Acr Academy
Acr Academy is a licensed child care center in Santa Cruz, CA, licensed for up to 22 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2011. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times. 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 #15 of 34 centers in Santa Cruz and better than 46% of licensed centers statewide.
Inspection record
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one infant child (C2) touched and possibly took a sip from another child's 1 Naoko Dawson, co-director, agreed to submit a Plan of Correction LPA Matos by Friday October 11, 2024 indicating additional procedure(s) that have been/will be implemented to ensure that children are accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations (C1) sippy cup that contained milk on September 25, 2024. Staff had left the children's sippy cups on the children's table in preparation for PM snack, which was accessible to the children, prior to the incident. 8 at all times, including children with allergies.
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Common questions
Does Acr Academy take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Acr Academy had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does Acr Academy compare with other daycares in Santa Cruz?
It is tied for #15 of 34 centers in Santa Cruz by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 46% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Acr Academy last inspected?
Dec 1, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Acr Academy cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Acr Academy for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Cruz County, which includes Santa Cruz, was $1,678 a month for infants (about $2,120 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Acr Academy?
The licensee is Bookuu Co, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is James Dawson.
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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 444412428 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.