Childtime Children's Center INC. · Preschool, Irvine
Childtime Children's Center INC. is a licensed child care center in Irvine, CA, licensed for up to 60 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1994. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 3 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 1 citation, and it was Type A (the most serious). It came more than 12 months ago. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #62 of 106 centers in Irvine and has more citations per inspection than 57% of California licensed centers.
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(a) There shall be a ratio of one teacher visually observing and supervising no more than 12 children in attendance, This requirement is not met evidenced by: 1 Director states they will submit a written plan of how the facility plans to maintain ratio at the facility at all times to LPA via email by due date. Based on LPA's interviews 4 interviewed staff and 3 interviewed parents confirmed that they witnessed the facility operating out of ratio (1 teacher with more than 12 preschool children) which posed an immediate risks to the health, safety and personal rights to the children in care. 8
Complaint investigations
Staff are operating over ratio.
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Common questions
Does Childtime Children's Center INC. take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Childtime Children's Center INC. had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on May 7, 2025, for teacher-child ratio. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Childtime Children's Center INC.?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Childtime Children's Center INC. compare with other daycares in Irvine?
It is tied for #62 of 106 centers in Irvine by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 57% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Childtime Children's Center INC. last inspected?
Apr 10, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Childtime Children's Center INC. cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Childtime Children's Center INC. for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Irvine, was $1,098 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Childtime Children's Center INC.?
The licensee is Childtime Childcare, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Inez Mayo.
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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 300611702 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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