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Daycares in Santa Barbara, CA

105 licensed child care providers in Santa Barbara, 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.

Santa Barbara averages

Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.

Parent sentiment

-0.2 vs California average

Average parent review rating on Google or Yelp.

  • Santa Barbara2.8
  • California3.0

14 providers sampled

Daycare Index Rating

+4 vs California average

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

  • Santa Barbara55
  • California51

4 providers sampled

Ranked lists for Santa Barbara

Citywide volume indexMost-Reviewed Santa Barbara 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
    OAKS PARENT CHILD WORKSHOP

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 45

    39Elevated Risk
  2. 2
    STARR KING PARENT CHILD WORKSHOP

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 49

    32Elevated Risk
  3. 3
    GIRLS INC. OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA

    SCHOOL AGE DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 237

    28Elevated Risk
  4. 4
    MR. ROB'S PLACE

    SCHOOL AGE DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 49

    19Elevated Risk