Bethany Lutheran Church Preschool
Bethany Lutheran Church Preschool is a licensed child care center in Long Beach, CA, licensed for up to 81 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1993. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #56 of 124 centers in Long Beach and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Bethany Lutheran Church Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Bethany Lutheran Church Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does Bethany Lutheran Church Preschool compare with other daycares in Long Beach?
It is tied for #56 of 124 centers in Long Beach by weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Bethany Lutheran Church Preschool last inspected?
Apr 8, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Bethany Lutheran Church Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Bethany Lutheran Church Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Long Beach, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Bethany Lutheran Church Preschool?
The licensee is Bethany Lutheran Church Of Lakewood, and the administrator listed with the state is Tamara Simpson.
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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 191600943 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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