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Daycares in San Marcos, CA

62 licensed child care providers in San Marcos, 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 Marcos averages

Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.

Parent sentiment

+1.1 vs California average

Average parent review rating on Google or Yelp.

  • San Marcos4.1
  • California3.0

7 providers sampled

Daycare Index Rating

+8 vs California average

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

  • San Marcos59
  • California51

6 providers sampled

Ranked lists for San Marcos

Citywide volume indexMost-Reviewed San Marcos Daycares

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
    WAY PRESCHOOL, THE

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 30

    47Elevated Risk
  2. 2
    LITTLE LANGUAGE AMBASSADORS

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 45

    40Elevated Risk
  3. 3
    BIG FUTURE PRESCHOOL

    SINGLE LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER · capacity 49

    38Elevated Risk
  4. 4
    SAN MARCOS LUTHERAN CHURCH CHILD CARE CENTER

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 37

    27Elevated Risk
  5. 5
    NOAH'S PARK PRESCHOOL & DAY CARE

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 60

    24Elevated Risk
  6. 6
    MISSION HILLS CHURCH PRESCHOOL

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 100

    11Elevated Risk