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Licensed daycares in 90401Santa Monica, CA

There are 8 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 90401, with a combined licensed capacity of 587 children. Together they have been cited for 5 violations across 24 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.21 violations per inspection, which is below the Santa Monica average of 0.36.

4 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 supervision (3 citations), followed by health and medication (1). 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 8 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

4 providers.

Big And Tiny Santa Monica Llc

Center · Capacity 44 · 1444 10TH ST · Last inspected May 7, 2026

0 violationsActive
Gan Israel Preschool

Center · Capacity 45 · 1341 9TH ST · Last inspected Mar 17, 2025

0 violationsActive
Growing Place Santa Monica Early Childhood Lab

Center · Capacity 42 · 1802 4TH STREET · Last inspected Oct 16, 2024

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

First Presbyterian Chc Of Santa Monica Nursery Sc

Center · Capacity 120 · 1248 SECOND ST · Last inspected Jan 17, 2024

1 violationActive
Growing Place Santa Monica Early Childhood Lab

Center · Capacity 68 · 1802 4TH STREET · Last inspected May 21, 2025

1 violationActive
Santa Monica Family Ymca Early Learning Center

Center · Capacity 36 · 1332 SIXTH STREET · Last inspected Apr 23, 2025

1 violationActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 90401

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

1

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

2

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

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