Coastal Family Preschool · Infant Center, Carpinteria
Coastal Family Preschool is a licensed child care center in Carpinteria, CA, licensed for up to 25 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2022. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it once and investigated 1 complaint, which was not substantiated. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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Common questions
Does Coastal Family Preschool take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Coastal Family Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
Have there been complaints about Coastal Family Preschool?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
When was Coastal Family Preschool last inspected?
Sep 25, 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 $1,593 a month for infants (about $2,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Coastal Family Preschool?
The licensee is First Baptist Church Of Carpinteria Ca, and the administrator listed with the state is David Pennington.
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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 426216451 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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