Beverly Hills is its own city, its own school district, and one of the highest-priced daycare markets in Southern California. The Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD) operates Universal Transitional Kindergarten and a tuition-based pre-K program at its elementary schools, but most three-year-olds attend private preschools concentrated between Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards. Infant supply is thin and waitlists are long, which means many BH families piece together the first eighteen months with a nanny or a nanny share before moving to a center room.
In 2026 dollars, full-time center-based daycare in Beverly Hills runs roughly $2,500 to $2,900 per month for infants and roughly $2,050 to $2,400 per month for preschool-age children, drawing on the National Database of Childcare Prices for Los Angeles County and on LA County Child Care Resource and Referral rate work for the Westside. Title 22 family child care is a small share of supply in BH proper, and the homes that do operate price in the $1,800 to $2,100 per month range for infants. Nanny shares run $1,800 to $2,100 per child per month and account for a sizeable share of how Beverly Hills families piece the infant year together.
The infant premium reflects two things: Title 22's one-to-four ratio under 24 months under CCR 101216.5, and the limited commercial-space supply south of Sunset that is zoned and built out for an infant center. Most BH preschools are accommodations inside synagogues or church campuses, and infant rooms inside those spaces are much harder to license. Families who can wait for a child to turn 24 months see a $400 to $700 monthly drop when a room transitions from the infant ratio to the toddler one-to-six ratio.
| Beverly Hills sub-area | Infant, center | Preschool, center | Family child care |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Flats (Sunset to Santa Monica Blvd) | $2,750–$2,900 / month | $2,250–$2,400 / month | $1,900–$2,100 / month |
| North of Sunset (Trousdale, Beverly Park edge) | $2,700–$2,850 / month | $2,200–$2,350 / month | $1,900–$2,100 / month |
| South of Wilshire (90211 residential) | $2,500–$2,700 / month | $2,050–$2,200 / month | $1,800–$2,000 / month |
| Beverly Hills Triangle (commercial) | $2,600–$2,800 / month | $2,150–$2,300 / month | $1,800–$2,000 / month |
Beverly Hills families enroll in Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD), which operates four elementary campuses: Beverly Vista, Hawthorne, El Rodeo, and Horace Mann. California's Universal Transitional Kindergarten expansion under SB 130 has now reached all four-year-olds who turn four by September 1, with full universal eligibility phased in for the 2025-2026 school year. BHUSD runs UTK at each of its elementary campuses with priority for families inside BHUSD attendance boundaries.
UTK is free and follows the BHUSD school-year calendar. The dismissal time is typically around 1 p.m. with limited after-care, which means most Beverly Hills working families pair UTK with either a private after-school program or a part-time nanny. BHUSD also runs a small tuition-based three-year-old preschool program at some campuses, and the California State Preschool Program (CSPP) serves income-eligible families through community-based contractors rather than through the district directly.
Heads up. A UTK seat in BHUSD is contingent on living inside BHUSD attendance boundaries (the City of Beverly Hills, plus a small area of unincorporated LA County). Out-of-district enrollment is at the district's discretion and is not guaranteed in any given year.
California's three-stage CalWORKs child care system covers families on or recently exiting CalWORKs cash aid. Stages 1, 2, and 3 are time-limited, with Stage 2 carrying families up to two years post-CalWORKs and Stage 3 picking up afterwards subject to income eligibility. Outside CalWORKs, the Alternative Payment (AP) program serves income-eligible families up to 85 percent of the state median income. In LA County, AP vouchers are administered by a small set of nonprofits, including Crystal Stairs, Connections for Children (which covers the Westside including Beverly Hills), Children's Home Society of California, and Child Care Resource Center (CCRC). Most subsidy-eligible families inside the Beverly Hills city limits work with Connections for Children for the AP voucher.
Three federal tools stack on top of any AP voucher or UTK placement: the federal Child and Dependent Care Credit on IRS Form 2441, the Dependent Care FSA (up to $5,000 per family per year of pre-tax savings), and the federal Child Tax Credit. California adds the refundable Young Child Tax Credit (YCTC) and the state Child and Dependent Care Expenses Credit. A two-earner Beverly Hills household paying the full private rate typically recovers $1,500 to $2,100 in combined federal tax savings on the $5,000 FSA alone, with several hundred more available through the California credit stack depending on income and child count.
$2,250–$2,400 / month (preschool)
Half- and full-day Twos, Threes, and Fours housed near Roxbury Park. Play-based programming with weekly enrichment classes. Long-running BHUSD feeder reputation in the kindergarten transition.
$2,650–$2,850 / month (toddler)
Toddler and Primary classrooms in a converted residential building. AMI-affiliated. Half- and full-day options. Year-round calendar with two short closing weeks.
$2,200–$2,350 / month (preschool)
One of the longest-running synagogue-based preschools on the Westside. Open to families of any faith. Reggio-inspired programming with strong music and art enrichment.
$2,150–$2,300 / month (preschool)
Half- and full-day Twos, Threes, and Fours. Pre-kindergarten transition program in the Fours room. Bilingual Spanish-English option in the Threes and Fours.
$2,500–$2,700 / month (infant)
Infant through Pre-K in a converted residential building. Year-round calendar with limited summer closures. Quality Counts California rated. Long infant waitlist.
$2,700–$2,900 / month (infant)
Long-running infant-through-Pre-K program on Crescent Drive. Twelve-month calendar. Long infant waitlist. Strong reputation for stable, veteran teaching teams in the Twos and Threes rooms.
Listings reflect editorial picks, not paid placements, and pricing is the licensed published rate before any AP voucher or federal and California tax credit. Full Beverly Hills listings directory is in progress.
Walk through the cost calculator to model your Beverly Hills year with the FSA, the federal Child and Dependent Care Credit, and the California stack factored in. Read our California Universal TK explainer for the SB 130 rollout and the BHUSD enrollment timeline, the LA cost overview, the broader cost pillar, and our au pair vs nanny vs daycare guide if you're weighing the infant-year tradeoffs. For neighboring Westside neighborhoods, see West Hollywood daycare and Santa Monica daycare, or step back to all Los Angeles.
Neighborhood-by-neighborhood LA listings, UTK in LAUSD and BHUSD, and the AP voucher network.
Read → CostCitywide tuition ranges with FSA, the federal credit, and the California stack worked out.
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