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Child care in Santa Cruz County, California
Everything Childcare Alerts tracks for Santa Cruz County, synthesized from public records — 1% of California's licensed providers are here. Figures describe the public data; they aren't a rating.
Santa Cruz County has about 7,486 licensed seats for roughly 13,457 children under six — a licensed-capacity ratio of 56% (a rough access measure, not a wait-list figure).
Who runs child care here
Biggest chains: KinderCare (3)
What violations get cited
Most-cited themes in Santa Cruz County's public inspection records.
By city
Watsonville (146) · Santa Cruz (68) · Freedom (16) · Scotts Valley (15) · Aptos (12) · Soquel (10) · Felton (4) · Boulder Creek (4) · Ben Lomond (3) · La Selva Beach (2) · Capitola (2) · Corralitos (2)
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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.