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Banana Fana - Ingleside

Ingleside

2y – 5y$2,050/mo

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Spanish Immersion immersion

ELFA

Banana Fana - Mission

Mission

2y – 6y3 days/wk$2,300/mo

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Spanish Immersion immersion

ELFA

Les Petites Canards

Inner Richmond

2y – 5y

Play

French Immersion immersion

Miraloma Cooperative Nursery School

Miraloma Park

2y – 6y3 days/wk$2,053/mo

Coop

Mission Kids Co-op Preschool

Mission

2y – 5y$1,250/mo

Coop

Spanish

ELFA

Noe Valley Nursery School

Diamond Heights

2y – 5y

Coop

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Peter's Place Nursery School

Inner Richmond

2y – 5y$3–$860/mo

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Primeros Pasos

Portola

2y – 5y2 days/wk$2,950/mo

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Spanish Immersion immersion

Primeros Pasos

Noe Valley

$2,950/mo

Play

Spanish Immersion immersion

Rocky Mountain Participation Nursery School

Duboce Triangle

2y – 5y$375/mo

Coop

St. Paul's School: Littlest Angel Preschool

Noe Valley

2y – 6y$2,400/mo

Project Based

The Crayon Box

Noe Valley

2y – 5y$2,632/mo

Play

Spanish Immersion immersion

Utopia Preschool

Lakeshore

2y – 5y$1,805/mo

Play

ABC Preschool

Outer Richmond

3y – 5y

Play

Japanese

ELFA

Alpha Kids Academy Junipero Serra

Parkside

2y – 6y2/3 days/wk

Academic

ELFA

Alpha Kids Academy Stonecrest Dr.

Lakeshore

2y – 6y2/3 days/wk

Academic

Mandarin Immersion immersion

ELFA

Alta Plaza Preschool

Pacific Heights

2y – 6y7:30 am–5:30 pm4/5 days/wk$2,780/mo

Play

full-day

Angelina's School

Outer Richmond

2y – 5y

Play

Spanish

ELFA

Buen Dia Family School

Mission

3y – 6y$2,548/mo

Arts

Spanish

ELFA

Calvary Nursery School

Pacific Heights

2y – 5y8:30 am–1:30 pm5 days/wk$1,635/mo

Inquiry

extended-half day

Children's Day School

Mission

3y – 6y$3,730/mo

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Cole Valley Gan Preschool

Cole Valley

3y – 5y$2,775/mo

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Community Preschool at Grace Cathedral

Financial District

3y – 5y$2,300/mo

Inquiry

ELFA

Cypress School

Laurel Heights

2y – 5y$2,718/mo

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Diana's Family Daycare Home

North Beach

12 mo – 4y

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Spanish

Exploration Academy

Inner Sunset

3y – 5y1/2/3 days/wk$5–$3,000/mo

Outdoor

Friends of St. Francis Childcare

Duboce Triangle

2y – 5y$2,370–$2,600/mo

Outdoors

ELFA

Garden Gate Preschool

Crocker-Amazon

2y – 5y3 days/wk$2,550/mo

Play

Spanish

Gates & Bridges Preschool

Inner Sunset

2y – 5y3 days/wk$2,534/mo

Play

Haight Ashbury Cooperative Nursery School

Haight Ashbury

2y – 5y$600/mo

Coop

Katherine Michiels School

Mission

2y – 5y$2,500–$2,700/mo

Play

Kids Kollege Preschool & Day Care Center

Outer Sunset

2y – 6y

Play

Mandarin

Kinderhaus

Portola

2y – 5y3 days/wk$2,668/mo

Play

German

Laura Vicuna Pre-K

North Beach

2y – 6y$1,635/mo

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Learning Bridge Preschool

Inner Sunset

2y – 6y2/3 days/wk$2,390/mo

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Little Bee: Cow Hollow/Marina

Marina

2y – 5y8:00 am–5:30 pm2/3/5 days/wk$2,835/mo

Outdoor

Mandarin

full-day

Little Bee: Presidio

Presidio

2y – 5y2 days/wk$2,835/mo

Outdoor

Mandarin

Little Robles

Inner Sunset

3 days/wk$2,450/mo

Play

Spanish

ELFA

Little Sun Preschool

Inner Sunset

2y – 5y

Play

Lycée Français de San Francisco

Haight Ashbury

2y – 5y$3,390/mo

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French Immersion immersion

Magic Cottage

Inner Sunset

2y – 5y$2,130/mo

Play

Marina Children's Center

Marina

2y – 5y8:00 am–6:00 pm5 days/wk

Academic

full-day

Mi Escuelita en Espanol

Portola

1/2/3 days/wk$2,300/mo

Waldorf

Spanish Immersion immersion

Noe Valley Family Childcare

Noe Valley

2y – 4y

Play

North Beach Kids

North Beach

3y – 6y

Play

One Fifty Parker Avenue School

Presidio Heights

2y – 6y1/2/3 days/wk$2,800–$3,300/mo

Play

ELFA

Peekadoodle

Inner Richmond

2 days/wk$3,300/mo

Play

Playmates Cooperative Preschool

Sunset

2y – 5y3 days/wk$783–$1,305/mo

Coop

Rainbow Door Preschool

Excelsior

3y – 5y3 days/wk

Play

Sandmann Family Day Care

Noe Valley

2y – 6y

Play

German

Seabird Preschool

Financial District

2y – 5y2 days/wk$2,200/mo

Play

ELFA

Serra Preschool

Laurel Heights

2y – 6y$1,375/mo

Play

Sherith Israel Preschool

Pacific Heights

2y – 5y8:30 am–3:30 pm3/5 days/wk$2,870–$3,500/mo

Outdoor

full-day

Stepping Stones Preschool

Inner Sunset

2y – 5y$2,380–$2,450/mo

Outdoor

Sunny Infant Preschool

Outer Richmond

2y – 6y

Play

Mandarin

ELFA

Sweet Peas Preschool

Mission

2y – 5y3 days/wk$2,845/mo

Play

Telegraph Hill Co-op Nursery School

Russian Hill

2y – 5y$725/mo

Coop

The Growing Tree Preschool

Lakeshore

3y – 5y

Academic

Mandarin

The Lands End School

Outer Richmond

3y – 5y$2,200–$2,500/mo

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Tilly's Tots

Noe Valley

$3,000/mo

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Tiny Giants Preschool

Nob Hill

2y – 5y2 days/wk

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Wah Mei Preschool (Financial District)

Financial District

2y – 5y$2,225–$2,725/mo

Academic

Cantonese

ELFA

Wah Mei Preschool (Sunset)

Sunset

2y – 5y$2,225–$2,725/mo

Academic

Cantonese

ELFA

Wind in the Willows

Sunnyside

2y – 5y3 days/wk

Academic

Wonder Years School

Sea Cliff

2 days/wk$2,450/mo

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YMCA: Alice Chambers

Excelsior

2y – 5y

Reggio

ELFA

YMCA: Lutheran Church of Our Savior (LCOS) Preschool

Ingleside

2y – 5y

Reggio

ELFA

YMCA: Mission Preschool

Outer Mission

2y – 5y

Reggio

ELFA

YMCA: Tung Lok

Telegraph Hill

2y – 5y

Reggio

ELFA

YMCA: Villa de Kapuso Child Development Center

Outer Mission

2y – 5y$2,116–$2,306/mo

Reggio

ELFA