Part-time
Part-Time Daycare in California
Daycares that offer part-time care in California, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.
- daycares that offer part-time care listed
- 816
- towns
- 302
- towns have their own part-time daycare page
- 88
- of all California daycares
- 3%
Map of California: each dot is a town with daycares that offer part-time care, sized by how many are listed
What puts a daycare on this listIt says it offers part-time care: half days or some days a week.A daycare not on this list may still offer part-time care; ask.
California
Largest towns for part-time daycare in California
San Francisco41 offer part-timeLos Angeles37 offer part-timeSan Diego28 offer part-timeSan Jose25 offer part-timeBakersfield15 offer part-timeSacramento13 offer part-timeConcord11 offer part-timeFremont11 offer part-timeLancaster10 offer part-timeSunnyvale10 offer part-timeIrvine9 offer part-timeSan Mateo9 offer part-time
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.
| Program | Listed |
|---|---|
| All daycares | 25,828 |
| Take infants | 2,521 |
| Child care centers | 10,951 |
| Accept subsidy | 462 |
| In-home daycares | 14,877 |
| Christian & church daycares | 959 |
| Montessori schools | 1,064 |
| Preschools & pre-K | 3,768 |
| Early morning daycare | 1,135 |
| Part-time daycare | 816 |
| Drop-in daycare | 202 |
| After-school care | 1,529 |
| Bilingual daycare | 512 |
| Head Start | 1,403 |
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
Before you enroll
Choosing part-time care in California
- 1
Ask which days
Ask whether part-time means set days each week or half days, and whether you can change them.
- 2
Ask about cost
Ask how part-time tuition compares with full time, and whether you pay for holidays and sick days.
- 3
Ask about the group
Ask whether part-time children join the same room each time.
- 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
A to Z
All 302 California towns with part-time daycare, A to Z
A17 towns
- Agoura Hills4 offer part-time
- Alameda3 offer part-time
- Alamo1 offer part-time
- Albany1 offer part-time
- Alhambra5 offer part-time
- Aliso Viejo1 offer part-time
- Anaheim2 offer part-time
- Anderson1 offer part-time
- Antelope1 offer part-time
- Apple Valley1 offer part-time
- Arcadia1 offer part-time
- Arcata1 offer part-time
- Arleta2 offer part-time
- Arroyo Grande1 offer part-time
- Artesia1 offer part-time
- Atascadero2 offer part-time
- Auburn1 offer part-time
B14 towns
- Bakersfield15 offer part-time
- Baldwin Park1 offer part-time
- Bell Gardens1 offer part-time
- Bellflower2 offer part-time
- Belmont1 offer part-time
- Berkeley6 offer part-time
- Bermuda Dunes1 offer part-time
- Big Bear City1 offer part-time
- Brea1 offer part-time
- Brentwood2 offer part-time
- Brisbane1 offer part-time
- Buellton1 offer part-time
- Burbank7 offer part-time
- Burlingame1 offer part-time
C28 towns
- Calabasas1 offer part-time
- California City1 offer part-time
- Calimesa1 offer part-time
- Calistoga1 offer part-time
- Camarillo4 offer part-time
- Cambria1 offer part-time
- Camino1 offer part-time
- Campbell1 offer part-time
- Canoga Park2 offer part-time
- Carlsbad3 offer part-time
- Carmichael3 offer part-time
- Castro Valley4 offer part-time
- Cathedral City1 offer part-time
- Ceres1 offer part-time
- Cherry Valley1 offer part-time
- Chico5 offer part-time
- Chino Hills1 offer part-time
- Chula Vista7 offer part-time
- Citrus Heights3 offer part-time
- Claremont2 offer part-time
- Colma2 offer part-time
- Concord11 offer part-time
- Corona2 offer part-time
- Corte Madera4 offer part-time
- Costa Mesa5 offer part-time
- Culver City1 offer part-time
- Cupertino3 offer part-time
- Cypress1 offer part-time
D7 towns
- Danville6 offer part-time
- Davis1 offer part-time
- Desert Hot Springs1 offer part-time
- Diamond Bar1 offer part-time
- Diamond Springs1 offer part-time
- Downey3 offer part-time
- Dublin2 offer part-time
E12 towns
- East Garrison1 offer part-time
- El Cajon2 offer part-time
- El Cerrito2 offer part-time
- El Dorado Hills1 offer part-time
- El Monte1 offer part-time
- El Segundo1 offer part-time
- El Sobrante1 offer part-time
- Elk Grove8 offer part-time
- Encinitas7 offer part-time
- Encino2 offer part-time
- Escondido5 offer part-time
- Eureka3 offer part-time
F9 towns
G10 towns
- Galt1 offer part-time
- Garden Grove3 offer part-time
- Gardena1 offer part-time
- Gilroy1 offer part-time
- Glendale3 offer part-time
- Glendora2 offer part-time
- Goleta1 offer part-time
- Granada Hills1 offer part-time
- Grand Terrace1 offer part-time
- Grass Valley1 offer part-time
H8 towns
- Hacienda Heights1 offer part-time
- Hanford1 offer part-time
- Hawthorne1 offer part-time
- Hayward3 offer part-time
- Hercules1 offer part-time
- Hermosa Beach1 offer part-time
- Huntington Beach2 offer part-time
- Huntington Park1 offer part-time
J1 town
- Jurupa Valley1 offer part-time
K1 town
- Kentfield1 offer part-time
L27 towns
- La Canada1 offer part-time
- La Crescenta1 offer part-time
- La Jolla2 offer part-time
- La Mesa3 offer part-time
- La Mirada1 offer part-time
- Lafayette1 offer part-time
- Laguna Beach1 offer part-time
- Laguna Hills1 offer part-time
- Laguna Niguel3 offer part-time
- Lake Elsinore2 offer part-time
- Lake Forest4 offer part-time
- Lakeside2 offer part-time
- Lakewood3 offer part-time
- Lancaster10 offer part-time
- Larkspur1 offer part-time
- Lathrop1 offer part-time
- Lawndale2 offer part-time
- Lemon Grove1 offer part-time
- Lincoln1 offer part-time
- Livermore5 offer part-time
- Lodi1 offer part-time
- Lomita2 offer part-time
- Lompoc1 offer part-time
- Long Beach7 offer part-time
- Los Altos4 offer part-time
- Los Angeles37 offer part-time
- Los Banos1 offer part-time
M20 towns
- Madera1 offer part-time
- Malibu1 offer part-time
- Manteca2 offer part-time
- Meadow Vista1 offer part-time
- Mendocino1 offer part-time
- Menifee1 offer part-time
- Menlo Park2 offer part-time
- Mill Valley1 offer part-time
- Millbrae1 offer part-time
- Milpitas2 offer part-time
- Mission Viejo3 offer part-time
- Modesto2 offer part-time
- Montebello1 offer part-time
- Montrose1 offer part-time
- Moreno Valley1 offer part-time
- Morgan Hill2 offer part-time
- Mountain House1 offer part-time
- Mountain View2 offer part-time
- Murphys1 offer part-time
- Murrieta2 offer part-time
N12 towns
- Napa1 offer part-time
- National City1 offer part-time
- Nevada City2 offer part-time
- Newark1 offer part-time
- Newbury Park2 offer part-time
- Newhall1 offer part-time
- Newport Beach2 offer part-time
- Norco1 offer part-time
- North Hills1 offer part-time
- North Hollywood3 offer part-time
- Northridge4 offer part-time
- Novato1 offer part-time
O11 towns
P17 towns
- Pacifica3 offer part-time
- Palm Desert1 offer part-time
- Palm Springs1 offer part-time
- Palmdale1 offer part-time
- Palo Alto5 offer part-time
- Paramount1 offer part-time
- Pasadena4 offer part-time
- Paso Robles2 offer part-time
- Petaluma4 offer part-time
- Piedmont1 offer part-time
- Pittsburg1 offer part-time
- Placentia1 offer part-time
- Pleasant Hill1 offer part-time
- Pleasanton2 offer part-time
- Pomona1 offer part-time
- Portola Valley1 offer part-time
- Poway4 offer part-time
R17 towns
- Rancho Cucamonga1 offer part-time
- Rancho Palos Verdes2 offer part-time
- Rancho Sta Margarita1 offer part-time
- Redding1 offer part-time
- Redlands3 offer part-time
- Redondo Beach2 offer part-time
- Redwood City4 offer part-time
- Rialto1 offer part-time
- Richmond1 offer part-time
- Ridgecrest1 offer part-time
- Rimforest1 offer part-time
- Riverside5 offer part-time
- Rocklin3 offer part-time
- Rolling Hills Estate1 offer part-time
- Roseville4 offer part-time
- Rough & Ready1 offer part-time
- Running Springs1 offer part-time
S48 towns
- Sacramento13 offer part-time
- Sacto1 offer part-time
- Salinas1 offer part-time
- San Bernardino1 offer part-time
- San Bruno2 offer part-time
- San Carlos1 offer part-time
- San Diego28 offer part-time
- San Francisco41 offer part-time
- San Jose25 offer part-time
- San Juan Capistrano1 offer part-time
- San Leandro6 offer part-time
- San Lorenzo1 offer part-time
- San Luis Obispo4 offer part-time
- San Marcos3 offer part-time
- San Mateo9 offer part-time
- San Pablo1 offer part-time
- San Pedro1 offer part-time
- San Rafael6 offer part-time
- San Ramon3 offer part-time
- Santa Ana1 offer part-time
- Santa Barbara6 offer part-time
- Santa Clara4 offer part-time
- Santa Clarita2 offer part-time
- Santa Cruz7 offer part-time
- Santa Monica3 offer part-time
- Santa Rosa7 offer part-time
- Santee2 offer part-time
- Saratoga1 offer part-time
- Saugus1 offer part-time
- Scotts Valley2 offer part-time
- Seal Beach1 offer part-time
- Sebastopol1 offer part-time
- Shafter1 offer part-time
- Sherman Oaks2 offer part-time
- Shingle Springs1 offer part-time
- Sierra Madre1 offer part-time
- Simi Valley4 offer part-time
- Sonoma3 offer part-time
- South El Monte1 offer part-time
- South Gate1 offer part-time
- South Pasadena1 offer part-time
- Spring Valley2 offer part-time
- St. Helena1 offer part-time
- Stanford1 offer part-time
- Stockton7 offer part-time
- Studio City1 offer part-time
- Suisun City1 offer part-time
- Sunnyvale10 offer part-time
T10 towns
- Tarzana3 offer part-time
- Temecula3 offer part-time
- Temple City1 offer part-time
- Thousand Oaks4 offer part-time
- Tiburon1 offer part-time
- Torrance5 offer part-time
- Tracy4 offer part-time
- Tulare2 offer part-time
- Tustin3 offer part-time
- Twentynine Palms1 offer part-time
V11 towns
- Vacaville2 offer part-time
- Valencia1 offer part-time
- Vallejo2 offer part-time
- Valley Glen1 offer part-time
- Valley Village2 offer part-time
- Van Nuys3 offer part-time
- Venice1 offer part-time
- Ventura2 offer part-time
- Victorville2 offer part-time
- Visalia1 offer part-time
- Vista2 offer part-time
W15 towns
- Walnut1 offer part-time
- Walnut Creek6 offer part-time
- West Covina3 offer part-time
- West Hills1 offer part-time
- West Sacramento1 offer part-time
- Westchester1 offer part-time
- Westlake Village4 offer part-time
- Westminister1 offer part-time
- Westminster3 offer part-time
- Whittier2 offer part-time
- Wilmington1 offer part-time
- Wilodmar1 offer part-time
- Windsor1 offer part-time
- Winnetka2 offer part-time
- Woodland Hills1 offer part-time
Y4 towns
- Yorba Linda5 offer part-time
- Yuba City1 offer part-time
- Yucaipa2 offer part-time
- Yucca Valley2 offer part-time
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Nearby states
Questions
Questions about part-time daycare in California
How many daycares that offer part-time care are in California?
816 daycares that offer part-time care are listed in 302 California towns. A daycare not on this list may still offer part-time care; ask.
Which California town has the most daycares that offer part-time care?
San Francisco, with 41 listed. Next are Los Angeles (37) and San Diego (28).
What counts as part-time daycare?
Care for less than a full week: half days, or two or three days a week. Each daycare sets its own options, so ask which days and hours it offers part-time and whether a half-day spot costs less than a full day.
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.