Ranked #1 overall across all 11 quality dimensions among every licensed childcare center in Marietta. This is the highest recognition we award in the city.
Best for Safety
Earned the highest safety score in Marietta. Our safety dimension weighs inspection history, deficiency records, and parent-reported safety culture across reviews.
Best Teachers
Earned the highest teacher quality score in Marietta. 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 Marietta. This dimension evaluates structured learning, developmental programming, and how well daily activities prepare children for each stage.
Best Infant Care
Earned the highest infant care score in Marietta. 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 Marietta. This dimension reflects pre-literacy, pre-math, and school-readiness preparation reported by parents and visible in the curriculum.
Full Ranking Detail
childcare
Evergreen Child Development Center is an Ohio-licensed, NAEYC-accredited childcare center in Marietta serving infants through kindergarten-age children across four classrooms. With a perfect 5-star Google rating and 5-star status through Ohio's Step Up to Quality program, the center emphasizes child-centered learning grounded in individual development and problem-solving. Daily meals, extended hours (6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday-Friday), and flexible part-time and full-time enrollment options make it accessible to working families.
Safety5.0
Curriculum9.0
Art / Music5.0
Infant care8.0
Kindergarten readiness6.0
Teacher quality9.0
Compassion6.0
Management9.0
Culture6.0
Extracurriculars6.0
Programs & curriculum
Curriculum & approach: Child development-focused philosophy emphasizing each child's individuality and uniqueness to begin a lifetime of learning. Uses natural discipline through problem solving, limit setting and redirection, supporting cognitive, physical, social, emotional and language development.
Programs & activities: Four classrooms serving Infants, Toddlers, Early Preschool and Preschool, for children 6 weeks through Kindergarten.
What sets it apart: Accredited through NAEYC and holds 5-star center status through Ohio's Step Up to Quality (SUTQ). Breakfast, lunch and snack provided daily; open Monday-Friday 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; part-time and full-time rates available.
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