Daycare, pre-K, language schools, and school pathways in Los Angeles and Orange County

The Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles connects families to local Resource and Referral agencies that provide free, personalized referrals to licensed child care. Agencies can also help families ask about subsidized care for low-income and CalWORKs households.

• Childcare
• Referral
• Licensed
• Subsidy
• Free Navigation
• LA County

Los Angeles County Office of Education's Head Start and Early Learning Division helps families find free early education programs for eligible children from before birth through age five. Families search by address, submit a pre-enrollment form, and get live support at 877-773-5543.

• Infant
• Toddler
• Preschool
• Head Start
• Free
• LA County
• Enrollment

LAUSD's Division of Special Education publishes parent guides, IEP resources, and workshops. School & Family Support Services is the district call center for questions or concerns about a student's IEP at (213) 241-6701 or spedsfss@lausd.net.

• Special Education
• IEP
• Navigation
• Public District
• LAUSD
• Free

LA Unified Dual Language Education programs offer TK–12 instruction in English plus a partner language, with Two-Way, One-Way, and World Language Immersion models. Partner languages include Arabic, Armenian, French, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, and Spanish. Families apply through the Choices application during the on-time October window or later late-application period.

• Elementary
• Middle School
• High School
• Dual Language
• Immersion
• Public District
• Choices

Los Angeles Unified offers Early Education Centers, California State Preschool, and Transitional Kindergarten with published enrollment steps. Families use the Resident School Identifier, then enroll online at enroll.lausd.net or through the Early Childhood Education Division at (213) 241-0415.

• Preschool
• TK
• Public District
• Enrollment
• LAUSD
• Subsidized

LAPL offers free online tutoring for grades K–12 and after-school Student Zone homework centers at many branches. Student Zones provide study space, reserved computers, basic supplies, free printing, and helper guidance; online tutors cover math, science, English, social studies, and writing.

• Homework
• Tutoring
• Library
• After School
• Free
• K 12
• Virtual

Field Elementary hosts Pasadena Unified's Mandarin Dual Language Immersion Program for grades TK–5. Classes integrate native Mandarin speakers with non-native speakers and target listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Mandarin and Simplified Chinese alongside English.

• TK
• Elementary
• Mandarin
• Dual Language
• Public District
• Pasadena

Pasadena Unified Dual Language Immersion programs develop bilingualism in English plus French, Mandarin, or Spanish using a 90:10 elementary model. Named sites include Altadena Arts Magnet (French), Field Elementary (Mandarin), and several Spanish immersion schools in Pasadena and Altadena.

• Elementary
• Dual Language
• French
• Mandarin
• Spanish
• Public District
• Pasadena

Long Beach Unified offers Dual Language Immersion with published 90/10 and 50/50 models so students can become bilingual and biliterate. Elementary pathways such as Webster's Spanish-English 90/10 program feed into middle-school dual immersion continuation options in the district.

• Elementary
• Middle School
• Dual Language
• Spanish
• Public District
• Long Beach

Anaheim Elementary School District offers Dual Language Immersion in Spanish, Korean, and Mandarin Chinese. Spanish DLI is available across district schools, Korean DLI is at Thomas Jefferson Elementary, and Mandarin Chinese DLI is at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary, with registration through AESD.

• Elementary
• Dual Language
• Spanish
• Korean
• Mandarin
• Public District
• Anaheim

Thomas Jefferson Elementary hosts Anaheim Elementary's Korean Dual Language Immersion program for grades K–6. Native Korean and native English speakers learn together toward biliteracy, and the district identifies the program as Orange County's first Korean DLI academy.

• Elementary
• Korean
• Dual Language
• Public District
• Anaheim

OCEAA is a tuition-free public charter school in Santa Ana serving TK–8 with a Two-Way Bilingual Immersion program and arts instruction for all students. Enrollment requires an interest form, a virtual information session, and a lottery when demand exceeds seats.

• TK
• Elementary
• Middle School
• Dual Language
• Charter
• Arts
• Santa Ana

Irvine Chinese Immersion Academy is a tuition-free public charter authorized by Irvine Unified, offering Mandarin-English immersion for TK–5 on a year-round calendar. Admission runs through an Apollo lottery application, with waitlist options when the lottery window is closed.

• TK
• Elementary
• Mandarin
• Immersion
• Charter
• Irvine
• Lottery

Irvine Chinese School's weekend program, run by the South Coast Chinese Cultural Association since 1976, offers Saturday and Sunday Mandarin classes for school-age students. Tracks include heritage traditional characters with Zhuyin, heritage simplified characters with Pinyin, and Chinese as a Second Language, with WASC supplementary accreditation noted through June 2027.

• Elementary
• Middle School
• High School
• Heritage Language
• Mandarin
• Weekend
• Irvine