Licensed Daycares in Woodland, CA

Daycare & Childcare in Woodland

As of August 2026

Woodland's licensing roster splits evenly: 28 centers and 28 family child care homes among its 56 providers, an exact 50/50 mix. Licensed capacity totals 1,627 slots, averaging 29 per provider. Preschool coverage leads at 86% of providers, with infant and toddler coverage at 57% each and school-age coverage at 54%. Licensing runs through California's Community Care Licensing Division. Parents can compare Woodland's providers through CloverMap's verified listings.

What to know about childcare in Woodland

Woodland is a genuinely even split: 28 centers and 28 family child care homes make up its 56-provider roster, a 50/50 balance rarely seen this cleanly elsewhere in this batch. That means parents searching in Woodland can approach the format question with no built-in skew toward one option -- both centers and homes are equally represented from the start.

Combined licensed capacity across Woodland's 56 providers totals 1,627 children, averaging roughly 29 slots per provider. With an even center-to-home ratio, that average is a genuinely balanced blend of larger and smaller provider capacities rather than one skewed by an oversupply of either format.

Age coverage in Woodland is led by preschool at 48 providers, or 86% of the roster. Infant and toddler care are each reported by 32 providers, 57%, and school-age care by 30 providers, or 54%. Coverage across every band here sits comfortably above half the roster, suggesting families at any stage from infancy through school age should find a reasonable number of options to compare in Woodland.

Woodland's providers are licensed through California's Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD), part of the California Department of Social Services. CCLD licensing applies the same core requirements for staffing, health and safety, and facility conditions to both centers and family child care homes, with ongoing oversight after a license is issued.

With centers and homes tied at 28 apiece, Woodland parents have unusually balanced footing to decide on format purely by preference rather than by which option happens to be more available. CATALYST KIDS - GIBSON is one named center on the roster; CloverMap's listings let parents compare all 56 Woodland providers by format, capacity, and age groups served.

It's worth noting that a 50/50 center-to-home split is uncommon enough in this batch of California cities to be one of Woodland's more distinctive numbers -- most cities here lean one direction or the other, sometimes sharply, which makes Woodland's balance a useful data point for families deciding which format to prioritize. Put another way, Woodland's even 28-to-28 split combined with above-50% coverage in every single age band -- infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children alike -- makes it one of the more consistently accessible cities in this batch across both provider format and the ages served, without a single obviously underserved category standing out among its 56 providers. This kind of balanced coverage is the exception rather than the rule among the cities reviewed here.