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Daycares in Lake Forest, CA

53 licensed child care providers in Lake Forest, 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.

Lake Forest averages

Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.

Parent sentiment

+0.7 vs California average

Average parent review rating on Google or Yelp.

  • Lake Forest3.8
  • California3.0

4 providers sampled

Daycare Index Rating

+10 vs California average

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

  • Lake Forest61
  • California51

3 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
    RED APPLE PRESCHOOL, THE

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 30

    44Elevated Risk
  2. 2
    NEW THOUGHT MONTESSORI

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 60

    28Elevated Risk
  3. 3
    HERITAGE HILL KINDERCARE

    SINGLE LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER · capacity 108

    23Elevated Risk