Chaparral Elementry
Chaparral Elementry is a licensed child care center in Ladera Ranch, CA, licensed for up to 20 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2002. 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 12 centers in Ladera Ranch and tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Chaparral Elementry take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Chaparral Elementry had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Chaparral Elementry compare with other daycares in Ladera Ranch?
It is tied for #1 of 12 centers in Ladera Ranch 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 Chaparral Elementry last inspected?
Mar 10, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Chaparral Elementry cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Chaparral Elementry for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Ladera Ranch, was $1,098 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Chaparral Elementry?
The licensee is Capistrano Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Melannie Stevenson.
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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 304270844 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.