Licensed Before & After School in Redondo Beach, CA

Before & After School in Redondo Beach

As of August 2026

Redondo Beach's child care roster is overwhelmingly center-based: of 29 licensed providers, 25 are centers and only 4 are family child care homes. Combined licensed capacity across the roster reaches 1,568 slots, an average of 54 per provider. Every provider is licensed through the California Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD). CloverMap gives Redondo Beach families a single, verified place to browse and compare these listings.

What to know about childcare in Redondo Beach

Centers make up 86 percent of Redondo Beach's 29 licensed providers, 25 in total, against just 4 family child care homes at 14 percent. That's one of the more center-dominated splits in this data set, meaning a Redondo Beach family searching the roster will encounter a facility-based, classroom-style program far more often than a smaller home setting.

Consistent with that center-heavy mix, Redondo Beach's combined licensed capacity totals 1,568 across 29 providers, an average of 54 children per site, well above the middle of this data set. Because centers are typically licensed for larger groups than family child care homes, a roster this dominated by centers naturally produces a higher citywide average.

Age coverage in Redondo Beach skews toward preschool: 62 percent of providers serve that age group, while infants and toddlers are each served by 38 percent of providers and school-age children by just 21 percent, the narrowest school-age coverage in this batch of cities. Families searching for infant, toddler, or especially school-age care will be working with a notably smaller subset of the 29 providers.

Every Redondo Beach provider is licensed by the California Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division, which regulates child care centers and family child care homes under distinct categories. Centers meet facility- and staffing-based standards suited to larger groups, while the handful of family child care homes on this roster meet standards scaled to smaller, residence-based care.

With centers making up the large majority of Redondo Beach's roster, families here will primarily be comparing programs like Alta Vista Child Development Center against one another, while the city's 4 family child care homes offer a scarce but available alternative for those who specifically want a smaller, home-based setting. CloverMap's Redondo Beach listings let parents compare the full roster by type and age coverage. Given how heavily Redondo Beach's roster leans toward centers, families here will most often be comparing classroom-style programs on factors like licensed capacity and age-band fit, since school-age coverage in particular is limited across the roster. Families specifically seeking a family child care home have only a handful of options in this city, so reaching out early in the search process is worthwhile once a shortlist is built. Because Redondo Beach's roster reflects licensing records rather than a live booking system, families should treat the provider count and capacity figures as a starting point for research. Reaching out directly to a shortlist of centers, and asking specifically about the age group needed, remains the most reliable way to confirm whether a spot is currently available.