Licensed Preschool in Lemoore, CA

Preschool in Lemoore

As of August 2026

With 28 providers on file, Lemoore offers families a mix of 9 centers and 19 family child care homes, licensed through California Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD). Family child care homes lead the mix at 68%, giving Lemoore a smaller-group, home-based character alongside roughly 683 licensed slots citywide and an average of about 24 slots per provider. Preschool coverage is the widest age band on the roster, at 93% of providers. CloverMap lets parents browse the full, verified list of Lemoore providers directly.

What to know about childcare in Lemoore

Lemoore's 28 licensed providers break down into 9 centers (32%) and 19 family child care homes (68%). Centers typically operate out of dedicated facilities with multiple staff members and larger group sizes, often with separate classrooms organized by age. Family child care homes run out of a caregiver's residence, usually with a single provider or a small team serving a smaller, mixed-age group. The 32/68 split in Lemoore means parents can compare both formats directly rather than defaulting to one type, and the difference in setting — a purpose-built facility versus a private home — is often the first thing families weigh before looking at anything else on a listing.

Lemoore's licensed capacity totals 683 across its 28 providers, an average of 24 children per provider. This citywide figure is the sum of very different scales: centers with dozens of enrolled slots sit alongside family child care homes licensed for a handful of children each. That spread is normal for a roster with both formats represented, and it means the 24-slot average is more useful as a general sense of scale than as a prediction for any specific provider a family might contact.

Not every provider in Lemoore serves every age group. 26 of the 28 providers (93%) cover preschool-age children, 20 (71%) cover school-age, and infant/toddler coverage sits at 20 and 20 providers (71%/71%). That distribution is a useful filter before contacting any single provider, since it narrows a full roster of 28 down to just the subset that actually serves the age a family needs.

California Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) is the state agency responsible for licensing child care centers and family child care homes throughout California, including Lemoore. A license from CCLD confirms that a provider has met the state's requirements to operate legally — covering staffing, group size, and the physical space where care is provided. Centers and family child care homes are licensed under separate categories, which is why Lemoore's roster shows both formats represented rather than a single uniform provider type. Both categories fall under the same statewide agency, so a family comparing a center and a home in Lemoore is comparing two providers licensed under the same overall framework, just different administrative categories within it.

Family child care homes make up 68% of Lemoore's roster, more than the 9 centers on file, so a home-based search here has more options to work through than a center-based one. Parents specifically wanting a center-based program should expect a shorter list to compare, 9 providers in total, and may want to reach out earlier given the smaller pool. One provider on Lemoore's roster, "LEMOORE GENERATION CENTER", illustrates the kind of listing CloverMap surfaces alongside licensing category, reported capacity, and age-group coverage for the rest of the city's providers.

For a family narrowing a list of Lemoore providers, the most useful filters tend to be format (center versus family child care home), age group served, and reported capacity — all of which are available on the roster itself before a single phone call is made. Out of 28 total providers, cross-referencing those three data points typically narrows a citywide list down to a short set worth contacting directly, which is a more efficient starting point than reaching out to every listed provider in Lemoore one by one.