Coastal Community Preschool · Preschool, Santa Cruz
Coastal Community Preschool is a licensed child care center in Santa Cruz, CA, licensed for up to 48 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2007. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 2 complaints, 0 of them 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 34 centers in Santa Cruz and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Coastal Community Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Coastal Community Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
Have there been complaints about Coastal Community Preschool?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Coastal Community Preschool compare with other daycares in Santa Cruz?
It is tied for #1 of 34 centers in Santa Cruz by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Coastal Community Preschool last inspected?
Jun 22, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Coastal Community Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Coastal Community Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Cruz County, which includes Santa Cruz, was $1,183 a month for preschoolers (about $1,490 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Coastal Community Preschool?
The licensee is Coastal Community Preschool, and the administrator listed with the state is Stephanie Simmons.
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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 444408854 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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