Coastal Community Preschool · School-Age Program, Santa Cruz
Coastal Community Preschool is a licensed child care center in Santa Cruz, CA, licensed for up to 15 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2020. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #17 of 34 centers in Santa Cruz and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on record reviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. S-1 has not renewed Mandated Reporter training, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. S-2 was present with the children and has cleared fingerprints. S-2 is associated to the preschool license and not the school age license, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Coastal Community Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Coastal Community Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
How does Coastal Community Preschool compare with other daycares in Santa Cruz?
It is tied for #17 of 34 centers in Santa Cruz by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
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 $725 a month for school-age children (about $910 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 444415615 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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