Dsusd Child Development Center
Dsusd Child Development Center is a licensed child care center in La Quinta, CA, licensed for up to 30 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1997. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 1 citation, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #5 of 7 centers in La Quinta and better than 32% of licensed centers statewide.
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with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. This requirement was not met as evidence by: 1 Director removed water fountain labelled letter B, plan of correction cleared at time of inspection. Based records review and information received, facility tested over the Action Level Exceedance, in water outlet labelled B. This poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to the children in care. 8
About this center
Common questions
Does Dsusd Child Development Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Dsusd Child Development Center had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Dec 13, 2022, for lead in drinking water. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does Dsusd Child Development Center compare with other daycares in La Quinta?
It is #5 of 7 centers in La Quinta by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 32% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Dsusd Child Development Center last inspected?
Oct 2, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Dsusd Child Development Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Dsusd Child Development Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Riverside County, which includes La Quinta, was $856 a month for preschoolers (about $1,080 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Dsusd Child Development Center?
The licensee is Desert Sands Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Marina Alvarez.
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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 334803956 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.