Licensed Before & After School in Apple Valley, CA

Before & After School in Apple Valley

As of August 2026

Apple Valley has 38 licensed child care providers, according to CCLD's roster from the California Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division, split between 18 centers and 20 family child care homes. Combined licensed capacity across the roster reaches 1,096 spots, averaging about 29 per provider. Parents can review the complete, verified list of Apple Valley child care providers on CloverMap to compare their local options before reaching out to any program directly.

What to know about childcare in Apple Valley

Apple Valley's 38 licensed child care providers are close to evenly split, with a slight lean toward family child care homes: 20 homes compared with 18 centers, or about 53 percent homes to 47 percent centers. That balance gives parents a genuinely open choice between a larger center setting and a smaller, home-based one, without either type clearly dominating the local roster.

Reported licensed capacity across Apple Valley's 38 providers totals 1,096 children, an average of about 29 spots per provider, a middle-of-the-road figure consistent with a roster that mixes centers and family child care homes in close to equal numbers rather than leaning heavily toward one or the other.

Age-group coverage in Apple Valley centers most strongly on preschool, with 32 of the 38 providers, or 84 percent, serving that age group. Infant and toddler care is each reported by 21 providers, about 55 percent of the total, while school-age care is reported by 23 providers, about 61 percent. A majority of Apple Valley's providers serve every one of the four age groups, which is a stronger, more consistent showing than in several other cities in this batch.

Every provider in Apple Valley, including school-run programs like AVUSD DESERT KNOLLS STATE PRESCHOOL, is licensed through CCLD, the division of the California Department of Social Services responsible for regulating child care across the state. Licensing sets the same requirements for staffing, group sizes, and program operations for both centers and family child care homes.

Given the close to even split between centers and homes, and the fact that a majority of providers serve every age group, Apple Valley parents have unusually broad flexibility in how they search, whether prioritizing provider type, age-group coverage, or simply proximity within the city.

Families should still confirm current openings directly with any shortlisted provider, since citywide averages describe the roster as a whole rather than any single program's actual availability at a given time, particularly among the smaller family child care homes that make up just over half the total. Toddler and infant coverage tracking closely together, both at just over half the roster, suggests a provider serving one of those age groups in Apple Valley is fairly likely to serve the other as well, which can simplify planning for a child who will move between those stages at the same site over time. Reaching out to a small set of providers across both categories remains the most reliable way to confirm what is actually open right now.