Licensed Full-Day Daycare in Burlingame, CA

Full-Day Daycare in Burlingame

As of August 2026

Burlingame families have 34 licensed child care providers to choose from, and centers dominate the mix: 24 centers to 10 family child care homes, about 71 percent centers to 29 percent homes. Combined licensed capacity reaches 1,913 slots, averaging 56 per site, among the highest averages in this batch. California's Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) licenses and oversees the roster. CloverMap lists Burlingame's providers, including Burlingame Montessori School, for parents to browse.

What to know about childcare in Burlingame

Burlingame's 34 licensed providers are dominated by centers, with 24 centers against just 10 family child care homes, roughly 71 percent to 29 percent. That makes Burlingame one of the more center-heavy markets in this batch, with center-based programs the default option for most families. Centers in Burlingame typically organize children into separate classrooms by age, with multiple staff members and space built specifically for child care. The smaller number of family child care homes on Burlingame's roster instead offer a mixed-age, single-caregiver setting inside a private residence, an option some parents specifically seek out for its smaller scale and consistency of caregiver.

Combined licensed capacity across the 34 providers totals 1,913 children, averaging 56 per site, one of the highest averages in this batch, consistent with a roster weighted heavily toward larger center facilities. 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 Burlingame families should treat it as a ceiling on program size rather than a live vacancy count.

Age coverage in Burlingame skews toward preschool and school-age: 25 providers serve preschool-age children and 16 serve school-age children, while infant and toddler care are each offered by 12 providers. That pattern is typical of a center-heavy roster, where infant care, which requires the lowest staff ratios, is offered by a smaller subset of sites. Because staffing ratio requirements are generally tighter for younger children, it is common for fewer providers to serve infants than preschoolers; Burlingame 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 Burlingame's roster is licensed through the California Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD), the agency that sets and enforces minimum health, safety, and staffing standards for centers and family child care homes 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 Burlingame's.

Parents in Burlingame searching for infant care should note that only 12 of the 34 providers serve that age group, a narrower field than the preschool options offered by 25 providers. Burlingame Montessori School 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 Burlingame families to confirm real-time openings once they have narrowed down a shortlist.