Tuition and Enrollment

Aug 1st, 2025, – July 31st, 2026

  • Tuition usually increases 3-5% per year, each September for currently enrolled families, potentially more for new incoming families
  • Supply, Equipment & Materials fee each Fall, currently $600 fulltime, $400 part time & siblings, $300 tuition assistance & short term enrollees
 
Fulltime            
  Up to 7 hrs Up to 9.5 hr Up to 9 hrs Up to 8.5 hr Up to 8 hrs Up to 7.5 hrs
3-17 months $2,790 $3,670 $3,495 $3,300 $3,105 $2,910
18-35 months $2,415 $3,170 $3,025 $2,855 $2,685 $2,520
36+ months $2,140 $2,775 $2,660 $2,515 $2,365 $2,215
             
Infants (3-17 months)        
  Up to 7 hrs Up to 9.5 hr Up to 9 hrs Up to 8.5 hr Up to 8 hrs Up to 7.5 hrs
Two day $1,280 $1,680 $1,601 $1,512 $1,425 $1,335
Three day $1,920 $2,520 $2,400 $2,270 $2,135 $2,005
Four day $2,560 $3,360 $3,205 $3,025 $2,850 $2,670
3-17 months $2,790 $3,670 $3,495 $3,300 $3,105 $2,910
             
Toddlers (18 – 35 months)        
  Up to 7 hrs Up to 9.5 hr Up to 9 hrs Up to 8.5 hr Up to 8 hrs Up to 7.5 hrs
Two day $1,100 $1,455 $1,390 $1,315 $1,235 $1,160
Three day $1,650 $2,180 $2,085 $1,970 $1,855 $1,740
Four day $2,200 $2,910 $2,780 $2,625 $2,470 $2,320
18-35 months $2,415 $3,170 $3,025 $2,855 $2,685 $2,520
             
Preschool – 36 months +        
  Up to 7 hrs Up to 9.5 hr Up to 9 hrs Up to 8.5 hr Up to 8 hrs Up to 7.5 hrs
Two day $985 $1,285 $1,225 $1,155 $1,090 $1,025
Three day $1,475 $1,925 $1,840 $1,735 $1,635 $1,535
Four day $1,965 $2,570 $2,450 $2,315 $2,180 $2,045
36+ months $2,140 $2,775 $2,660 $2,515 $2,365 $2,215
             
 
For Infants there is up to $750/month tuition assistance  (max  20%  of tuition)  available from a special fund for middle income families.    
If you like the center, but the Infant tuition is just a little out of your budget, simply write a letter explaining how much support you need and why.  
Unless you inform us your financial circumstances have changed, the tuition assistance will remain in place until your baby changes to the 18 mth rate.
 
Three day schedules must include a Monday or a Friday.
Four day schedules must include Friday
 
 
 
Drop In’s

Additional drop in days are available only for current part-time families who need occasional care on additional days, and is charged at a daily rate, based on availability. Drop in care may also be available to alumni siblings of currently enrolled children, and to our graduated kinder kids, on school breaks/holidays during their kinder year. Unfortunately we are not able to offer drop in care to the general public, nor any longer to families who have left our program (except for siblings & alumni kinder kids)

Drop In Rates – up to 8.5 hrs:
Kinder Kids (visiting alumni)    $85/day
Preschoolers                                 $95/day
Toddlers 18 – 30 mths                  $110/day
Babies 3-17 months                     $120/day
 

To finalize your enrollment, a deposit of $2,500 for full time or $1,500 for part-time is required. The deposit will be applied to your last 60 days of tuition (after you have given notice). Families who have siblings enrolled at the same time receive a 10% discount on the oldest child’s tuition, families with more then two children enrolled receive an additional 5% discount (Youngest child full tuition, middle children 5% discount, oldest child 10% discount – while siblings are attending together).

Tuition for continuing families is set the spring of each fiscal year (July-June) and is billed monthly, due on the 25th of the month preceding care.  There is a one-time, initial Enrollment fee of $600/child (only first year), and an annual $600 Supply, Equipment & Materials fee, which is due September 1st each year.
 
 

Our Waitlist

Like most Bay Area childcare programs, St. John’s Childcare generally has a long waitlist. Occasionally inquiring families are a better match for a new opening then anyone on the Interest list, but generally families wait 9-18 months from contacting us, until enrollment

Please call us  at 510-549-9342, email stjohnit@gmail.com, or fill out the contact form below to join our interest list. Tours are only available for current openings, as we receive too many requests to offer them to everyone. Tours are generally scheduled to start between 10 & 12, or between 3 and 4 and usually take about 30 minutes to complete.

If you are trying to schedule a tour for a current opening, it is helpful if you include in your contact form or email some days and times that would work for you.

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We regret that we are unable to give tours unless there is a space available, as the tour process is disruptive for the children currently enrolled, especially the babies & toddlers. If you are interested in enrolling at a later date,   and are interested in being contacted for a tour when a space becomes available,  please email us at  stjohnit@gmail.com .

Be sure to include the following:

  • your name
  • your contact number
  • your address
  • your child’s birthdate
  • when you need care to begin
  • are you looking for full time or part time (how many days & which days you would prefer, if possible)
  • are there any additional circumstances that we should be aware of?  Does anyone in your family have any additional developmental or medical needs?

If a space that matches your needs becomes available, we will contact you to arrange a tour and answer any questions.

Admission Priorities

Enrollment priority is given to younger siblings of children already in attendance and families who attend St. John’s Presbyterian Church.  Other applicants are offered admission in the order they are received, balancing for age and sex of the child.  We project enrollment 6-9 months in advance and offer spaces with as much notice as possible.

We will call or email you if we have a space for your child. If your address, phone number, email, anticipated start date – or baby’s birthdate change — please be sure to let us know.