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Daycares in Lakewood, CA

36 licensed child care providers in Lakewood, 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.

Lakewood averages

Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.

Parent sentiment

-0.3 vs California average

Average parent review rating on Google or Yelp.

  • Lakewood2.8
  • California3.0

5 providers sampled

Daycare Index Rating

-6 vs California average

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

  • Lakewood45
  • 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
    ARC EN CIEL PRESCHOOL

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 45

    22Elevated Risk
  2. 2
    LAKEWOOD LITTLE MINDS PRESCHOOL

    SINGLE LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER · capacity 73

    18Elevated Risk
  3. 3
    LAKEWOOD CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 48

    14Elevated Risk