Coastal Family Preschool · Preschool, Carpinteria
Coastal Family Preschool is a licensed child care center in Carpinteria, CA, licensed for up to 45 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2020. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice and investigated 3 complaints, none 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 8 centers in Carpinteria and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Coastal Family Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Coastal Family Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
Have there been complaints about Coastal Family Preschool?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Coastal Family Preschool compare with other daycares in Carpinteria?
It is tied for #1 of 8 centers in Carpinteria by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Coastal Family Preschool last inspected?
Oct 16, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Coastal Family Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Coastal Family Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Barbara County, which includes Carpinteria, was $1,099 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Coastal Family Preschool?
The licensee is First Baptist Church Of Carpinteria, and the administrator listed with the state is Brittney Grimshaw.
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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 426215903 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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