Bright Minds Montessori, INC. · Preschool, Lake Elsinore
Bright Minds Montessori, INC. is a licensed child care center in Lake Elsinore, CA, licensed for up to 48 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 5 complaints, 3 of them substantiated. The state issued 17 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for staff ratios (4 of 17). 9 citations came in the last 12 months, including 1 Type A. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #13 of 13 centers in Lake Elsinore and has more citations per inspection than 97% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above C6 is 2 years of age and was moved to preschool classroom without approval which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interiew and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in having S10 work at the facility and interact with children which posed an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in having staff handle children in a rough manner, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 Request Denied
Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in ensuring staff are not supervising more than 12 children without additional staff present, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in having staff speak aggressively towards children, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 Request Denied
Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in comingling children across age groups, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observations, record review, and interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above not ensuring the facility is free of spider webs, insects, and mosquitoes, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 Request Denied
Based on observations, record review, and interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not consistently following the posted menu, running out of milk, and complaints of spoiled food and milk which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interiew and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in not notifying a parent of an incident involving a daycare child at the time of pickup which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in LPA witnessed play sets with spider webbs in multiple areas, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above there is no written plan avaiable for Incidental Medical Services (IMS) for 3 children, C4, C6, and C8, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in outside shed was unlocked with chemicals, old paint cans, that could cause harm to children in care if touched, This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, two staff were missing documentation of required immunizations, which poses a potential health, safety and/or personal rights violation to persons in care.
Licensee stated documentation would be on file and proof provided to LPA.
Based on record review, interviews and observation staff were commingling the children from 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM and again from 4:30PM to 6:00 PM with six children present, ages 13 months to 5 years old and only one teacher.
Based on record review, interviews, and observation one teacher was left with six children and no assistant present. The ages of the children ranged from 13 months to 5 years. Due to infants being commingled with preschool age children, ratios are being exceeded.
Based on observation, interviews and record reviews, two staff members who do not have proof of ECE units were observed to be unsupervised in the both infant and preschool age classroom. Four infants and 7 preschoolers were present without a fully qualified teacher.
Complaint investigations
Staff handled day care child in a rough manner
Staff spoke aggressively towards day care child
Staff are commingling day care children
Staff did not ensure the facility was free of pests
Staff are not following the facility menu
Staff did not maintain proper teacher-child ratios
Staff commingles children
Facility is operating out of ratio
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Common questions
Does Bright Minds Montessori, INC. take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Bright Minds Montessori, INC. had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jan 30, 2026, for criminal record clearance. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Bright Minds Montessori, INC.?
California investigated 5 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 3. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Bright Minds Montessori, INC. compare with other daycares in Lake Elsinore?
It is #13 of 13 centers in Lake Elsinore by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 97% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Bright Minds Montessori, INC. last inspected?
Apr 14, 2026. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Bright Minds Montessori, INC. cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Bright Minds Montessori, INC. for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Riverside County, which includes Lake Elsinore, was $856 a month for preschoolers (about $1,080 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Bright Minds Montessori, INC.?
The licensee is Bright Minds Montessori, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Leslie Marquez.
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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 336300575 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.