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Daycares in Bakersfield, CA

259 licensed child care providers in Bakersfield, drawn from the state licensing agency's public records. Each profile carries the license number, status, and capacity on record. Where the state publishes nothing for a field, or the daycare is not licensed, the profile says so plainly.

Bakersfield averages

Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.

Parent sentiment

+0.3 vs California average

Average parent review rating on Google or Yelp.

  • Bakersfield3.3
  • California3.0

34 providers sampled

Daycare Index Rating

0 vs California average

Composite of licensing, inspections, reviews, accreditation, transparency. See scoring guide.

  • Bakersfield51
  • California51

11 providers sampled

Ranked lists for Bakersfield

Citywide volume indexMost-Reviewed Bakersfield Daycares

Highest-confidence providers

Ranked by the Confidence Index lower bound: the score the public record can defend, not the score a single glowing review can inflate. How scoring works.

  1. 1
    BAKERSFIELD PARENT NURSERY

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 30

    40Elevated Risk
  2. 2
    PLAY AND THRIVE ACADEMY

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 26

    35Elevated Risk
  3. 3
    CHRIST'S CHURCH OF THE VALLEY DCC

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 60

    32Elevated Risk
  4. 4
    BAKERSFIELD PLAY CENTER, INC

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 50

    31Elevated Risk
  5. 5
    FIRST EXPERIENCES AT F.U.M.C.

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 66

    29Elevated Risk
  6. 6
    BUILDING BLOCKS ACADEMY, INC.

    SINGLE LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER · capacity 24

    27Elevated Risk
  7. 7
    CITYGATE CHRISTIAN CENTER

    SINGLE LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER · capacity 15

    25Elevated Risk
  8. 8
    CLAUDE W. RICHARDSON C.D.C.

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 70

    20Elevated Risk
  9. 9
    READYLAND PRE-SCHOOL

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 150

    18Elevated Risk
  10. 10
    SIERRA MONTESSORI CHILDREN'S CENTER

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 80

    15Elevated Risk
  11. 11
    STEPPING STONES CHRISTIAN PRESCHOOL

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 79

    4Elevated Risk