Licensed Infant Care in San Ysidro, CA

Infant Care in San Ysidro

As of August 2026

San Ysidro's child care landscape leans heavily toward family child care homes: of 29 licensed providers, 24 are homes and only 5 are centers. Combined licensed capacity across the roster is 805 slots, an average of 28 per provider. Every provider is licensed through the California Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD). CloverMap lets San Ysidro families browse this full, verified roster of listings to compare their options.

What to know about childcare in San Ysidro

Family child care homes dominate San Ysidro's roster: 24 of 29 licensed providers, 83 percent, are homes, with only 5 centers, 17 percent. That's among the more home-heavy splits in this data set, meaning San Ysidro families searching for child care will most often encounter a smaller, residence-based setting rather than a larger, classroom-style center.

Reflecting that mix, San Ysidro's combined licensed capacity totals 805 across 29 providers, an average of 28 children per site. That average leans toward the smaller end of this data set, consistent with a roster where family child care homes outnumber centers nearly five to one.

Age coverage is broad across San Ysidro's roster: all 29 providers, 100 percent, serve preschool-age children, while infants, toddlers, and school-age children are each served by 83 percent. That's one of the wider age-band spreads in this batch of cities, suggesting San Ysidro families searching for any age group have a fairly deep set of providers to consider.

Every San Ysidro provider is licensed by the California Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division, which regulates family child care homes and centers under separate standards. Family child care homes operate out of a caregiver's residence and are licensed for smaller groups, while centers meet facility-based standards for larger groups, with both categories subject to CCLD's health and safety requirements.

With family child care homes making up more than four out of five San Ysidro providers, most families here will be comparing homes against one another, though the city's 5 centers, including programs like MAOF San Ysidro Early Learning Center, remain an option for families wanting a classroom-style setting. CloverMap's San Ysidro page makes it easy to compare the full roster by provider type and age coverage. With family child care homes making up such a large share of San Ysidro's roster, families here have a genuinely deep pool of smaller, residence-based options to compare, and touring a few before deciding can help surface differences in daily routine. The city's broad age-band coverage across infant, toddler, preschool, and school-age groups means most families should be able to find more than one option that fits their child's current age. San Ysidro families comparing several family child care homes may find it useful to ask each one directly about daily group size and routine, since two homes with similar licensed capacity can still run quite differently. Reaching out to a shortlist of two or three providers, rather than settling on the first option found, tends to produce the best overall fit for a child.