Carpinteria Kinderkirk Preschool & Day Care Cente
Carpinteria Kinderkirk Preschool & Day Care Cente is a licensed child care center in Carpinteria, CA, licensed for up to 104 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1994. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice and investigated 1 complaint, and it was substantiated. 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 8 centers in Carpinteria and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Complaint investigations
Personal Rights - Facility is not following COVID-19 protocols.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Carpinteria Kinderkirk Preschool & Day Care Cente take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Carpinteria Kinderkirk Preschool & Day Care Cente had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
Have there been complaints about Carpinteria Kinderkirk Preschool & Day Care Cente?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Carpinteria Kinderkirk Preschool & Day Care Cente compare with other daycares in Carpinteria?
It is tied for #1 of 8 centers in Carpinteria by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Carpinteria Kinderkirk Preschool & Day Care Cente last inspected?
Feb 13, 2024. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Carpinteria Kinderkirk Preschool & Day Care Cente cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Carpinteria Kinderkirk Preschool & Day Care Cente for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Barbara County, which includes Carpinteria, was $1,099 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Carpinteria Kinderkirk Preschool & Day Care Cente?
The licensee is Carpinteria Community Church, and the administrator listed with the state is Kaleigh Williams.
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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 421701053 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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