Ranked #1 overall across all 11 quality dimensions among every licensed childcare center in Centerville. This is the highest recognition we award in the city.
Best Teachers
Earned the highest teacher quality score in Centerville. This dimension weighs staff tenure, qualifications, warmth reported in parent reviews, and consistency of care across classrooms.
Best Curriculum
Earned the highest curriculum score in Centerville. This dimension evaluates structured learning, developmental programming, and how well daily activities prepare children for each stage.
Most Compassionate
Earned the highest compassion score in Centerville. This dimension captures how families describe staff empathy, how concerns are handled, and the emotional environment of the center.
Best Infant Care
Earned the highest infant care score in Centerville. This dimension focuses on caregiver ratios, responsiveness, feeding and sleep routines, and parent feedback specific to infant rooms.
Best K-Ready
Earned the highest kindergarten-readiness score in Centerville. This dimension reflects pre-literacy, pre-math, and school-readiness preparation reported by parents and visible in the curriculum.
Full Ranking Detail
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Primrose School Of Centerville is an advanced-accredited, state-licensed early education provider serving infants through school-age children at 2550 E Alex Bell Rd in Centerville, Ohio. The center's proprietary Balanced Learning curriculum emphasizes active minds, healthy bodies, and happy hearts through teacher-guided learning and purposeful play, with structured programs across nine age groups from infancy through before/after school care. With capacity for 248 children, accreditation from both SEA and Cognia, and operations from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm weekdays, the center maintains strong transparency with parents via the ProCare app and has earned a 5-star Yelp rating and 94% Facebook recommendation rate; notably, 96% of its Pre-K students met ASQ problem-solving benchmarks for kindergarten readiness.
Safety5.0
Curriculum9.0
Art / Music5.0
Infant care5.0
Kindergarten readiness8.0
Teacher quality8.0
Compassion8.0
Management6.0
Culture6.0
Extracurriculars6.0
Programs & curriculum
Curriculum & approach: Uses Balanced Learning, a proprietary research-informed curriculum designed to nurture the whole child intellectually, socially, emotionally and physically. Balances teacher-guided learning with purposeful play under the theme Active Minds, Healthy Bodies, and Happy Hearts.
Programs & activities: Programs by age group: Infant, Toddler, Early Preschool, Preschool Pathways, Preschool, Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, Before & After School, and Summer Adventure Club. Focus on early literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional skill development for kindergarten readiness.
What sets it apart: SEA and Cognia accredited; hours Monday-Friday 7:00 am-6:00 pm; staff background-checked and CPR/first-aid certified; Procare app for daily updates and photos; markets that 96% of Primrose Pre-K students met ASQ problem-solving benchmarks.
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Best Curriculum
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<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest compassion score in Centerville. This dimension captures how families describe staff empathy, how concerns are handled, and the emotional environment of the center.</span>
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Best Infant Care
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<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest infant care score in Centerville. This dimension focuses on caregiver ratios, responsiveness, feeding and sleep routines, and parent feedback specific to infant rooms.</span>
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<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest kindergarten-readiness score in Centerville. This dimension reflects pre-literacy, pre-math, and school-readiness preparation reported by parents and visible in the curriculum.</span>
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