Daycares in San Francisco, CA
669 licensed child care providers in San Francisco, 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.
San Francisco averages
Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.
Parent sentiment
+0.6 vs California averageAverage parent review rating on Google or Yelp.
- San Francisco3.6
- California3.0
129 providers sampled
Daycare Index Rating
+1 vs California averageComposite of licensing, inspections, reviews, accreditation, transparency. See scoring guide.
- San Francisco52
- California51
58 providers sampled
What changed in San Francisco 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 teachers35% of reviews, from 32%+2.7 pts
Complained about less
No complaint fell enough to report.
Ranked lists for San Francisco
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.
- 1CONGREGATION EMANU-EL PRESCHOOL47Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 90
- 2BUILDING KIDZ SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO44Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 25
- 3POMEROY RECREATION & REHABILITATION CENTER44Elevated Risk
SCHOOL AGE DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 111
- 4STAR OF THE SEA PRESCHOOL44Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 30
- 5KAI MING HEAD START-RICHMOND43Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 30
- 6LAUREL HILL NURSERY SCHOOL43Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 59
- 7KAI MING HEAD START - BROADWAY CENTER42Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 20
- 8MONTESSORI CHILDREN'S HOUSE OF THE WEST COAST42Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 60
- 9BUILDING KIDZ SAN FRANCISCO AT SUNSET39Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 49
- 10GLENRIDGE COOPERATIVE NURSERY SCHOOL37Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 25
- 11LITTLE STAR PRESCHOOL TOO36Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 104
- 12SOMA DAYCARE & PRESCHOOL36Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 30
- 13CHIBI-CHAN PRESCHOOL32Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 56
- 14PEEKADOODLE ACADEMY PRESCHOOL32Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 74
- 15HAIGHT ASHBURY COOPERATIVE NURSERY SCHOOL31Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 24
- 16ALTA PLAZA PRESCHOOL30Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 30
- 17MISSION CHILDCARE CONSORTIUM, INC.30Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 224
- 18GROWING STEM ACADEMY29Elevated Risk
SINGLE LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER · capacity 56
- 19HUNGRY CATERPILLARS EARLY EDUCATION CENTER29Elevated Risk
SINGLE LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER · capacity 21
- 20DOLPHIN STARS CHILDCARE, INC28Elevated Risk
SINGLE LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER · capacity 37
- 21NEW JOURNEY MANDARIN IMMERSION-RICHMOND28Elevated Risk
SINGLE LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER · capacity 30
- 22PACIFIC PRIMARY28Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 80
- 23RICHMOND ACADEMY28Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 72
- 24SUNSHINE PRESCHOOL CENTER28Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 30
- 25TINKER PRESCHOOL28Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 45
