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Licensed daycares in 95062Santa Cruz, CA

There are 22 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 95062 — 17 licensed centers and 5 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 28 violations across 46 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.61 violations per inspection, which is above the Santa Cruz average of 0.19.

9 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 (19 citations), followed by supervision (4). 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 22 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

9 providers.

Aguirre, Irene

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Mar 11, 2025

0 violationsActive
Children's Preschool Santa Cruz

Center · Capacity 33 · 420 MELROSE AVENUE · Last inspected Feb 6, 2024

0 violationsActive
Happy Days Children's Learning Center

Center · Capacity 78 · 720 17TH AVENUE · Last inspected Jun 9, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Arreola-Flores, Mariana

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Mar 28, 2025

1 violationActive
Bayside Baptist Christian Preschool

Center · Capacity 21 · 1335 SEABRIGHT AVENUE · Last inspected May 14, 2026

1 violationActive
Del Mar State Preschool

Center · Capacity 24 · 1959 MERRILL STREET · Last inspected Jul 15, 2025

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Midtown Montessori

Center · Capacity 25 · 987 BOSTWICK LANE, CLASSROOM 1 · Last inspected Apr 22, 2024

6 violationsActive
George, Ashley

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Mar 6, 2026

4 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 95062

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