Obarto STEM and Childcare Center
OLATHE, KS 66062Childery Rating: 5/5
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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.Not Available
- 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. Structural quality reflects a license in good standing. The structural rating also includes Kansas's licensing baseline — what every licensed daycare in the state must meet. Kansas caps infant ratios at 1:3, toddler ratios at 1:6, and preschool ratios at 1:12. Lead teachers must hold a High School Diploma. Teachers must complete 16 hours of annual training. No objective process measures (e.g., state quality rating or national accreditation) are available for this daycare. The overall rating reflects structural features only.
Quality Recognitions & Accreditations
- Accreditations
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)Not 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
- Not Available
- Licensed capacity
- 30
- Teacher-child ratios & group sizesState Minimum Displayed
Age Max ratio Max group Infants 1:3 9 Toddlers 1:6 12 Preschool 1:12 24
Teacher Credentials
- Lead teacher credentialState Minimum Displayed
- High School Diploma
Inspection History
Across 1 inspection since 2026, the issues cited most often were Emergency Preparedness & Drills (8), Building & Premises Safety (2), and Licensing & Administrative Compliance (1). None of the 11 findings were critical.
See the Inspection Visit
Feb 16, 202611 Findings10 Important1 Administrative
- Safety and Emergency ProceduresK.A.R. 28-4-128
The emergency plan does not include a designated off-premises relocation site and evacuation route for each area and site.
- Safety and Emergency ProceduresK.A.R. 28-4-128
The emergency plan does not include procedures for reuniting each child with each parent or adult responsible for the child.
- Safety and Emergency ProceduresK.A.R. 28-4-128
The emergency plan does not include procedures for notifying each parent or adult responsible for a child of any off-premises relocation.
- Safety and Emergency ProceduresK.A.R. 28-4-128
There is not a first aid kit present.
- Safety and Emergency ProceduresK.A.R. 28-4-128
The emergency plan does not include procedures for designating the tasks to be followed by each staff member in an emergency.
- Safety and Emergency ProceduresK.A.R. 28-4-128
The emergency plan does not include procedures for continuity of operations, including backing up or retrieving health and other required records.
- Safety and Emergency ProceduresK.A.R. 28-4-128
The emergency plan does not include procedures for responding to and preventing allergic reactions of individual children.
- Safety and Emergency ProceduresK.A.R. 28-4-128
The emergency plan does not include procedures to meet the individual needs of children, including each child with special needs and chronic medical conditions.
- Physical PlantK.A.R. 28-4-423
There are areas in Classroom 1, 101 and Classroom 2, 102 where the baseboard is either missing or is not secure to the wall. In Classroom 1, 101, a white bookshelf has peeling paint. There are mouse droppings on the water heater in the kitchen. Partially corrected at visit.
✓ Corrected at visit
- Physical PlantK.A.R. 28-4-423
The hot water throughout the facility ranges from 79 to 83 degrees Fahrenheit.
- AdministrationK.A.R. 28-4-426
The admission policy does not include non-discrimination in regard to ancestry. Corrected at visit.
✓ Corrected at visit
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