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Licensed daycares in 90404Santa Monica, CA

There are 38 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 90404 — 30 licensed centers and 8 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 35 violations across 76 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.46 violations per inspection, which is above the Santa Monica average of 0.38.

25 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is health and medication (11 citations), followed by supervision (10). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from California DSS, Community Care Licensing Division and links back to the state's own document.

Compare all 38 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

29 providers.

Beach Moms Cdc Infant Center

Center · Capacity 6 · 1518 20TH STREET · Last inspected Jun 5, 2025

0 violationsPending
Beachmoms Child Development Center

Center · Capacity 30 · 1720 BROADWAY AVENUE · Last inspected Jan 6, 2025

0 violationsActive
Bell Family Child Care

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Jun 5, 2025

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

10 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Dreamland Infant Care Center

Center · Capacity 29 · 1635 CENTINELA · Last inspected May 14, 2026

1 violationActive
Lighthouse Center For Infants

Center · Capacity 16 · 1424 YALE STREET · Last inspected Mar 2, 2026

1 violationActive
Nakaji Family Child Care

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Jun 10, 2026

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

4 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Santa Monica Montessori School

Center · Capacity 97 · 1909 COLORADO AVENUE · Last inspected Jan 6, 2025

5 violationsActive
Haggerstrom Family Child Care

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Jun 30, 2026

5 violationsActive
St Johns Child Study Center

Center · Capacity 60 · 1339 20TH STREET · Last inspected Mar 25, 2026

4 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 90404

Health and medication is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by supervision. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?

2

Walk me through how children are supervised during outdoor time and transitions between rooms.

3

How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?

Data synced from California DSS, Community Care Licensing Division on Jul 8, 2026. Source records · Report an error