Licensed Preschool in Camarillo, CA

Preschool in Camarillo

As of August 2026

The state's licensing roster lists 34 providers in Camarillo, and centers make up the large majority: 26 centers to 8 family child care homes, about 76 percent centers to 24 percent homes. Combined licensed capacity totals 1,764 slots, averaging 52 per site. Providers are licensed through California's Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD). CloverMap lists Camarillo's roster, including Carden Kids Academy, for parents to browse. Parents can use the capacity and age-coverage details here to narrow a shortlist before making calls.

What to know about childcare in Camarillo

Camarillo's 34 licensed providers are strongly center-oriented, with 26 centers compared to just 8 family child care homes, roughly 76 percent to 24 percent. That makes Camarillo one of the most center-dominant cities in this batch, with family child care homes representing a small minority of the roster. Centers in Camarillo 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 Camarillo'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.

The 34 providers report a combined licensed capacity of 1,764 children, averaging 52 per site, a high average consistent with the center-heavy mix, since centers typically license for more children than a single family child care home. 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 Camarillo families should treat it as a ceiling on program size rather than a live vacancy count.

Preschool coverage leads Camarillo's age breakdown, with 25 of the 34 providers serving that age group. Infant and toddler care are each offered by 10 providers, and school-age care by 13, a pattern that reflects the center-heavy roster's focus on preschool programming. Because staffing ratio requirements are generally tighter for younger children, it is common for fewer providers to serve infants than preschoolers; Camarillo 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.

All 34 providers are licensed through the California Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD), which enforces the state's minimum staffing, health, and safety requirements for both centers and family child care homes. 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 Camarillo's.

With centers making up the large majority of Camarillo's roster, parents should expect their search to center on larger, structured programs, though the 8 family child care homes remain an option for those who prefer a smaller setting. Carden Kids Academy 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 Camarillo families to confirm real-time openings once they have narrowed down a shortlist.