California Daycares

30,626

Facilities

93.4

Avg Score

3.0

Avg Violations

A
B
C
D
F

Grade Distribution

Data Freshness & Provenance

Inspection coverage

25,731 of 30,626 providers have inspection history

Active providers

26,027 providers appear active in the current roster

Last refreshed

April 3, 2026

Latest inspection

March 6, 2026

Provenance

California licensing data plus DaycareCheck safety scoring

State Snapshot

California currently has 30,626 tracked facilities. 25,731 have inspection history, 26,027 appear active, and 22,824 facilities hold an A or B grade. The latest inspection in the dataset is March 6, 2026.

Updated April 3, 2026 from state licensing records and DaycareCheck scoring.

Largest Cities in California

Los Angeles

1,635 facilities

92.9 avg score

San Diego

1,113 facilities

92.9 avg score

San Jose

816 facilities

91.1 avg score

San Francisco

811 facilities

94.2 avg score

Sacramento

699 facilities

94.5 avg score

Oakland

387 facilities

94.7 avg score

Bakersfield

381 facilities

93.9 avg score

Long Beach

341 facilities

93.1 avg score

Cities in California

A
46

Acton

6 daycares

A

Adelanto

22 daycares

A

Agoura Hills

26 daycares

A

Alameda

105 daycares

A

Alamo

12 daycares

A

Albany

28 daycares

A

Alhambra

63 daycares

A

Alhmabra

1 daycare

A

Aliso Viejo

23 daycares

A

Alpaugh

1 daycare

A

Alpine

20 daycares

A

Alta Loma

5 daycares

A

Altadena

35 daycares

A

Alturas

14 daycares

A

Alviso

2 daycares

A

American Canyon

12 daycares

A

Anaheim

187 daycares

A

Anaheim Hills

8 daycares

A

Anderson

21 daycares

A

Angels Camp

9 daycares

A

Angwin

5 daycares

A

annapolis

2 daycares

Antelope

63 daycares

A

Antioch

84 daycares

A

Anza

1 daycare

A

Apple Valley

43 daycares

A

Applegate

2 daycares

A

Aptos

15 daycares

A

Arboga

1 daycare

A

Arbuckle

8 daycares

A

Arcadia

44 daycares

A

Arcata

22 daycares

A

Arleta

34 daycares

A

Armona

4 daycares

A

Aromas

3 daycares

A

Arroyo Grande

24 daycares

A

Artesia

12 daycares

A

Arvin

47 daycares

A

Atascadero

41 daycares

A

Atherton

13 daycares

A

Atwater

29 daycares

A

Auberry

1 daycare

A

Auburn

38 daycares

A

Avalon

3 daycares

A

Avenal

22 daycares

A

Azusa

31 daycares

A
B
64

Baker

1 daycare

A

Bakerfield

1 daycare

A

Bakersfield

381 daycares

A

Baldwin Park

43 daycares

A

bangor

1 daycare

Banning

23 daycares

A

banta

1 daycare

Barstow

11 daycares

A

Bay Point

18 daycares

A

Baypoint

1 daycare

A

Bayside

1 daycare

A

Beale Afb

1 daycare

B

bear valley

2 daycares

Beaumont

31 daycares

A

Bell

9 daycares

A

Bell Gardens

22 daycares

A

Bella Vista

1 daycare

A

Bellflower

49 daycares

A

Belmont

24 daycares

A

Belvedere

1 daycare

A

Ben Lomond

3 daycares

A

Benica

2 daycares

A

Benicia

24 daycares

A

benton

1 daycare

Berkeley

126 daycares

A

Bermuda Dunes

5 daycares

A

Beverly Hills

18 daycares

A

Bieber

2 daycares

A

Big Bear City

4 daycares

D

Big Bear Lake

2 daycares

A

Big Creek

1 daycare

C

Big Pine

1 daycare

A

Big Sur

1 daycare

C

Biggs

3 daycares

A

Bishop

22 daycares

A

Bloomington

9 daycares

A

Blue Lake

1 daycare

A

Blythe

12 daycares

A

Bodega

1 daycare

A

Bodega Bay

1 daycare

A

bolinas

1 daycare

Bonita

15 daycares

A

bonsall

1 daycare

Boonville

2 daycares

A

Boron

1 daycare

A

Borrego Springs

3 daycares

A

Boulder Creek

6 daycares

A

Boulevard

1 daycare

C

boyes hot springs

1 daycare

Brawley

41 daycares

A

Brea

23 daycares

A

Brentwood

63 daycares

A

Briceland

1 daycare

A

bridgeport

1 daycare

Brisbane

2 daycares

A

Browns Valley

2 daycares

A

Brownsville

1 daycare

A

Buellton

4 daycares

A

Buena Park

72 daycares

A

Burbank

99 daycares

A

Burlingame

41 daycares

A

Burney

3 daycares

A

Buttonwillow

1 daycare

A

byron

1 daycare

C
102

Cabazon

2 daycares

B

Calabasas

10 daycares

A

Calexico

69 daycares

A

California City

5 daycares

A

Calimesa

6 daycares

A

Calipatria

3 daycares

A

Calistoga

5 daycares

A

Calpella

1 daycare

A

Camarillo

37 daycares

A

Cambria

3 daycares

A

Cameron Park

12 daycares

A

Camino

1 daycare

A

Campbell

45 daycares

A

Campo

1 daycare

A

Canoga Park

45 daycares

A

Cantua Creek

1 daycare

A

Canyon Country

37 daycares

A

Canyon Lake

2 daycares

A

Capistrano Beach

6 daycares

A

Capitola

2 daycares

A

Cardiff

4 daycares

A

Cardiff By The Sea

3 daycares

A

carlotta

1 daycare

Carlsbad

66 daycares

A

Carmel

8 daycares

A

Carmel Valley

1 daycare

A

Carmel-By-The-Sea

1 daycare

A

Carmicael

1 daycare

A

Carmichael

60 daycares

A

Carmicheal

1 daycare

C

Carnelian Bay

1 daycare

A

Carpinteria

21 daycares

A

Carson

110 daycares

A

Caruthers

2 daycares

A

Castaic

18 daycares

A

castella

1 daycare

Castro Valley

58 daycares

A

Castroville

26 daycares

A

Cathedral City

36 daycares

A

Catheys Valley

2 daycares

A

cazadero

1 daycare

Cedarville

2 daycares

A

Ceres

34 daycares

A

Cerritos

25 daycares

A

Challenge

1 daycare

A

Chatsworth

36 daycares

A

Cherry Valley

2 daycares

A

Chester

6 daycares

A

Chico

122 daycares

A

Chino

43 daycares

A

Chino Hills

39 daycares

A

Chowchilla

10 daycares

A

Chualar

2 daycares

A

Chula Vista

272 daycares

A

Citrus Heights

74 daycares

A

City Of Industry

4 daycares

A

Claremont

25 daycares

A

Clayton

9 daycares

A

Clearlake

20 daycares

A

clearlake oaks

1 daycare

Cloverdale

9 daycares

A

Clovis

69 daycares

A

Coachella

92 daycares

A

Coalinga

9 daycares

A

Coarsegold

5 daycares

A

Coleville

1 daycare

A

Colfax

2 daycares

A

Colma

3 daycares

A

Colton

23 daycares

A

columbia

2 daycares

Colusa

17 daycares

A

Commerce

2 daycares

A

Compton

136 daycares

A

Comton

1 daycare

D

Concord

118 daycares

A

Cool

4 daycares

A

Copperopolis

3 daycares

A

Corcoran

10 daycares

A

Corning

32 daycares

A

Corona

112 daycares

A

Corona Del Mar

6 daycares

A

Coronado

15 daycares

A

Corralitos

1 daycare

B

Corte Madera

29 daycares

A

Costa Mesa

60 daycares

A

Cotati

15 daycares

A

Cottonwood

12 daycares

A

Courtland

1 daycare

A

Covelo

1 daycare

C

Covina

43 daycares

A

Crescent City

24 daycares

A

Crescent Mills

1 daycare

A

crest park

1 daycare

Crestline

2 daycares

D

Creston

1 daycare

A

Crockett

2 daycares

A

Cudahy

7 daycares

A

Culver City

58 daycares

A

Cupertino

73 daycares

A

Cutler

3 daycares

A

Cuyama

1 daycare

B

Cypress

34 daycares

A
L
88

La Canada

21 daycares

A

La Canada Flintridge

2 daycares

A

La Crescenta

26 daycares

A

La Grange

1 daycare

A

La Habra

39 daycares

A

La Habra Heights

4 daycares

A

La Honda

1 daycare

A

La Jolla

29 daycares

A

La Mesa

68 daycares

A

La Mirada

22 daycares

A

La Palma

9 daycares

A

La Puente

75 daycares

A

La Quinta

19 daycares

A

La Selva Beach

2 daycares

A

La Verne

14 daycares

A

Ladera Ranch

17 daycares

A

Lafayette

26 daycares

A

Laguna Beach

10 daycares

A

Laguna Hills

16 daycares

A

Laguna Niguel

40 daycares

A

Laguna Woods

3 daycares

A

Lahabra

3 daycares

A

Lake Arrowhead

3 daycares

A

Lake Balboa

11 daycares

A

lake elizabeth

1 daycare

Lake Elsinore

47 daycares

A

lake foresr

1 daycare

Lake Forest

51 daycares

A

Lake Hughes

1 daycare

A

Lake Isabella

3 daycares

A

Lake View Terrace

3 daycares

A

Lakeport

14 daycares

A

Lakeside

38 daycares

A

Lakeview Terrace

1 daycare

A

Lakewood

67 daycares

A

Lakewwod

2 daycares

A

Lamont

16 daycares

A

Lancaster

185 daycares

A

Larkspur

4 daycares

A

Lathrop

36 daycares

A

Laton

1 daycare

A

Laverne

1 daycare

A

Lawndale

21 daycares

A

Laytonville

1 daycare

A

Le Grand

4 daycares

A

Lee Vining

1 daycare

B

Leggett

1 daycare

A

Legrand

1 daycare

A

Lemon Grove

45 daycares

A

Lemoore

29 daycares

A

Lennox

7 daycares

A

Lewiston

2 daycares

A

Lincoln

49 daycares

A

Linden

5 daycares

A

Lindsay

66 daycares

A

Litchfield

1 daycare

A

Littlerock

5 daycares

A

Live Oak

4 daycares

A

Livermore

75 daycares

A

Livingston

11 daycares

A

Lockeford

1 daycare

A

Lodi

47 daycares

A

Loleta

1 daycare

A

Loma Linda

7 daycares

A

Lomita

29 daycares

A

Lompoc

71 daycares

A

Lone Pine

4 daycares

A

Long Beach

341 daycares

A

Long Beach, Ca.

2 daycares

A

Long Each

1 daycare

A

Loomis

18 daycares

A

Los Alamitos

18 daycares

A

Los Alamos

2 daycares

A

Los Altos

32 daycares

A

Los Altos Hills

1 daycare

B

Los Angeles

1635 daycares

A

Los Angles

1 daycare

A

Los Banos

60 daycares

A

Los Gatos

28 daycares

A

Los Olivos

5 daycares

A

Los Osos

13 daycares

A

Lost Hills

2 daycares

A

Lower Lake

4 daycares

A

Loyalton

3 daycares

A

Lucerne

1 daycare

A

Lucerne Lake

1 daycare

A

Lucerne Valley

1 daycare

A

Lynwood

58 daycares

A
M
76

Madera

100 daycares

A

Madison

1 daycare

A

Magalia

4 daycares

A

Malibu

12 daycares

A

Mammoth Lakes

8 daycares

A

Manhattan Beach

29 daycares

A

Manteca

86 daycares

A

march air reserve ba

1 daycare

Marin City

8 daycares

A

Marina

8 daycares

A

Marina Del Rey

8 daycares

A

Mariposa

12 daycares

A

Markleeville

1 daycare

A

Marsyville

1 daycare

A

Martinez

29 daycares

A

Marysville

27 daycares

A

Mather

3 daycares

A

maxwell

1 daycare

Maywood

17 daycares

A

Mc Farland

1 daycare

B

McArthur

2 daycares

A

McClellan Park

1 daycare

A

McCloud

1 daycare

C

McFarland

18 daycares

A

McKinleyville

10 daycares

A

Meadow Vista

6 daycares

A

Mecca

40 daycares

A

Mendocino

2 daycares

A

Mendota

7 daycares

A

Menifee

64 daycares

A

Menlo Park

53 daycares

A

Mentone

3 daycares

A

Merced

99 daycares

A

Middletown

6 daycares

A

Midway City

2 daycares

A

Mill Valley

38 daycares

A

Millbrae

27 daycares

A

Millville

1 daycare

A

Milpitas

97 daycares

A

Milpitas 95035

1 daycare

A

Mira Loma

3 daycares

A

Mission Hills

15 daycares

A

Mission Viejo

64 daycares

A

Modesto

163 daycares

A

moesto

1 daycare

Moffett Field

1 daycare

D

Mojave

2 daycares

A

Monrovia

20 daycares

A

Montague

4 daycares

A

Montara

2 daycares

A

Montclair

17 daycares

A

Monte Rio

4 daycares

A

Montebello

35 daycares

A

Montebllo

1 daycare

A

Monterey

15 daycares

A

Monterey Park

29 daycares

A

montgomery creek

1 daycare

Montrose

9 daycares

A

Moorpark

11 daycares

A

Moraga

14 daycares

A

Moreno Valley

127 daycares

A

Morgan Hill

39 daycares

A

Morongo Valley

2 daycares

A

Morro Bay

5 daycares

A

Moss Beach

1 daycare

B

mount hermon

1 daycare

mount shasta

1 daycare

Mountain House

39 daycares

A

Mountain View

71 daycares

A

Mountaiview

1 daycare

A

Mountian Ranch

1 daycare

A

Mt. Shasta

5 daycares

A

Murietta

1 daycare

A

Murphys

4 daycares

A

murreita

1 daycare

Murrieta

74 daycares

A
P
71

Pacheco

4 daycares

A

Pacific Grove

7 daycares

A

Pacific Palisades

16 daycares

A

Pacifica

38 daycares

A

Pacoima

27 daycares

A

pacomia

1 daycare

Palermo

3 daycares

A

Palm Desert

36 daycares

A

Palm Springs

21 daycares

A

Palmadale

1 daycare

B

Palmdale

138 daycares

A

Palo Alto

119 daycares

A

Palo Cedro

4 daycares

A

palos verdes

1 daycare

Palos Verdes Estates

2 daycares

A

Panoram City

2 daycares

B

Panorama

1 daycare

A

Panorama City

38 daycares

A

Paradise

11 daycares

A

Paramount

18 daycares

A

Parlier

30 daycares

A

Pasadena

133 daycares

A

Paso Robles

57 daycares

A

Patterson

30 daycares

A

Pauma Valley

1 daycare

A

Pearblossom

1 daycare

A

Penn Valley

2 daycares

A

Penngrove

6 daycares

A

Penryn

4 daycares

A

Perris

53 daycares

A

Pescadero

1 daycare

A

Petaluma

60 daycares

A

Phelan

7 daycares

A

Philo

2 daycares

D

Pico Rivera

43 daycares

A

Piedmont

8 daycares

A

Pine Grove

5 daycares

A

Pine Valley

1 daycare

A

Pinedale

6 daycares

A

Pinole

15 daycares

A

Pinon Hills

2 daycares

A

Pioneer

4 daycares

A

Piru

2 daycares

A

Pismo Beach

3 daycares

A

Pittsburg

58 daycares

A

Pittsburg, Ca 94565

1 daycare

A

Pittsburgh

2 daycares

A

Pixley

4 daycares

A

Placentia

20 daycares

A

Placerville

19 daycares

A

Planada

10 daycares

A

Playa Del Rey

3 daycares

A

Playa Vista

1 daycare

A

Pleasant Hill

57 daycares

A

Pleasanton

59 daycares

A

Plumas Lake

23 daycares

A

Plymouth

4 daycares

A

Point Arena

4 daycares

C

Pollock Pines

6 daycares

A

Pomona

100 daycares

A

Poplar

3 daycares

A

Port Hueneme

18 daycares

A

Porter Ranch

8 daycares

A

Porterville

93 daycares

A

Portola

6 daycares

A

Portola Valley

5 daycares

A

Potrero

1 daycare

A

Potter Valley

2 daycares

A

Poway

59 daycares

A

Prunedale

2 daycares

A

Pt. Reyes Station

1 daycare

B
R
64

rainbow

1 daycare

Raisin City

1 daycare

B

Ramona

23 daycares

A

Ranch Cordova

1 daycare

A

Rancho Cordova

63 daycares

A

rancho cuamonga

1 daycare

Rancho Cucamonga

53 daycares

A

Rancho Cucumonga

1 daycare

A

Rancho Dominguez

1 daycare

B

Rancho Mirage

2 daycares

B

Rancho Mission Viejo

4 daycares

A

Rancho Murieta

4 daycares

A

Rancho Palos Verdes

20 daycares

A

Rancho San Margarita

3 daycares

A

Rancho Santa Fe

5 daycares

A

Rancho Santa Margari

2 daycares

A

Rancho Sta Margaita

1 daycare

B

Rancho Sta Margarita

24 daycares

A

Rcho Sta Marg

1 daycare

A

Red Bluff

42 daycares

A

Redding

105 daycares

A

Redlands

55 daycares

A

Redondo Beach

39 daycares

A

Redway

2 daycares

A

Redwood City

114 daycares

A

Redwood Valley

2 daycares

A

Reedley

28 daycares

A

Rescue

2 daycares

A

Reseda

72 daycares

A

Rialto

67 daycares

A

Richgrove

3 daycares

A

Richmond

115 daycares

A

Ridgecrest

16 daycares

A

rim forest

1 daycare

Rimforest

1 daycare

C

Rio Dell

1 daycare

A

Rio Linda

7 daycares

A

rio oso

1 daycare

Rio Vista

3 daycares

A

Ripon

9 daycares

A

Riverbank

11 daycares

A

Riverdale

2 daycares

A

Riversdie

1 daycare

A

Riverside

166 daycares

A

Robbins

1 daycare

A

Rocklin

65 daycares

A

Rodeo

10 daycares

A

Rohnert Park

39 daycares

A

Rolling Hills

1 daycare

A

Rolling Hills Estate

10 daycares

A

Romoland

5 daycares

A

Rosamond

10 daycares

A

Rosemead

47 daycares

A

Roseville

159 daycares

A

Ross

3 daycares

A

Rossmoor

1 daycare

A

Rosville

2 daycares

A

Rough & Ready

1 daycare

A

Round Mountain

1 daycare

B

Rowland Heights

32 daycares

A

Royal Oak

1 daycare

A

Royal Oaks

9 daycares

A

Running Springs

1 daycare

A

Rutherford

1 daycare

A
S
142

s lake tahoe

1 daycare

S. El Monte

5 daycares

A

S. Pasadena

1 daycare

B

sacrament

1 daycare

Sacramento

699 daycares

A

sacrmaento

1 daycare

Sacrmaneto

1 daycare

B

Sacto.

1 daycare

A

Saint Helena

1 daycare

A

Salida

16 daycares

A

Salinas

195 daycares

A

Salton City

2 daycares

A

San Andreas

5 daycares

A

San Anselmo

19 daycares

A

san ardo

1 daycare

San Berardino

1 daycare

A

San Bernardino

131 daycares

A

San Bruno

41 daycares

A

San Carlos

43 daycares

A

San Clemente

32 daycares

A

San Diego

1113 daycares

A

San Dimas

19 daycares

A

San Fernando

27 daycares

A

San Francisco

811 daycares

A

San Franicsco

1 daycare

A

San Gabriel

39 daycares

A

San Geronimo

3 daycares

A

San Jacinto

43 daycares

A

San Joaquin

3 daycares

A

San Jose

816 daycares

A

San Juan Bautista

2 daycares

B

San Juan Capistrano

22 daycares

A

San Leandro

63 daycares

A

San Lorenzo

24 daycares

A

san lucas

1 daycare

San Luis Obispo

62 daycares

A

San Marcos

58 daycares

A

San Marino

4 daycares

A

San Martin

5 daycares

A

San Mateo

179 daycares

A

San Miguel

3 daycares

A

San Pablo

28 daycares

A

San Pedro

48 daycares

A

San Rafael

111 daycares

A

San Ramon

92 daycares

A

San Ysidro

29 daycares

A

Sanger

33 daycares

A

Santa Ana

154 daycares

A

Santa Barara

1 daycare

A

Santa Barbara

98 daycares

A

Santa Barbara, Ca

1 daycare

A

Santa Clara

130 daycares

A

Santa Clarita

44 daycares

A

Santa Cruz

78 daycares

A

Santa Fe Springs

10 daycares

A

Santa Margarita

2 daycares

A

Santa Maria

286 daycares

A

Santa Monica

96 daycares

A

Santa Nella

1 daycare

A

Santa Paula

20 daycares

A

Santa Rosa

186 daycares

A

Santa Ynez

6 daycares

A

Santa Ysabel

1 daycare

A

Sante Fe Springs

1 daycare

A

Santee

52 daycares

A

Saratoga

31 daycares

A

Saugus

20 daycares

A

Sausalito

9 daycares

A

Scotts Valley

22 daycares

A

Seal Beach

6 daycares

A

Seaside

19 daycares

A

Sebastopol

22 daycares

A

Seeley

3 daycares

A

Selma

26 daycares

A

Sepulveda

4 daycares

A

Shadow Hills

1 daycare

A

Shafter

17 daycares

A

shasta

1 daycare

Shasta Lake

4 daycares

A

Shasta Lake City

3 daycares

A

Shell Beach

1 daycare

A

Sherman Oaks

49 daycares

A

Shingle Springs

11 daycares

A

Shingletown

1 daycare

A

Sierra Madre

7 daycares

A

Signal Hill

4 daycares

A

Silverado

2 daycares

A

Silverado Canyon

2 daycares

A

Simi Valley

67 daycares

A

sloughhouse

1 daycare

Sloughouse

1 daycare

A

Smith River

1 daycare

B

So. El Monte

1 daycare

B

Solana Beach

8 daycares

A

Soledad

21 daycares

A

Solvang

5 daycares

A

Somerset

1 daycare

A

somis

2 daycares

Sonoma

22 daycares

A

Sonora

23 daycares

A

Soquel

12 daycares

A

Soulbyville

1 daycare

B

Soulsbyville

2 daycares

A

South El Monte

16 daycares

A

South Elmonte

1 daycare

A

South Gate

39 daycares

A

South Lake Tahoe

30 daycares

A

south late tahoe

1 daycare

South Pasadena

14 daycares

A

South San Francisco

70 daycares

A

South Whittier

3 daycares

A

Spreckels

1 daycare

A

Spreckles

2 daycares

A

Spring Valley

78 daycares

A

Springville

1 daycare

A

St. Helena

15 daycares

A

Stanford

6 daycares

A

Stanton

10 daycares

A

stevenson ranc

1 daycare

Stevenson Ranch

8 daycares

A

Stevensons Ranch

1 daycare

B

Stevinson

1 daycare

A

Stinson Beach

1 daycare

A

Stockton

322 daycares

A

Stratford

2 daycares

A

Strathmore

4 daycares

A

Studio City

8 daycares

A

Sugar Loaf/big Bear

1 daycare

A

Sugarloaf

2 daycares

D

Suisun

6 daycares

A

Suisun City

15 daycares

A

Sun City

6 daycares

A

Sun Valley

35 daycares

A

Sunland

23 daycares

A

Sunnyvale

206 daycares

A

Sunol

1 daycare

A

Sunset Beach

1 daycare

A

Supelveda

1 daycare

D

Susanville

20 daycares

A

Sutter

2 daycares

A

Sutter Creek

1 daycare

A

Sylmar

41 daycares

A
W
51

W Sacramento

4 daycares

A

W. Hollywood

1 daycare

A

Walnut

25 daycares

A

Walnut Creek

76 daycares

A

Walnut Grove

1 daycare

B

Walnut Park

3 daycares

A

Warner Springs

1 daycare

D

Wasco

24 daycares

A

Waterford

6 daycares

A

Watsonville

171 daycares

A

Weaverville

16 daycares

A

Weed

6 daycares

A

Weldon

1 daycare

D

West Covina

47 daycares

A

West Hills

44 daycares

A

West Hollywood

11 daycares

A

West Los Angeles

1 daycare

A

West Point

1 daycare

A

West Sacramento

80 daycares

A

Westchester

6 daycares

A

Westlake Village

13 daycares

A

Westley

2 daycares

A

Westminister

3 daycares

A

Westminster

25 daycares

A

Westmorland

4 daycares

A

Westwood

1 daycare

A

Wheatland

3 daycares

B

White Pines

1 daycare

A

Whitier

1 daycare

D

Whitter

2 daycares

C

Whittier

127 daycares

A

Wildomar

16 daycares

A

Williams

18 daycares

A

Willits

6 daycares

A

Willow Creek

2 daycares

A

Willows

12 daycares

A

Wilmington

23 daycares

A

Wilton

1 daycare

A

Winchester

19 daycares

A

Windsor

25 daycares

A

Winnetka

31 daycares

A

Winterhaven

1 daycare

A

Winters

11 daycares

A

Winton

8 daycares

A

wofford heights

1 daycare

Woodacre

1 daycare

A

Woodlake

7 daycares

A

Woodland

70 daycares

A

Woodland Hills

64 daycares

A

Woodside

2 daycares

A

Wrightwood

3 daycares

A

Childcare Regulations in California

All childcare centers and family childcare homes in California must be licensed by the Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD). Centers must meet Title 22 regulations covering health, safety, staffing, and facility standards. Family childcare homes are classified as small (up to 8 children) or large (up to 14 children).

Staff-to-Child Ratios

Age GroupStaff : Children
Infants (0-18 months)1:4
Toddlers (18-30 months)1:6
Preschool (30 months - 5 years)1:12
School Age (6+ years)1:14

Licensing Agency

California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division

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Inspection Frequency

At least once every five years for centers with a clean compliance record. Random and unannounced visits occur throughout the licensing period. Complaint-driven inspections happen at any time.

Background Check Requirements

All staff, volunteers, and household members age 18 and older must clear a criminal background check through the California Department of Justice and the FBI. This includes fingerprint-based Live Scan checks. Subsequent arrest notifications are monitored continuously.

Average Monthly Cost

$1,675/mo

Center-based infant care

Know Your Rights

Parents have the right to visit their child's facility unannounced during operating hours. Licensing inspection reports and substantiated complaint records are public and available through the CCLD website.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How are daycares regulated in California?

All childcare centers and family childcare homes in California must be licensed by the Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD). Centers must meet Title 22 regulations covering health, safety, staffing, and facility standards. Family childcare homes are classified as small (up to 8 children) or large (up to 14 children). The regulatory agency is the California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division. All staff, volunteers, and household members age 18 and older must clear a criminal background check through the California Department of Justice and the FBI. This includes fingerprint-based Live Scan checks. Subsequent arrest notifications are monitored continuously.

What are the staff-to-child ratios for daycares in California?

California requires specific staff-to-child ratios based on age group. Infants (0-18 months): 1:4. Toddlers (18-30 months): 1:6. Preschool (30 months - 5 years): 1:12. School Age (6+ years): 1:14. These ratios apply to licensed childcare centers.

How often are daycares inspected in California?

At least once every five years for centers with a clean compliance record. Random and unannounced visits occur throughout the licensing period. Complaint-driven inspections happen at any time.