Beyond Blindness
Beyond Blindness is a licensed child care center in Santa Ana, CA, licensed for up to 84 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1992. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 2 complaints, 0 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 #55 of 91 centers in Santa Ana and better than 46% of licensed centers statewide.
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Based on staff interviews it was determined that children that are ill use the same general restrooms that all children use. This poses a potential risk to the health/safety of the children.
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Common questions
Does Beyond Blindness take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Beyond Blindness had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Beyond Blindness?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Beyond Blindness compare with other daycares in Santa Ana?
It is tied for #55 of 91 centers in Santa Ana 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 Beyond Blindness last inspected?
Oct 22, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Beyond Blindness cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Beyond Blindness for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Santa Ana, was $1,098 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Beyond Blindness?
The licensee is Beyond Blindness, and the administrator listed with the state is Meredith Cagle.
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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 300614054 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.