CAPE Place Head Start
Data last updated · May 2026
Quality Indicators
See Methodology →- Overall QualityCombines daily care quality (interactions, learning, environment) with structural features like staff-to-child ratios and teacher qualifications.5 / 5
- Process QualityThe quality of daily care — caregiver-child interactions, learning activities, and the emotional climate. Drawn from the state QRIS rating, accreditations, and Head Start CLASS observations.5 / 5
- Structural QualityMeasurable features like staff-to-child ratios, group sizes, license status, and teacher qualifications. Provider-level data when available; otherwise the state regulatory baseline.5 / 5
Why this rating
This daycare earned 5 out of 5 stars overall. Process quality reflects a Path to QUALITY rating of Level 4 (out of 4) and NAEYC accreditation. Structural quality reflects a clean inspection record across 3 visits in the last 3 years (most recently inspected October 2025), no complaints on record over the same window, and a license in good standing. The structural rating also includes Indiana's licensing baseline — what every licensed daycare in the state must meet. Indiana caps infant ratios at 1:5, toddler ratios at 1:6, and preschool ratios at 1:13. Lead teachers must hold a High School Diploma. Teachers must complete 12 hours of annual training.
Quality Recognitions & Accreditations
- State Quality Rating
- Path to QUALITY Level 4 (Max 4) Learn more →
- Accreditations
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)Accredited
- National Accreditation Commission (NAC)Not Accredited
- National Early Childhood Program Accreditation (NECPA)Not Accredited
- National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)Not Accredited
Facility Info
- Facility type
- Child Care Center
- Age groups served
- Preschool, School-Age
- Licensed capacity
- 120
- Teacher-child ratios & group sizesState Minimum Displayed
Age Max ratio Max group Preschool 1:13 29
Teacher Credentials
- Lead teacher credentialState Minimum Displayed
- High School Diploma
Inspection History
Across 3 inspections since 2023, the issues cited most often were Building & Premises Safety (2) and Infectious Disease Prevention & Control (1). None of the 5 findings were critical.
See All 3 Inspection Visits
Oct 2, 20251 Finding1 Important
- The Administrator or Director Is Responsible for Maintaining All Interior and Ex
Room 101 has a trampoline. Trampolines are defined as unsafe surface in CCDF letter from 4-30-15.
Nov 12, 20243 Findings3 Important
- The Center Shall Cover Electrical Outlets or Otherwise Make Them Shockproof in A
Room 101 has three outlets without covers. Room 204 has one outlet not covered by cubbies.
- Bathrooms
Room 202 has papertowls on the children's sink counter in the bathroom in such a way they can not be dispenced in a sanitary manner. The hall bathroom by the office has papertowles on top of the papertowel dispencer not allowing them to be dispenced in a sanitiary manner.
- Building Maintenance
The caulk between the wall and floor behind the toilets in the bathroom in Room 102 is cracked.
Oct 3, 20231 Finding1 Important
- Records, Kept at the Child Care Center
Records, kept at the child care center, shall document the following for all cur 2 staff members working with children have expired varification that staff is free from tuberculosis.
Complaints & Safety Record
- Complaints (Last 36 Months)
- 0
- 0% of licensed capacity