Daycares in San Mateo, CA
140 licensed child care providers in San Mateo, 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 Mateo averages
Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.
Parent sentiment
+0.5 vs California averageAverage parent review rating on Google or Yelp.
- San Mateo3.5
- California3.0
26 providers sampled
Daycare Index Rating
+6 vs California averageComposite of licensing, inspections, reviews, accreditation, transparency. See scoring guide.
- San Mateo57
- California51
13 providers sampled
Ranked lists for San Mateo
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.
- 1CHALLENGE SCHOOL51Elevated Risk
SINGLE LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER · capacity 88
- 2HIGHLANDS RECREATION CENTER44Elevated Risk
SCHOOL AGE DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 86
- 3FUTURE VALLEY ACADEMY43Elevated Risk
SINGLE LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER · capacity 30
- 4KIDS KONNECT PRESCHOOL42Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 45
- 5BUILDING KIDZ OF SAN MATEO41Elevated Risk
SINGLE LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER · capacity 86
- 6SAFARI KID SAN MATEO41Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 72
- 7BUNKER HILL PARENTS PARTICIPATION NURSERY SCHOOL31Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 24
- 8MIGHTY TIGER PRESCHOOL29Elevated Risk
SINGLE LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER · capacity 48
- 9SAN MATEO PARENT'S NURSERY SCHOOL24Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 38
- 10LITTLE SCIENTISTS NURSERY SCHOOL LLC21Elevated Risk
INFANT CENTER · capacity 14
- 11MUSLIM CHILDREN'S GARDEN21Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 30
- 12ELITE PRESCHOOL13Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 102
- 13STELLA PICCOLO PRESCHOOL9Elevated Risk
DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 20
