Licensed Daycares in Garden Grove, CA

Daycare & Childcare in Garden Grove

As of August 2026

Garden Grove's 87 CCLD-licensed providers are mostly centers, 60 of them against 27 family child care homes, a 69%-to-31% split. Combined licensed capacity is about 3,737 children, averaging roughly 43 per site. Preschool coverage leads at 80%, with infant and toddler care each around 38% and school-age at 40%. CloverMap brings all 87 verified Garden Grove listings into one place. Infant and toddler coverage trails well behind the preschool rate here, so families with younger children may want extra lead time.

What to know about childcare in Garden Grove

Centers make up 60 of Garden Grove's 54 licensed providers, about 69%, while family child care homes account for the remaining 27, or 31%. CHAPMAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL is one example among Garden Grove's centers, which outnumber homes better than two to one.

Garden Grove's 87 providers report combined licensed capacity of about 3,737 children, an average of roughly 43 per site, one of the higher averages in this batch, consistent with a roster weighted toward the generally larger-scale center model.

Preschool leads Garden Grove's age coverage, served by 70 of the 87 providers, about 80%. Infants and toddlers are each covered by 33 providers, roughly 38%, and school-age children by 35 providers, or 40%. Infant and toddler coverage here is on the lower end compared to some other cities in this batch, so families with younger children should expect a narrower search.

Garden Grove's providers are licensed through California's Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD), the agency responsible for both centers and family child care homes statewide, applying the same staffing, ratio, and facility standards to each.

With centers representing 69% of Garden Grove's roster, families here should expect their search to lean heavily toward larger, classroom-based programs, while the 27 family child care homes offer a smaller but still viable alternative. Because infant and toddler coverage sits around 38%, well below the 80% preschool rate, confirming a specific provider's age coverage early is a practical step for families with children under three.

Garden Grove parents who want the smaller, home-based setting have a narrower pool of 27 providers, compared to the 60 centers that dominate the roster here. Given that infant and toddler coverage sits well below the preschool rate, families with younger children may want to begin their search earlier and verify age coverage directly with each provider, since a majority of listings on this roster are built around center-style, classroom-based care rather than the smaller home setting. All 87 of Garden Grove's listed providers reported a capacity figure, so the 43-per-site average reflects the complete roster rather than a partial sample. That relatively high average tracks with a roster where centers, which tend to run larger than homes, make up 69% of the total, well above the home-based share. CloverMap's Garden Grove page brings this full roster into one searchable list, letting parents filter by setting and age group before contacting individual providers directly.