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Child care in Santa Clara County, California
Everything Childcare Alerts tracks for Santa Clara County, synthesized from public records — 5.7% of California's licensed providers are here. Figures describe the public data; they aren't a rating.
Santa Clara County has about 63,991 licensed seats for roughly 117,879 children under six — a licensed-capacity ratio of 54% (a rough access measure, not a wait-list figure).
Who runs child care here
8 of the county's providers are private-equity-owned chains. Biggest chains: KinderCare (39) · Bright Horizons (25) · Kiddie Academy (12) · Primrose School (7, PE) · Guidepost Montessori (1, PE)
What violations get cited
Most-cited themes in Santa Clara County's public inspection records.
By city
San Jose (742) · Sunnyvale (194) · Santa Clara (127) · Palo Alto (91) · Milpitas (83) · Cupertino (72) · Gilroy (64) · Mountain View (47) · Morgan Hill (38) · Campbell (38) · Los Altos (29) · Los Gatos (25)
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Childcare Alerts is an independent service that synthesizes public California child care records for education and research. It is not a rating or a safety verdict; the official state record always controls.