
Browse 10,151 child daycare & preschools across California. Find licensed daycare centers, compare options by city, and choose the best childcare for your family.
Finding the right daycare center for your child is crucial. Understanding the landscape of childcare services in California can make the decision-making process smoother.
California has about 12,388 daycares providing essential child services for families in the state.
Compare the average fees charged by daycare centers in California. Consider your budget while ensuring that the chosen daycare offers the necessary services and quality care.
There are 12,388 daycares in California: 868 headstart facilities, 1,069 before/after school centers, 300 religious facility daycares, and 10,151 childcare and preschool centers.
| Daycare Type | Total |
|---|---|
| Childcare & Pre-school | 10,151 |
| Headstart Programs | 868 |
| Religious / Church Based Daycare | 300 |
| Before or After School | 1,069 |
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This KinderCare location receives overwhelmingly positive reviews, with parents praising caring and dedicated staff, educational activities, and strong child development outcomes. One negative review criticizes inconsistent teacher quality, high staff turnover, and inadequate attention to struggling children. Overall, parents report feeling their children are safe, well-cared for, and learning significantly.
Parents highlight the facility's cleanliness, spaciousness, and friendly staff, with some noting visible child improvements and enjoyment. However, concerns exist regarding inadequate outdoor play equipment and a serious incident involving a student making violent threats.
Stepping Stones Growth Center receives mixed reviews. Some parents praise the art programs and note it serves people with disabilities well. However, other parents report significant concerns about staff professionalism, high staff turnover, unprofessional behavior from leadership, and restrictive lunch policies.
One parent highlights exceptional support for children with special needs, praising the staff's patience and the director's leadership. However, other accounts describe serious safety and administrative failures, including violations of court orders and inadequate supervision of bullying.
Parent reviews are mixed with significant concerns about access to services and staff communication. While some parents praise the helpful staff and social justice focus, multiple parents report difficulties obtaining special education services, poor communication from district staff, and unprofessional conduct from personnel.
Garden Pathways Downtown Education Center receives mixed reviews with strong polarization. Three parents praise the friendly, caring staff and faith-based environment, while three others express serious concerns about staff engagement, behavioral support practices, safety protocols, and inclusivity for children with special needs.
Reviews are mixed with significant concerns. Some parents report a clean facility with caring staff, while others allege serious issues including staff being dismissive of children's questions and serious allegations of abusive behavior that warrant investigation.
Hoover Intergenerational Care Inc. receives mixed reviews with strong polarization. Multiple parents praise the caring teachers, children's enthusiasm, and positive development, while others report serious concerns about staff behavior, unprofessional leadership, high turnover, and inadequate support for children with special needs.
Jack & Jill's Educational Center receives mixed reviews with most parents praising the caring staff, strong communication, and family-oriented approach. However, a significant minority report negative experiences involving staff inconsistency, unprofessional behavior from specific employees, and administrative issues.
All About Kids Child Development in Jurupa Valley receives mixed reviews. Positive reviews highlight caring staff, quality care, and dedicated teachers. Negative reviews cite unprofessional management, poor welcoming practices, lack of communication with new students, and concerns about staff responsibility and professionalism.
All About Kids Child Development Center receives mixed reviews. Positive reviews praise caring staff, quality care, and dedicated teachers. Negative reviews cite unprofessional management, poor first-day experience, lack of welcoming atmosphere, and concerns about staff responsibility.
Porterville Child Development Center receives mixed reviews with significant concerns. While some parents report a clean facility with caring staff who show genuine interest in children, others describe serious allegations of staff abuse, lack of experience with special needs, and inappropriate behavior toward children. The facility has a 3.1/5 Google rating with highly polarized feedback.
Starlite Child Development Center II receives highly polarized reviews. Positive reviewers praise the kind and attentive staff, safe environment, educational activities including Mandarin instruction, and children's happiness. Negative reviewers report serious concerns including alleged physical abuse by a teacher, inadequate care for children picked up late, and failure to address bullying.
This center receives mixed reviews. Two parents praised the quality of education and teacher care, while three parents reported serious concerns including alleged discrimination, inadequate handling of a child's medical condition, failure to address bullying, and unprofessional treatment of parents with disabilities.
One parent highly recommends the ECL program, noting that teachers and student helpers are extremely attentive and accommodating to their child's specific needs. Although the location requires a 30-40 minute commute, the reviewer found the experience well worth the drive and plans to enroll a second child.
One parent highlights positive experiences with specific staff members over a two-year period, while others report serious safety concerns and administrative unresponsiveness. These conflicting accounts include a claim that the facility has poor incident reports and a recommendation to research before enrolling children.
One parent describes the facility as having a hot, stuffy, and dirty room with no windows or air conditioning, noting that outdoor play areas were excessively hot. Another review highlights that children were forced to wait in a hot, stuffy bus for 50 minutes in extreme heat, leaving them sweaty and uncomfortable.
One parent highlights the affordable, caring environment and engaging activities like cooking and Hindi classes, while another criticizes the facility for unadvertised fees, rigid discipline, and inconsistent academic support. The few reviews so far mention a mix of positive experiences and significant concerns regarding transparency and teaching methods.
One parent highlights the teachers' direct connection with children and long-term positive experiences, while another reports significant concerns regarding communication, safety, and false accusations of abuse. The latter reviewer describes incidents where their active child sustained injuries and notes that staff failed to communicate effectively about these issues.
One parent appreciates the operational style but notes the cost is high, while another strongly criticizes the facility, citing poor staff interpersonal skills, inadequate supervision, and neglected playground equipment.
One parent reports that their daughter cried at drop-off daily and was ultimately hurt at the facility, leading to immediate withdrawal. This single negative experience resulted in a strong recommendation against the center.
One parent describes a highly negative experience involving an abrupt dismissal of their child on the first day, which resulted in significant logistical and financial hardship. Another reviewer offers a brief positive endorsement, while a third provides a general negative recommendation without specific details.
One parent describes a loving environment with excellent teacher-student ratios, engaging live animal interactions, and successful potty training outcomes. However, another reviewer reports that the owner is rude and lacks patience with children.
One parent highlights exceptional teaching and significant academic growth, while another reports severe neglect of a crying child, alleged discriminatory isolation of a non-English speaking student, and predatory financial practices including litigation threats.
One parent describes Discovery Land Children's Center as a positive environment with strong memories, highlighting the excellent nap time and numerous playgrounds. The center also offers unique outdoor access via a trail leading to a nearby elementary school for kindergarten visits.
Parent feedback for M.A.W. Children's Centers is sharply divided, with one reviewer highlighting patient teachers and enriching activities, while others report serious concerns regarding staff competence, safety, and management behavior. Specific complaints include inadequate supervision leading to unaddressed bullying, management aggression, and teachers engaging in unsafe practices such as unsupervised kitchen access and excessive phone use.
Parents report that teachers are caring and children enjoy social interactions, with one child achieving academic success in reading. However, significant concerns exist regarding staff demeanor, facility conditions, and operational practices, including insufficient outdoor play and poor handling of student property.
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