Published by Little Compass Guides
Little Compass Guides publishes free local guides that help parents find child care and early learning programs near home. Each guide covers one kind of program in one state and lists every school we can find, not only the ones that pay. Tennessee Preschools Guide is one of them: one place to compare preschools across Tennessee by age, programs and hours before you pick up the phone.
Why this directory exists
Finding a preschool in Tennessee usually means a dozen browser tabs and a lot of phone calls. Parents want to know a few plain things before they visit: does this school take my child's age, does it run a Pre-K class, does it accept child care subsidies, are meals included, and can I drop off early or pick up late. Most of that is scattered across school websites, if it is written down at all.
We built Tennessee Preschools Guide to put those answers in one place, city by city. Each school gets its own page with its programs, ages, hours and phone number, and each city page lists every school in and around that town.
We do not rank schools by who pays us, and a basic listing is free for every school. When a school pays for a featured spot, the page says so. If a school has told us nothing about a program, the page says that too, instead of guessing.
How listings are vetted
Every school here started as a Google Maps record filed under Preschool somewhere in Tennessee. We kept the ones that are open, have at least one parent review and were updated in the past year, merged duplicates, and removed a handful whose own websites showed they run a dance studio, a gym or an after-school camp instead of a preschool.
Then we read each school's own website for the things parents ask about first: the ages it takes, whether it runs a Pre-K class, whether it accepts child care subsidies, whether it lists tuition or keeps a waitlist, meals, early drop-off and late pickup, summer camp and any accreditation. A program is marked yes only when the school says so in its own words. Many schools say little online, so a blank on a listing means the school has not told us yet, and a call will answer it.
Right now that is 646 preschools in 47 Tennessee cities, last refreshed 2026-11-11.
Owners can claim their listing for free. Every claim is checked by a person: a real local business, a matching email domain or a call to the number on the Google listing. Paid placements are marked as featured, premium or best-of wherever they appear.
Corrections and removals
If a listing is wrong, or you want your business removed, tell us. We answer within a week and rebuild the directory with the change.