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Daycares in Palo Alto, CA

121 licensed child care providers in Palo Alto, 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.

Palo Alto averages

Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.

Parent sentiment

-0.4 vs California average

Average parent review rating on Google or Yelp.

  • Palo Alto2.6
  • California3.0

35 providers sampled

Daycare Index Rating

+4 vs California average

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

  • Palo Alto54
  • California51

9 providers sampled

Ranked lists for Palo Alto

Citywide volume indexMost-Reviewed Palo Alto DaycaresCitywide trust indexMost Loved by Palo Alto Parents

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
    PALO ALTO MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC.

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 40

    59Elevated Risk
  2. 2
    HEFFALUMP SCHOOL

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 20

    51Elevated Risk
  3. 3
    CHALLENGER SCHOOL-MIDDLEFIELD

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 198

    47Elevated Risk
  4. 4
    PARENTS NURSERY SCHOOL

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 60

    47Elevated Risk
  5. 5
    PALO ALTO PRESCHOOL BILINGUAL MONTESSORI

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 118

    33Elevated Risk
  6. 6
    COUNTRY DAY LITTLE SCHOOL

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 40

    24Elevated Risk
  7. 7
    LEARN AND PLAY MONTESSORI PALO ALTO

    SINGLE LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER · capacity 172

    21Elevated Risk
  8. 8
    ABILITIES UNITED

    SCHOOL AGE DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 18

    15Elevated Risk
  9. 9
    GUIDEPOST MONTESSORI AT PALO ALTO

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 48

    6Elevated Risk