How many daycares are in Santa Monica, CA?

There are 120 licensed daycares in Santa Monica, California, including 88 child care centers and 32 family child care homes.

How many daycares in Santa Monica have clean inspection records?

45 of 120 daycares in Santa Monica have zero citations on their inspection record.

How often are daycares in Santa Monica inspected?

California CCLD typically inspects licensed childcare facilities annually or following a complaint. 14 facilities in Santa Monica were inspected in the last 90 days.

What types of child care are available in Santa Monica?

Santa Monica has 88 child care centers (CCC) - facility-based programs typically serving larger groups, and 32 family child care homes (FCC) - home-based programs licensed to care for up to 14 children.

What do Serious and Procedural tags mean on Santa Monica daycares?

California CCLD inspections classify citations by severity. Serious (Type A) citations are violations that pose immediate risk to the health and safety of children. Procedural (Type B) citations are recordkeeping or process violations that don't pose immediate risk. Facilities with no citations on record carry a Clean record tag.

Santa Monica child care

Daycares in Santa Monica, CA

Inspection records, citations, and last-visit dates for every licensed facility, sourced from CCLD public records.

Licensed facilities

120^*CCLD

Clean records: 45^*CCLD

SOURCE

*CCLD: California Community Care Licensing Divisionchild_care_facilities2026-05-05Updated weekly

Beach Moms Cdc Inc
1720 Broadway Ave
Minor2026-01-06
Beach Moms Cdc Infant Center
1518 20th Street
Clean record2025-06-05
Beachmoms Child Development Center
1720 Broadway Avenue
Minor2025-01-06
Bell Family Child Care
Unavailable
Clean record2025-06-05infants
Berg and Berg Family Child Care
Unavailable
Serious2024-02-01infants
Beth Sholom Temple Nursery School
1827 California Avenue
Serious2024-12-03
Big and Tiny Santa Monica Llc
1444 10th St
Serious2026-02-02
Blue Oak Creative Schoolhouse(santa Monica
1501 17th Street
Clean record2024-08-26
Bright Horizons at Ocean Park-infants
3350 Ocean Park Blvd.,Ste.100
Clean record2026-01-22
Bright Horizons at Ocean Park-preschool
3350 Ocean Park Blvd.,Ste.100
Clean record2026-01-22
Bright Horizons at the Water Garden-infants
1620 26th Street #1020
Clean record2023-12-19
Bright Horizons at the Water Garden-preschool
1620 26th Street #1020
Clean record2025-03-18
Bright Step, Incorporated Dba Beginnings
1516 19th Street
Serious2026-04-13
Cassidy Preschool
2122 Wilshire Boulevard
Serious2023-10-30
Catholic Charities L.a.inc.s.m.adeste Prog.
1039 7th Street
Minor2025-03-18
The Childrens Place
235 Hill Street
Minor2025-02-20
Circle of Children Preschool
1227 Montana Avenue
Minor2024-01-17
Collier Family Child Care
Unavailable
Serious2026-04-23infants
Couchois Family Child Care
Unavailable
Clean record2023-07-12infants
Creative Roads Enrichment Center
3200 Santa Monica Blvd # 100
Clean record2025-09-22
Demarrais Family Child Care
Unavailable
Serious2025-10-31infants
Dreamland Child Day Care Center
1641 Centinela Ave
Serious2026-03-16
Dreamland Infant Care Center
1635 Centinela
Minor2026-04-07
The Early Years School
302 Montana Avenue
Clean record2023-10-23
Edison Language Academy Preschool
2402 Virginia Avenue
Clean record2023-05-10
Evergreen Community School
2800 Colorado
Clean record2025-08-19
First Presbyterian Chc of Santa Monica Nursery Sc
1248 Second St
Minor2024-01-17
The First School, Ocean Park
1733 Ocean Park Blvd.
Serious2026-01-28
The First School
1810 Broadway Street
Clean record2026-03-23
The First School
731 Pine Street
Clean record2024-12-05
First United Methodist Church Preschool
1008 11th Street
Clean record2026-02-26
Furie Family Child Care
Unavailable
Clean record2023-04-11infants
Gan Israel Preschool
1341 9th St
Minor2025-03-17
Garden of Angels Preschool
1001-1009 18th St.
Clean record2024-01-29
Ghafari-mobarhani Family Child Care
Unavailable
Serious2025-08-25infants
Gomez Garcia Family Child Care
Unavailable
Minor2025-03-19infants
Graves Family Child Care
Unavailable
Clean record2025-06-05infants
The Growing Place - Marine Park Children's Center
1406 Marine Street
Clean record2024-06-04
The Growing Place - Marine Park Children's Center
1406 Marine Street
Clean record2023-12-07
Growing Place Santa Monica Early Childhood Lab
1802 4th Street
Clean record2024-10-16infants
Growing Place Santa Monica Early Childhood Lab
1802 4th Street
Serious2025-05-21
The Growing Place, Ocean Park
401 Ashland B
Clean record2025-04-29
Haggerstrom Family Child Care
Unavailable
Serious2025-07-17infants
Hill an Dale Family Learning Center Colorado Plac
1540 26th Street
Clean record2025-10-15
Hill An' Dale - Old Firehouse (infant Care)
2801 25th Street
Clean record2023-08-30
Hill An' Dale Family Learning Ctr. - Old Firehous
2801 25th St.
Clean record2023-08-30
John Adams Child Development Center
2320 17th Street
Minor2024-08-20
Kidz Korner Children's Center
1905 20th Street
Minor2025-04-01
Kigala Preschool
2705 Pico Blvd.
Clean record2023-07-20
Kras Family Child Care
Unavailable
Serious2024-11-21infants

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Lancaster185
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