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Daycares in Chico, CA

139 licensed child care providers in Chico, 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.

Chico averages

Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.

Parent sentiment

-0.1 vs California average

Average parent review rating on Google or Yelp.

  • Chico2.9
  • California3.0

19 providers sampled

Daycare Index Rating

-5 vs California average

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

  • Chico45
  • California51

7 providers sampled

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
    LITTLE PINES PRESCHOOL

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 23

    30Elevated Risk
  2. 2
    CREATIVE MINDS EARLY LEARNING CENTER

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 30

    29Elevated Risk
  3. 3
    CHICO CHRISTIAN PRESCHOOL

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 118

    28Elevated Risk
  4. 4
    CASTLES PRESCHOOL

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 64

    23Elevated Risk
  5. 5
    PARKVIEW EARLY LEARNING CENTER

    INFANT CENTER · capacity 12

    14Elevated Risk
  6. 6
    LITTLE SPROUTS PRESCHOOL

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 48

    7Elevated Risk
  7. 7
    CHICO COMMUNITY CHILDREN'S CENTER

    SCHOOL AGE DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 24

    6Elevated Risk