Do you know what the ratio in your childs daycare room is?

The last daycare i worked at had 8 infants and 2 teachers. The one before i had 12 1 year olds by myself. I live in Georgia, USA

Baby room is 1:4
Toddler 1:7
Preschool/pre-k 1:10
And yes they follow the ratios very closely. There’s cameras I can see

1 adult to 3 children under 3 years old. UK

I’m in the UK but this is ours:

under 2: 1:3
2yo: 1:5
3/4yo: 1:8 or 1:13 with a higher qualification

I live in Georgia in Houston county and we had a 1:6 ratio for infants & 1:8 ratio for toddlers at the daycare I worked at. me and two other ladies were the only ones that were qualified and had experience the rest of the teachers there were minors… They never followed the schedule of the day and we were always outnumbered. I would take care of at least 16 children by myself sometimes with a floater teacher popping in to “help” maybe every three hours they were horrible about incident reports as wel …. Trust your intuition with what daycare you choose and pleaseee look at the reviews and ask a lot of questions. When I quit, I felt so bad leaving my class because they were definitely poorly looked after before I got there

It’s 1:4/5 in our preschool room (usually 4)

My son is in the 1-3 group, the ratio is 6:1. Babies (0-1) is 4:1 preschool is 8:1 and after school care is 10:1

For infants its 1:4, toddlers its 1:6 i believe (my girl is 18m and in the process of transferring rooms).. I do believe its followed, and my daycare "overstaffs" in the morning, sees how many arrive (kids have to arrive before 10am or they can't come that day) and then they send techers home if not needed
Im in Nebraska, usa

1:5 is the mandate (PA) for toddlers up to 2 years old.

I'm in the UK, it's 1:3 in the baby and toddler rooms. They have more staff though, so in theory should always have cover.

My son is in the 2/3 year old room. The law is 1 to 8, but his school chooses to do 1 to 6. So his class is 12 kids and 2 teachers.

My son is in a homeschool preschool pod and theres anywhere between just him to 5 kids maximum.

Our nursery is 1:3 for under 2 years, 1:5 under 3 and 1:8 for 3 and over.

The size of the room is also taken into consideration for how many children you can have in it.

However to be an adult in the ration you need to be at least a level 3 in childcare and so anyone still training is just an extra person in the room.

Sickness is built into the room and the manager isn't counted in the ration as she doesn't normally do the childcare but push comes to shove, she's a level 6 so can watch 1:13 age 3 and over.

You tend to find though, when sickness goes around the kids and adults get it so they balance the rations themselves!

They 100% have more staff than they need though!

Our child’s class has the main teacher (1 teacher to 28, plus ours so 29 students and an ECE).

We had 1:6 with no more than 2 under 2 at the home daycare my daughter attended

1:3 for under 2 years old. For infants the max class size is 6, and for 1 year olds it’s 9.

2 year olds is 1:6 ratio, max class size 12. 3-4 year olds 1:10, max class size 20.

Yes, our daycare follows the guidelines very carefully. My oldest has been in daycare for over 3 years now. They have “floaters” to account for staff breaks.

1:6

Toddlers is 1:6 for us! They keep the room at 6 kids and always have a TA for each room, so on an average day it’s more like 1:2 or 1:3 depending on how many kids are in that day! If both teachers are out, generally admin or owners will step in or they will pull a TA from another room if possible

For me it’s 1:2 for infants

My daughter is in the 1 year old room. Ratio is 4 to 1 teacher and we are in the US state of WI

I work at the nursery my child goes to (UK). Ratios are 1:3 babies under 2, 1:5 2 year olds and 1:8 for 3/4 years or 1:13 if level 6 qualified adult.

We usually have an extra person in our ratios in all rooms to allow for paperwork, nappy changes etc and have bank staff who can do extra hours so staff sickness isn't usually an issue.

There are 25 kids, 1 teacher, 5 education assistance, 1 bus driver, 1 SLP, 1 OT, 1 PT and an SLP assistant. I think. The staff changes sometimes. There will often be extra people there like a psychologist or a family support worker/family support coordinator. I see it as a daycare more even though it's a kindergarten because they don't actually do what kids do in kindergarten.

Daycare teacher in the state of Alabama here. 🙋🏻‍♀️

Nursery is 1:5
Tots is 1:7
K-2 is 1:8
K-3 is 1:11

(My children attend this daycare I work at. I have also been here for a little over 2 years.)

In the event of a teacher calling out we move children to rooms that suite their age range. Say they are closer to the k-3 age then they would go to k-3 for the day. We don’t overload a teacher with more than their number without an aide. We follow our ratios everyday. Can’t speak on every daycare out there. 🤷🏻‍♀️

My daughter has 5 adults to 15 kids (ages2-4) I'm in the UK

UK ratios as a nursery worker

1:3 for under 2’s (including babies under 1)
1:5 for 2 year olds
1:8 for 3/4 year olds

I know/can find the answers for the state of PA, but my kids aren't in daycare. I just know what the state says cuz up until last semester I was studying for the early childhood care field

For Prek it’s 1:7. They follow it really well usually they have 3 adults for about 15-20 kids.

My son goes to a special needs school and its 3:1 ratio but I know typically for toddlers in NY its 6:1

1:3 under 2 and 1:5 over 2. They move around rooms to ensure quotas are met often exceeding them. Minimum of 2 teachers in every room and children move up every 6 months, so they're not all together at all, they have dedicated caregivers.

Preschool 10:1. 20 kids and 2 teachers for his class

NH
Infant is 1 to 4
Toddler 1 is 1 to 5
Toddler 2 is 1 to 6
Preschool is 1 to 8
& pre k is 1 to 10 I believe

I know ratios are being followed because the state does random checks with every center very fluently. There may be no core teacher from say 12pm-3pm during nap when teenagers come in at 12pm-2pm but that's fine as the ratio changes when children are sleeping believe that or not.

& if you ever notice there is 1 to & my number above is out of ratio or for 2 staff you double the kids number. If you count & there's more kids to ratio above, a teacher should be close by maybe getting supplies or doing potty run/ diaper- if not report this to your dhhs & state licensing immediately.

Sorry I didn't share the last bit & it's legal 🤣 each US Daycare is legally obligated to have multiple Emergency Plans.

✨️ This is apart of licensing as well & it's also to prevent ratio laws/ regulations not being met. So say

i.e.
Small daycare has 5 rooms & 7 staff members. Meaning 5 core teachers & 2 floaters who help around go room to room. This means if just 2 teachers call out from Flu A/ illness, & if those floating staff members aren't qualified, they cannot be alone with those kids. This means the owner/ director needs to refer to her Emergency Plans. In the event of an emergency (we think it makes absolute sense lol, sometimes small centers don't agree)

Well in this case the owner would likely take over one class for one sick staff member. Now remember we have 2 floating employees in this small daycare. So we can move kids around to remain in ratio while putting those floating staff members in those rooms to support those 2 teachers taking on more children!

However...

The inevitable imagine 4 out of 5 core staff have Flu A. It's bad. They can't work. The owner (imo) should Close the daycare for 1-3 days to clean/ have professionals clean the daycare. OR the worst.. the owner would have to call parents & let them know she can't care for their kids due to staff out from Flu A.