Licensed Preschool in Tulare, CA

Preschool in Tulare

As of August 2026

Tulare's child care roster totals 49 providers, and the split — 15 centers to 34 homes — shapes what families will find when they start comparing options: a home-based majority at 69% of the total. The 49 reporting providers are licensed for 1,215 children combined, averaging 25 per site. Age coverage is broad, with preschool reaching nearly the entire roster. Providers are licensed through the California Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD). CloverMap is where parents can browse Tulare's full, verified list.

What to know about childcare in Tulare

Tulare's 49 licensed child care providers are split 15 centers to 34 family child care homes, meaning 69% of the roster is home-based. That makes family child care homes the default setting a parent is likely to encounter here rather than the exception. Homes typically operate with one lead provider caring for a smaller group inside a residence, while centers run multiple classrooms with larger staff teams — Tulare families will see far more of the former in their search results.

Combined licensed capacity across the 49 reporting providers is 1,215 children, averaging 25 per provider. That average is on the lower end, consistent with a roster dominated by smaller-capacity homes rather than large centers. Families should expect most individual listings to cluster near or below that 25-child average, with the city's 15 centers accounting for most of the higher-capacity outliers.

Age-group coverage in Tulare is unusually deep. Of the 49 providers, 35 serve infants and 35 serve toddlers (71% each), 48 serve preschool-age children (98%), and 34 serve school-age children (69%). A 98% preschool coverage rate means nearly every provider in the city serves preschool-age children in some capacity, and infant and toddler coverage — often the scarcest age bands elsewhere — are both at 71% here as well.

All 49 providers, whether a large center or a single-operator home, go through the same state licensing process. The California Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) licenses child care centers and family child care homes alike, applying consistent health, safety, and staffing requirements. A CCLD license is the baseline signal that a provider is operating legally and on record with the state.

For a Tulare family, the practical starting point is that a home-based search will turn up far more results than a center-based one — 34 homes compared with 15 centers — and that nearly every provider type on the list serves preschool-age children. CLINITE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER is one of the providers included on Tulare's roster. CloverMap lets parents browse the full list, filter by setting, and check which age groups each provider covers.

What stands out about Tulare's roster is how consistently high coverage runs across every age band, not just preschool. A family searching for infant care, toddler care, or school-age care in Tulare is drawing from a pool where the large majority of all 49 providers serve that age group, a pattern that's less common in cities where one age band clearly outpaces the rest. Combined with the home-based majority, this makes Tulare a city where the setting type — center or home — is likely to matter more to a family's decision than whether a given age group is covered at all.