Sandbox Early Care & Education (2026 Profile)

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Sandbox Early Care & Education

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Sandbox preschool has been providing high quality child care in the community for over 39 years.

Sandbox continues its commitment to excel in early care and education.

Our goal is to make each child ready for future schooling by giving the necessary academic skills and to instill in each child a love of learning and a sense of adventure in the search for knowledge.

The sandbox believes that each child possesses great dignity, and deserves to be treated with respect, and that, in the proper environment, children will develop a love of learning and a learning to love self, friends, and the world around us.

Sandbox preschool Goal is to develop in all children a positive self-image and a sense of adventure in the search for knowledge.

To provide developmental opportunities and experiences meeting the cognitive, the social, the emotional and physical needs of each child.

To help each child adjust and become secure and happy, and self-confident in this new environment.

To prepare the child for future schooling by allowing development at his/her individual pace.

To provide quality care in a homelike atmosphere that is comfortable, safe and enjoyable for those children requiring part or all day care.

Quick Facts (2026)

School Type: Early Childhood / Day Care
Grades: Prekindergarten-Kindergarten
Enrollment: 90 students
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

School Overview

School Type

Early Childhood / Day Care

School Membership(s)School Assoc.

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Grades Offered

Grades Prekindergarten-Kindergarten

Student Body

Total Students

90 students

Student Body Type

Co-ed

% Students of Color

20%

State avg.: 34%

Students by Grade

Academics and Faculty

Total Classroom Teachers

1 teacher

Tuition and Acceptance Rate

Admission Deadline

None / Rolling

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

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Quick Facts (2026)

School Type: Early Childhood / Day Care
Grades: Prekindergarten-Kindergarten
Enrollment: 90 students
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

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