focus on play and social development (play-based learning); accommodates some disabilities
Noah’s Ark (Central Christian Church)
Location: Waco
Ages: 6 weeks through elementary school
Hours: 7:30-4pm, closed during the summer
Approx. cost: $31/day
Parkview Christian Childcare Center
Location: China Spring, Bosqueville
Ages: 6 weeks through preschool
Hours: 6:30am-5:45pm, year round
Approx. cost: $170-$230/week
Notes: Christian focus
Location: Waco
Waitlist: 1-2 years
Ages: infants to five years
Hours: 7:30am-5:30pm, closed during the summer
Approx. cost: $1000/month
Notes: Affiliated with Baylor, Reggio Emilia Approach to early childhood education, Conscious Discipline serves at the inspiration for their educational philosophy; Accommodations for children with disabilities
Location: Woodway
Ages: 6 weeks to pre-K; elementary after school care
Hours: 6:30am-6pm, year round
Approx. cost: $1,000-$1,500 a month depending on ages
Location: Waco
Waitlist: 6
Ages: 18 months to 6th grade
Hours: 7:30-3:15pm with afterschool option; closed during the summer
Approx. cost: $1030/month
Notes: Reggio Emilia Approach; Episcopal; accommodates students with disability
Location: Lorena
Ages: 18 months to 5th grade, year round
Hours: 7:30-3:15pm with afterschool option; closed during the summer
Approx. cost: $1,250 / month
Notes: Montessori Approach, Christian Focus, high student to teach ratio; kindergarten
Location: Waco
Ages: 18 months to 4yo
Hours: 7:30-5:30, year round
Approx. cost: $900/ month
Notes: Montessori Approach, high student to teach ratio, Spanish spoken, explicitly inclusive environment
Location: Waco
Ages: 18 months to 6th grade, year round
Hours: 7:00am-5:30pm with afterschool option; closed during the summer
Approx. cost: $1,200 / month
Notes: Montessori Approach, Spanish and French
Wooded Acres Montessori School
Location: Hewitt
Ages: 3-6yo, includes preschool and kindergarten
Hours: 8am-2pm Mon-Thurs, no after school, closed during the summer
Approx. cost: $680/month
Notes: small school, fewer than 25 children
Location: Woodway
Ages: pre-k
Hours: 7:00am-5:40pm (school is 8:20-11:15), closed during the summer; halfday Fridays
Approx. cost: $800/month
Notes: Affiliated with First Baptist Woodway Church