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Best if you want a shortlist tailored to budget, age, and location.
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Where families often start when budget matters
These are useful city pages to open first if you want to compare lower-cost tuition ranges before digging into school profiles.
Costa Mesa
Typical monthly tuition starts around $980 and families can currently browse 50 local providers here.
Explore Costa MesaAnaheim
Typical monthly tuition starts around $1,180 and families can currently browse 152 local providers here.
Explore AnaheimSanta Ana
Typical monthly tuition starts around $1,195 and families can currently browse 143 local providers here.
Explore Santa AnaFeatured schools
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These are strong examples of the richer school profiles families can save, compare, and dig into.
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Sunshine Playhouse Anaheim Hills
Anaheim, 92807
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Happy Kids Montessori Irvine
Irvine, 92604
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Harbor Bilingual Preschool Santa Ana
Santa Ana, 92704
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ACADEMY ON THE HILLS
Aliso Viejo, 92656
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LITTLE BIG PRESCHOOL
Aliso Viejo, 92656
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KRISTIN'S KIDDIELAND
Aliso Viejo, 92656
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Use the quiz if you want a faster shortlist instead of browsing every option yourself.
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