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Daycares in Santa Monica, CA

100 licensed child care providers in Santa Monica, 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 Monica averages

Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.

Parent sentiment

+0.7 vs California average

Average parent review rating on Google or Yelp.

  • Santa Monica3.8
  • California3.0

19 providers sampled

Daycare Index Rating

-1 vs California average

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

  • Santa Monica50
  • California51

7 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
    CREATIVE ROADS ENRICHMENT CENTER

    SINGLE LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER · capacity 68

    39Elevated Risk
  2. 2
    LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH PRESCHOOL, THE

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 54

    26Elevated Risk
  3. 3
    BEACHMOMS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 30

    25Elevated Risk
  4. 4
    UNTITLED NO.1 SCHOOL

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 20

    20Elevated Risk
  5. 5
    PILGRIM LUTHERAN CHURCH

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 30

    18Elevated Risk
  6. 6
    PALISADES PRESCHOOL, THE

    DAY CARE CENTER · capacity 60

    11Elevated Risk
  7. 7
    DREAMLAND INFANT CARE CENTER

    INFANT CENTER · capacity 29

    8Elevated Risk