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4th R - Heron

5151 Banfield Drive, Sacramento, CA 95835 · Sacramento County
School-age child care center

4th R - Heron is a licensed child care center in Sacramento, CA, licensed for up to 200 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2006. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 275 centers in Sacramento and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).

Inspection record

No citationssince Feb 8, 2021. Tied for the best record with the 34% of 10,948 ranked California centers that have no citations. No citations
Tied for #1 of 275 centers in Sacramento
0Type A citations
0Type B citations
3Inspections
0 of 0Complaints substantiated
0 citations from 5 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Mar 25, 2026

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Apr 1, 2026 · Report/investigation · no citationMar 25, 2026 · Inspection · no citationMar 25, 2026 · Report/investigation · no citationMar 5, 2025 · Inspection · no citationAug 11, 2023 · Inspection · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

About this center

Licensed capacity200 children
License typeSchool-age child care center
License statusLicensed
Licensed sinceAug 24, 2006
LicenseeCity Of Sacramento
AdministratorYvonne Carrier
Phone(916) 566-1520
State facility #343614095

Common questions

Does 4th R - Heron take infants?

Not under this license, which covers school-age children.

Has 4th R - Heron had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

How does 4th R - Heron compare with other daycares in Sacramento?

It is tied for #1 of 275 centers in Sacramento by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).

When was 4th R - Heron last inspected?

Mar 25, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does 4th R - Heron cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask 4th R - Heron for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Sacramento County, which includes Sacramento, was $840 a month for school-age children (about $1,060 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs 4th R - Heron?

The licensee is City Of Sacramento, and the administrator listed with the state is Yvonne Carrier.

Licensed centers nearby

Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.

To read the full state reports, search facility number 343614095 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.