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Daycares in Gardena, CA

40 licensed child care providers in Gardena, 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.

Gardena averages

Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.

Parent sentiment

-0.3 vs California average

Average parent review rating on Google or Yelp.

  • Gardena2.8
  • California3.0

10 providers sampled

Daycare Index Rating

-5 vs California average

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

  • Gardena46
  • California51

4 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
    GARDENA BUDDHIST CHURCH

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 94

    33Elevated Risk
  2. 2
    SHEPHERD'S FOLD PRESCHOOL - GARDENA

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 72

    30Elevated Risk
  3. 3
    GARDENA EARLY EDUCATION CENTER

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 168

    13Elevated Risk
  4. 4
    ST ANTHONY'S DAY NURSERY

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 90

    13Elevated Risk