Creative Child Preschool
Creative Child Preschool is a licensed child care center in Arcadia, CA, licensed for up to 38 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2014. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. The state issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #8 of 19 centers in Arcadia and has more citations per inspection than 46% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as child medication for Child #1 was not in original container and did not have a reviewable expiration date, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review and interview, licensee did not ensure that a faucet with an action level exceedance of lead was inaccessible to children, for potential ingestion. This posed a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
About this center
Common questions
Does Creative Child Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Creative Child Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
How does Creative Child Preschool compare with other daycares in Arcadia?
It is tied for #8 of 19 centers in Arcadia by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 46% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Creative Child Preschool last inspected?
Apr 9, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Creative Child Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Creative Child Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Arcadia, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Creative Child Preschool?
The licensee is Citi Kids, LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Michelle Sy.
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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 198017908 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.