Cesar Chavez Elementary Head Start
Cesar Chavez Elementary Head Start is a licensed child care center in Bell Gardens, CA, licensed for up to 80 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2019. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 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 9 centers in Bell Gardens and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Cesar Chavez Elementary Head Start take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Cesar Chavez Elementary Head Start had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Cesar Chavez Elementary Head Start compare with other daycares in Bell Gardens?
It is tied for #1 of 9 centers in Bell Gardens by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Cesar Chavez Elementary Head Start last inspected?
Aug 30, 2024. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Cesar Chavez Elementary Head Start cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Cesar Chavez Elementary Head Start for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Bell Gardens, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Cesar Chavez Elementary Head Start?
The licensee is Montebello Unified School District Head Start, and the administrator listed with the state is Mariana Sanchez.
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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 198020154 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.