Ranked #1 overall across all 11 quality dimensions among every licensed childcare center in Navarre. This is the highest recognition we award in the city.
Best for Safety
Earned the highest safety score in Navarre. Our safety dimension weighs inspection history, deficiency records, and parent-reported safety culture across reviews.
Best Teachers
Earned the highest teacher quality score in Navarre. 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 Navarre. 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 Navarre. 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 Navarre. This dimension focuses on caregiver ratios, responsiveness, feeding and sleep routines, and parent feedback specific to infant rooms.
Full Ranking Detail
childcare
Massillon YMCA at Lohr Elementary is a SUTQ Gold-rated before and after school care program operated by the YMCA of Western Stark County at Perry Local Lohr Elementary School in Navarre, serving kindergarten through sixth grade. Operating from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM on school days, plus snow day and school-day-off programs, it offers physical activities, sports, arts and crafts, and homework help grounded in YMCA values of youth development and social responsibility. The program accepts PFCC vouchers, making it accessible to subsidy-eligible families. As a school-age program only, it is not suitable for families needing infant or toddler care.
Safety6.0
Curriculum7.0
Art / Music6.0
Infant care5.0
Kindergarten readiness6.0
Teacher quality7.0
Compassion6.0
Management7.0
Culture6.0
Extracurriculars6.0
Programs & curriculum
Curriculum & approach: Emphasizes early childhood development as building blocks for quality of life, with staff trained in the cognitive, physical, and social development of children; centered on the YMCA values of youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. Not a named branded curriculum.
Programs & activities: Before-school and after-school care, school-days-off and snow-day programs, and summer day camp; activities include physical activities, arts and crafts, homework help, and sports and games. Serves K-6th grade at multiple elementary schools.
What sets it apart: State-licensed programs operated by the YMCA of Western Stark County (Massillon YMCA & Massillon City Schools). Hours as early as 6:00 am through 6:00 pm; $25 registration fee; families receiving publicly funded ODJFS assistance are welcome.
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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 Navarre. This dimension evaluates structured learning, developmental programming, and how well daily activities prepare children for each stage.</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 Navarre. This dimension focuses on caregiver ratios, responsiveness, feeding and sleep routines, and parent feedback specific to infant rooms.</span>
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