Bearcat Preschool
Bearcat Preschool is a licensed child care center in Grass Valley, CA, licensed for up to 83 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1996. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 1 citation, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). 1 citation came in the last 12 months, including 1 Type A. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #13 of 16 centers in Grass Valley and has more citations per inspection than 61% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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About this center
Common questions
Does Bearcat Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Bearcat Preschool had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Oct 14, 2025, for teacher-child ratio. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does Bearcat Preschool compare with other daycares in Grass Valley?
It is tied for #13 of 16 centers in Grass Valley by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 61% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Bearcat Preschool last inspected?
Mar 17, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Bearcat Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Bearcat Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Nevada County, which includes Grass Valley, was $908 a month for preschoolers (about $1,150 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Bearcat Preschool?
The licensee is Union Hill School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Elizabeth Phillips.
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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 293601742 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.