4th R - Witter Ranch
4th R - Witter Ranch is a licensed child care center in Sacramento, CA, licensed for up to 130 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2004. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 2 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #114 of 275 centers in Sacramento and has fewer citations per inspection than 55% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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What inspectors cited most
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... (1) No child shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time... Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement is not met as evidence by: Based on interviews and observation, the facility did not comply with the section 1 During basketball practice students will stay on the other blacktop area, closest to 4th R for optimal supervision. Supervisor will write the plan for playground use and supervision. above by being unable to directly observe an interaction between an adult and student in care, due to a dog being loose. The child then was able to continued to return to the area. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Staff not properly supervising children in care
About this center
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Common questions
Does 4th R - Witter Ranch take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has 4th R - Witter Ranch had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
Have there been complaints about 4th R - Witter Ranch?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does 4th R - Witter Ranch compare with other daycares in Sacramento?
It is tied for #114 of 275 centers in Sacramento by weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 55% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was 4th R - Witter Ranch last inspected?
Sep 5, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does 4th R - Witter Ranch cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask 4th R - Witter Ranch 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 - Witter Ranch?
The licensee is City Of Sacramento 4th R, and the administrator listed with the state is Cheng Thao.
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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 343610146 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.