Daycares in Sacramento, CA
617 licensed child care providers in Sacramento, 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.
Sacramento averages
Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.
Parent sentiment
-0.3 vs California averageAverage parent review rating on Google or Yelp.
- Sacramento2.8
- California3.0
82 providers sampled
Daycare Index Rating
-4 vs California averageComposite of licensing, inspections, reviews, accreditation, transparency. See scoring guide.
- Sacramento47
- California51
25 providers sampled
What changed in Sacramento this year
The share of dated parent reviews mentioning each theme, over the last twelve months against the twelve before them. Shares rather than totals, because we hold more recent reviews than old ones and counting raw mentions would show everything rising. Only themes with enough mentions to be worth reading appear here.
Praised more than last year
- Staff and teachers50% of reviews, from 22%+27.8 pts
Complained about less
No complaint fell enough to report.
Ranked lists for Sacramento
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.
- 1CREATING CHARACTERS PRESCHOOL ACADEMY55Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 45
- 2FREMONT NURSERY SCHOOL46Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 64
- 3CADENCE ACADEMY PRESCHOOL40Elevated Risk
SINGLE LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER · capacity 52
- 4HONEY DAYCARE LLC40Elevated Risk
SINGLE LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER · capacity 45
- 5LIVING WATER PRESCHOOL ACADEMY40Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 52
- 6MAKERS PLACE, THE39Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 25
- 7CREATIVE CORNER PRESCHOOL36Elevated Risk
SINGLE LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER · capacity 41
- 8RIVER CITY EARLY LEARNING CENTER MLC27Elevated Risk
SINGLE LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER · capacity 144
- 9SHILOH ARMS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER27Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 46
- 10LAND PARK MONTESSORI SCHOOL26Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 60
- 11INSPIRE PRESCHOOL ACADEMY25Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 45
- 12SUTTERVILLE PRESCHOOL, INC.23Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 40
- 13GOOD SHEPHERD PRESCHOOL19Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 30
- 14KENESSET ISRAEL TORAH CTR (PS)19Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 15
- 15
ARTENIA BEAST'S ACADEMY OF PLAY17Elevated RiskDAY CARE CENTER · capacity 90
- 16CHAMPIONS @ ARNOLD ADREANI ELEMENTARY16Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 39
- 17FAMILY MATTERS CHILD CARE CENTER16Elevated Risk
INFANT CENTER · capacity 16
- 18KELLI'S PALS PRESCHOOL & DAY CARE14Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 56
- 19CHILDREN'S RECEIVING HOME OF SACRAMENTO12Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 10
- 20PETER BURNETT PRESCHOOL12Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 24
- 21CARING CONNECTION CHILDREN'S CENTER9Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 52
- 22TOT TOWN CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER9Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 75
- 23BUSY BEE CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER7Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 82
- 24PARK VISTA SCHOOL, INC6Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 47
- 25GREAT BEGINNINGS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CNTR5Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 57
