CLEVELAND’S
HIGH-QUALITY PRESCHOOLS

PRE4CLE Preschools are recognized across the City of Cleveland as the best, highest quality options for preschoolers and their families. PRE4CLE Preschools include child care centers, family child care homes, Head Start programs, and Cleveland Metropolitan School District preschool classrooms.

More than 100 preschool programs have already committed to being part of PRE4CLE and serve nearly 5,000 children in high-quality preschool classrooms across the city.

PRE4CLE Preschools collaborate with PRE4CLE and each other to implement the goals of the PRE4CLE Plan, serve as an advisory board, and receive support to enhance their programs.

QUALIFICATIONS

To be a PRE4CLE Preschool, your program must:


Be located in the City of Cleveland


3 out of 5 starsBe rated 3, 4, or 5 stars in Step Up To Quality


Teacher-student ratioMaintain a teacher-to-student ratio of 1:10 with a maximum class size of 20 children


Employ teachers with postsecondary degreesEmploy teachers, assistant teachers, and site administrators who meet  PRE4CLE’s education and training requirements


Share dataAgree to share data with PRE4CLE


Interested in becoming a PRE4CLE Preschool?

Please note, we review applications every six months.

PRE4CLE PRESCHOOLS

PRE4CLE Preschools meet high-quality standards and are located throughout Cleveland.

Click on the neighborhoods below to view the PRE4CLE Preschools located in each.

  • Bellaire Puritas

    Artemus Ward

    Little Critters Early Learning Center

  • Broadway Slavic Village

    AB Hart

    Clever Bee Academy – Broadway

    Mound Elementary School

    Villa Head Start Center

    Warner Girls Leadership Academy

  • Brooklyn Centre

    Corinna Bryant

    Denison

    Develop & Enhance the Mind Enrichment Center

  • Buckeye Shaker Square

    Fundamentals Early Childhood Development Academy

    Harvey Rice Elementary School

    Little Village Home Child Care

    Sunbeam

  • Buckeye Woodhill

  • Central

    Bingham Early Learning Center

    Day Care for Future Scholars

    Dike School of the Arts

    Friendly Inn Settlement Inc.

    George Washington Carver

    King Kennedy Head Start

    Marion-Sterling Elementary School

    William Patrick Day Early Learning Center

    YWCA Metro Early Learning Center

  • Clark Fulton

    Market Square Horizon Education Center

    Walton School

  • Collinwood Nottingham

    East Clark

    Hannah Gibbons-Nottingham

    Intergenerational Day Care

    Kenneth W. Clement

  • Cudell

    Marion C. Seltzer Elementary School

    Willard Head Start

  • Detroit Shoreway

    Gordon Square Early Learning Center

    Horizon Education Centers- Shoreway

    Jireh Learning Center

    Joseph M. Gallagher School

    St. Augustine Manor Child Enrichment Center

    Waverly Elementary School

  • Downtown

    Cleveland Fed Kids Inc.

    Developing Character LLC

  • Edgewater
  • Euclid Green

    Carl B. Stokes Early Learning Center

    Euclid Park Elementary School

  • Fairfax

    Bolton

    Quincy Place Early Learning Center

    St. Adelbert

  • Glenville

    Apples of Gold Child Care II

    Clever Bee Academy – St. Clair

    Ever Changing Educational Center

    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Mary M. Bethune

    Murtis Taylor @ Kathryn R. Tyler Center

    Stephanie Tubbs Jones

    Wade Early Learning Center

  • Goodrich Kirtland Park

  • Hough

    Daniel E. Morgan School

    Lexington-Bell Early Childhood Services

    Mary B. Martin School

    Wade Park

  • Jefferson

    Garfield Elementary School

    Willson School

    Wilson’s Home Daycare

  • Kamm's

    Care-A-Lot Day Care & Achievement Center LLC

    Clara E. Westropp School

    Douglas MacArthur

    Newton D. Baker School

    Riverside School

    Triskett Station Horizon Education Center

    Valley View Elementary School

    West Park Discovery World Inc

  • Kinsmann

    Anton Grdina

    Rainbow Terrace Head Start

  • Lee Harvard

    Adlai Stevenson School

    Louis Stokes Head Start Center

    Mary Church Terrell School

    Whitney M. Young School

  • Lee Seville
  • Mount Pleasant

    Andrew J. Rickoff

    Clever Bee Academy – Kinsman

    Murtis Taylor Child Enrichment Center

  • North Shore Collinwood

    A Jubilee Academy

    Memorial School

    Salvation Army Cleveland Temple Corps

  • Ohio City

    Orchard School

    Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School

    The Music Settlement-Ohio City

    Urban Community School

  • Old Brooklyn

    Benjamin Franklin

    Charles A. Mooney School

    Loving Cup Kids Academy of Old Brooklyn

    Old Brooklyn Horizon Education Center

    William Cullen Bryant

    William Rainey Harper

  • St. Clair Superior

    Brown’s Children’s Paradise

    St. Philip Neri Head Start

  • Stockyards

    Clark School

    Clever Bee Academy – Ridge

    Natividad Pagan International Newcomers Academy

  • Tremont

    Horizon Learning Center

    Luis Munoz Marin School

    Merrick House

    Scranton School

    Tremont Montessori School

  • Union Miles

    Chapelside Academy

    Charles Dickens School

    Miles School

    Nathan Hale School

    Robert H. Jamison School

  • University

    The Music Settlement-University Circle

  • West Boulevard

    Almira

    Halle

    Milagros Cruz

    St. Ignatius Head Start

    Wilbur Wright School

 

 

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