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Bilingual Daycare in California

Bilingual daycares in California, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

bilingual daycares listed
512
towns
154
towns have their own bilingual daycare page
44
of all California daycares
2%

Map of California: each dot is a town with bilingual daycares, sized by how many are listed

Bilingual
What puts a daycare on this listIt describes a bilingual or language-immersion program.A daycare not on this list may still have staff who speak your language; ask.

California

Largest towns for bilingual daycare in California

San Francisco79 bilingual daycaresSan Jose31 bilingual daycaresLos Angeles25 bilingual daycaresSan Mateo16 bilingual daycaresSunnyvale16 bilingual daycaresSan Diego13 bilingual daycaresSanta Clara12 bilingual daycaresBerkeley10 bilingual daycaresOakland10 bilingual daycaresPalo Alto9 bilingual daycaresConcord7 bilingual daycaresCupertino7 bilingual daycares

Programs

Programs in California

Counts come from the state record and what each daycare says it offers. A daycare without a tag may still offer the program; ask.

ProgramListed
All daycares25,828
Take infants2,521
Child care centers10,951
Accept subsidy462
In-home daycares14,877
Christian & church daycares959
Montessori schools1,064
Preschools & pre-K3,768
Early morning daycare1,135
Part-time daycare816
Drop-in daycare202
After-school care1,529
Bilingual daycare512
Head Start1,403

The California state record

California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division licenses daycares in California.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
The ages on each license
Inspections
Every visit the state publishes back to 2021
Cited rules
Citation counts as the state reports them
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the California state records

Before you enroll

Choosing a bilingual daycare in California

  1. 1

    Ask which languages

    Ask which languages are spoken in the room and how much of the day is in each.

  2. 2

    Ask who teaches

    Ask whether teachers speak the language fluently, and whether they stay with the group.

  3. 3

    Ask how children start

    Ask how the daycare helps a child who does not yet speak the second language.

  4. 4

    Check the license record

    Open a listing for its state license and, where the state publishes it, the inspection record.

California

Cost, inspections and ratios in California

Daycare cost in CaliforniaWeekly prices by age and countyWhat California inspectors citeThe rules cited most, and what they meanStaff-to-child ratios in CaliforniaHow many children each adult may care forDaycare tour checklistQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 154 California towns with bilingual daycare, A to Z

A7 towns
B8 towns
C14 towns
D4 towns
E8 towns
F7 towns
G2 towns
H6 towns
I1 town
L16 towns
M8 towns
N5 towns
O5 towns
P11 towns
R8 towns
S25 towns
T7 towns
U2 towns
V4 towns
W5 towns
Y1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Oregon106 bilingual daycaresArizona41 bilingual daycaresNevada587 daycares

Questions

Questions about bilingual daycare in California

How many bilingual daycares are in California?

512 bilingual daycares are listed in 154 California towns. A daycare not on this list may still have staff who speak your language; ask.

Which California town has the most bilingual daycares?

San Francisco, with 79 listed. Next are San Jose (31) and Los Angeles (25).

Which languages do bilingual daycares teach?

It varies by daycare. Ask which languages are spoken in the room, how much of the day is in each and whether the teachers are native speakers.

Who licenses daycares in California?

California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division licenses daycares in California. It publishes its inspections with the citation counts, and we copy them onto each listing.