Carmel Child Development Center
Carmel Child Development Center is a licensed child care center in Carmel, CA, licensed for up to 130 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1998. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 6 centers in Carmel and tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Carmel Child Development Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Carmel Child Development Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Carmel Child Development Center compare with other daycares in Carmel?
It is tied for #1 of 6 centers in Carmel by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations) (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Carmel Child Development Center last inspected?
Mar 5, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Carmel Child Development Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Carmel Child Development Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Monterey County, which includes Carmel, was $878 a month for preschoolers (about $1,110 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Carmel Child Development Center?
The licensee is Carmel Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Gina Wolcott.
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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 270709673 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.