🏆 Ranked #1 in Faifield & Hamiliton & Ross · 6.8 / 10 overall
Awards Earned
#1 in Faifield & Hamiliton & Ross
Ranked #1 overall across all 11 quality dimensions among every licensed childcare center in Faifield & Hamiliton & Ross. This is the highest recognition we award in the city.
Best for Safety
Earned the highest safety score in Faifield & Hamiliton & Ross. Our safety dimension weighs inspection history, deficiency records, and parent-reported safety culture across reviews.
Best Teachers
Earned the highest teacher-quality score in Faifield & Hamiliton & Ross. This dimension reflects staff credentials, tenure, warmth, and how consistently parents praise individual teachers.
Best Curriculum
Earned the highest curriculum score in Faifield & Hamiliton & Ross. 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 Faifield & Hamiliton & Ross. This dimension captures the warmth, patience, and individual attention children receive day to day.
Best Infant Care
Earned the highest infant care score in Faifield & Hamiliton & Ross. 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 Faifield & Hamiliton & Ross. This dimension weighs literacy and numeracy foundations, school-transition preparation, and reported outcomes.
Best Management
Earned the highest management score in Faifield & Hamiliton & Ross. This dimension evaluates director responsiveness, communication, billing clarity, and how well the center is run.
Best Culture
Earned the highest culture score in Faifield & Hamiliton & Ross. This dimension captures a sense of community, inclusivity, staff morale, and the feeling families describe when they walk through the door.
Best Arts & Music
Earned the highest arts & music score in Faifield & Hamiliton & Ross. This dimension reflects the depth and consistency of creative programming — visual arts, music, movement, and imaginative play.
Best Extracurriculars
Earned the highest extracurriculars score in Faifield & Hamiliton & Ross. This dimension covers enrichment beyond core care — sports, languages, field trips, and special programs.
Full Ranking Detail
childcare
Gmv Ymca @ Sacred Heart School is a Great Miami Valley YMCA-operated after-school care program at Sacred Heart School in Fairfield, Ohio, serving school-age children with integrated family convenience. The program holds a SUTQ Quality Rating 4 and uses the research-based Creative Curriculum across YMCA early learning sites, supporting development through play-based, hands-on activities in blocks, dramatic play, art, and outdoor exploration. The center accepts publicly funded childcare vouchers (PFCC) and offers YMCA financial aid and member discounts. However, February and April 2026 inspections documented partially compliant and unresolved non-compliance findings, and current program hours remain unclear from public sources, warranting direct contact with the provider to verify active operations and compliance status before enrollment.
Safety6.0
Curriculum8.0
Art / Music7.0
Infant care6.0
Kindergarten readiness7.0
Teacher quality8.0
Compassion7.0
Management6.0
Culture6.0
Extracurriculars7.0
Programs & curriculum
Curriculum & approach: Play-based learning using the research-based Creative Curriculum, supporting physical, cognitive, language, and social-emotional development through hands-on, developmentally appropriate activities. Includes foundational literacy, math, science, and social skills.
Programs & activities: Block building, dramatic play, art, and outdoor exploration. Programs span preschool, early learning centers (infants through preschoolers), school-age care, and Schools Day Out.
What sets it apart: Gold Rated / Star-Rated programs. Early Learning Centers open Mon-Fri 6:30am-6:00pm with nutritious meals and snacks provided; preschool at East Butler YMCA runs 9:30am-3:00pm with half-day options. $50 non-refundable registration fee; YMCA members get a $20 weekly tuition reduction; publicly funded child care (PFCC) and YMCA financial aid available.
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Best for Safety
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Best Teachers
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Best Curriculum
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<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest curriculum score in Faifield & Hamiliton & Ross. This dimension evaluates structured learning, developmental programming, and how well daily activities prepare children for each stage.</span>
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Most Compassionate
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<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest compassion score in Faifield & Hamiliton & Ross. This dimension captures the warmth, patience, and individual attention children receive day to day.</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 Faifield & Hamiliton & Ross. This dimension focuses on caregiver ratios, responsiveness, feeding and sleep routines, and parent feedback specific to infant rooms.</span>
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Best K-Ready
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<strong style="display:block;font-size:15px;color:#1A1A18;margin-bottom:5px;">Best K-Ready</strong>
<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest kindergarten-readiness score in Faifield & Hamiliton & Ross. This dimension weighs literacy and numeracy foundations, school-transition preparation, and reported outcomes.</span>
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Best Management
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<strong style="display:block;font-size:15px;color:#1A1A18;margin-bottom:5px;">Best Management</strong>
<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest management score in Faifield & Hamiliton & Ross. This dimension evaluates director responsiveness, communication, billing clarity, and how well the center is run.</span>
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Best Culture
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<strong style="display:block;font-size:15px;color:#1A1A18;margin-bottom:5px;">Best Culture</strong>
<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest culture score in Faifield & Hamiliton & Ross. This dimension captures a sense of community, inclusivity, staff morale, and the feeling families describe when they walk through the door.</span>
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Best Arts & Music
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<strong style="display:block;font-size:15px;color:#1A1A18;margin-bottom:5px;">Best Arts & Music</strong>
<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest arts & music score in Faifield & Hamiliton & Ross. This dimension reflects the depth and consistency of creative programming — visual arts, music, movement, and imaginative play.</span>
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Best Extracurriculars
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<strong style="display:block;font-size:15px;color:#1A1A18;margin-bottom:5px;">Best Extracurriculars</strong>
<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest extracurriculars score in Faifield & Hamiliton & Ross. This dimension covers enrichment beyond core care — sports, languages, field trips, and special programs.</span>
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