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Daycares in Santa Cruz, CA

83 licensed child care providers in Santa Cruz, 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 Cruz averages

Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.

Parent sentiment

+0.5 vs California average

Average parent review rating on Google or Yelp.

  • Santa Cruz3.5
  • California3.0

17 providers sampled

Daycare Index Rating

+9 vs California average

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

  • Santa Cruz60
  • California51

2 providers sampled

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
    SANTA CRUZ TODDLER CARE CENTER

    INFANT CENTER · capacity 20

    29Elevated Risk
  2. 2
    LIFESPRING PRESCHOOL

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 60

    27Elevated Risk