Cerro Coso Child Development Center · Preschool, Ridgecrest
Cerro Coso Child Development Center is a licensed child care center in Ridgecrest, CA, licensed for up to 64 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1990. 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 came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #5 of 11 centers in Ridgecrest and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.
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Based on observation and interview, the Licensee did not comply with the section cited above by Staff admitting to leaving cleaning solutions on a cabinet after use which were accessible to children in care which posed a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Cerro Coso 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 Cerro Coso Child Development Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does Cerro Coso Child Development Center compare with other daycares in Ridgecrest?
It is tied for #5 of 11 centers in Ridgecrest 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 Cerro Coso Child Development Center last inspected?
Aug 15, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Cerro Coso Child Development Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Cerro Coso Child Development Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Kern County, which includes Ridgecrest, was $837 a month for preschoolers (about $1,060 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Cerro Coso Child Development Center?
The licensee is Kern Community College District, and the administrator listed with the state is Jessica Krall.
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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 150406458 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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