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Daycares in La Mesa, CA

72 licensed child care providers in La Mesa, 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.

La Mesa averages

Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.

Parent sentiment

+0.7 vs California average

Average parent review rating on Google or Yelp.

  • La Mesa3.7
  • California3.0

9 providers sampled

Daycare Index Rating

-6 vs California average

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

  • La Mesa45
  • 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
    ABC BARN CHILDREN'S PLACE

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 87

    32Elevated Risk
  2. 2
    WOODS MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL,LLC, THE

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 71

    28Elevated Risk
  3. 3
    COZY CUBS 2 - PRESCHOOL

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 38

    13Elevated Risk
  4. 4
    ACADEMY OF PLAY LLC

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 26

    8Elevated Risk