Creative Learning Academy, INC.
Creative Learning Academy, INC. is a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 96 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1993. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 4 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 8 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for records & paperwork (3 of 8). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #424 of 495 centers in Los Angeles and better than 6% of licensed centers statewide.
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Based on interviews staff 1 has been witnessed leaving children strapped in chairs and force feeding children. This poses a potential threat to the personal rights of children in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Lead testing was not completed
Based on file review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses/posed 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 in which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses/posed 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 in 8 out of 8 staff did not have proof of immunization for Measles, Pertussis and Influenza. 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 in Three (3) out of eight (8) files reviewed did not have TB clearance on file which posesa potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 20 out of 44 children present were not signed on the sign in sheet which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Creative Learning Academy, INC. take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Creative Learning Academy, INC. had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 8 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Creative Learning Academy, INC.?
California investigated 4 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Creative Learning Academy, INC. compare with other daycares in Los Angeles?
It is tied for #424 of 495 centers in Los Angeles by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 6% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Creative Learning Academy, INC. last inspected?
Aug 8, 2024. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Creative Learning Academy, INC. cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Creative Learning Academy, INC. for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Los Angeles, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Creative Learning Academy, INC.?
The licensee is Madison, Joyce & Oscar, and the administrator listed with the state is Cynthia Sanders.
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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 191800179 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.