Licensed Full-Day Daycare in Arleta, CA

Full-Day Daycare in Arleta

As of August 2026

34 licensed child care providers serve Arleta, according to the state roster, with family child care homes making up the majority: 23 homes to 11 centers, about 68 percent to 32 percent. Combined licensed capacity totals 969 slots, averaging 29 per site. Every provider is licensed through California's Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD). CloverMap lists Arleta's roster, including Beachy Avenue Elementary School CSPP, for parents to browse. Parents can weigh both provider type and age-group coverage here before reaching out to a specific program.

What to know about childcare in Arleta

Arleta's 34 licensed providers lean toward family child care homes, with 23 homes against 11 centers, roughly 68 percent to 32 percent. That gives home-based care a clear majority in Arleta, though centers still represent close to a third of the roster. Home-based providers in Arleta are typically run by a single licensed caregiver out of a private residence, which tends to mean smaller group sizes, mixed-age groupings, and a caregiving style built around one consistent adult. Centers, a smaller share of Arleta's roster, usually organize children into separate classrooms by age, with multiple staff members working across a facility built specifically for child care.

The 34 providers report a combined licensed capacity of 969 children, averaging 29 per site, one of the higher averages in this batch despite the home-leaning mix, suggesting Arleta's providers, both centers and homes, tend to be licensed for larger groups. That capacity figure reflects the total number of children a provider is licensed to serve, not necessarily how many openings exist at any given moment, so Arleta families should treat it as a ceiling on program size rather than a live vacancy count.

Age coverage in Arleta is strong: 25 providers serve infants, 25 serve toddlers, 31 serve preschool-age children, and 23 serve school-age children. Preschool coverage reaches nearly the entire roster, while the other age groups are each covered by the majority of providers. Because staffing ratio requirements are generally tighter for younger children, it is common for fewer providers to serve infants than preschoolers; Arleta families with an infant should expect a somewhat narrower initial search before more options open up as their child ages into the toddler and preschool ranges.

Every provider on Arleta's roster is licensed through the California Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD), the agency responsible for enforcing minimum health, safety, and staffing standards statewide. A CCLD license is issued after a provider demonstrates it meets the state's baseline requirements, and the license type, center or family child care home, determines which set of operating rules applies. Centers and homes are licensed under separate frameworks, part of why their typical group sizes and staffing patterns differ so much across a roster like Arleta's.

Given the home-based majority in Arleta, parents may find the broadest set of options among the city's 23 family child care homes, though the 11 centers remain a solid alternative for families who prefer that setting. Beachy Avenue Elementary School CSPP is one of the providers on the roster, and CloverMap lists all 34 for comparison. Because a licensing roster reflects who is currently authorized to operate rather than who has space available today, calling ahead remains the most reliable way for Arleta families to confirm real-time openings once they have narrowed down a shortlist.