Creative Beginnings Preschool
Creative Beginnings Preschool is a licensed child care center in Downey, CA, licensed for up to 65 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1996. 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 17 centers in Downey and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Does Creative Beginnings Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Creative Beginnings Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
Have there been complaints about Creative Beginnings Preschool?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Creative Beginnings Preschool compare with other daycares in Downey?
It is tied for #1 of 17 centers in Downey by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Creative Beginnings Preschool last inspected?
Jan 14, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Creative Beginnings Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Creative Beginnings Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Downey, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Creative Beginnings Preschool?
The licensee is Creative Beginnings Schools Association, and the administrator listed with the state is Aurora Ortiz.
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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 198002659 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.