Discoveries Learning Center
Discoveries Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Santa Barbara, CA, licensed for up to 60 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2002. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times. 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 48 centers in Santa Barbara and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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About this center
Common questions
Does Discoveries Learning Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Discoveries Learning Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Discoveries Learning Center compare with other daycares in Santa Barbara?
It is tied for #1 of 48 centers in Santa Barbara by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Discoveries Learning Center last inspected?
Apr 9, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Discoveries Learning Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Discoveries Learning Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Barbara County, which includes Santa Barbara, was $1,099 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Discoveries Learning Center?
The licensee is Bright Horizons Children's Center LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Karen Vill.
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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 426208694 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.