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Edu Care Preschool

4300 Bellflower Blvd., Lakewood, CA 90713 · Los Angeles County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Aug 20, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Edu Care Preschool was a licensed child care center in Lakewood, CA, licensed for up to 69 children. Its license closed around August 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times, and issued 5 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations
5Type B citations
2Inspections
0 of 0Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Oct 5, 2023 · Inspection · no citationMar 21, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation foundJun 8, 2022 · Inspection · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Training & qualifications3
Building & playground safety1
Health & medication1

Citations, newest first

Type BMar 21, 2023Case management visit (lead testing/exceedance)Building & playground safety
Lead in drinking water §101700.3(b)(1)
(b) Testing results with fractional ppb readings of 0.5 ppb or greater shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number, before comparing to the Action Level. (1) A result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater 1 The facility will continue to have the water shut-off to the Kindergarten Room Sink Faucet and keep the sign indicating that water is not for consumption. The licensee will have the Kindergarten Room Sink Faucet removed and submit proof of removal to the Department by April 21, 2023. shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. This requirement was not met as evidence by: Lead testing results showed that one (1) water sources has an action level exceedance which poses a potential health and safety risk to persons in care. 8
Plan of correction due Apr 21, 2023
Type BJun 8, 2022InspectionHealth & medication
Staff immunizations §1596.7995(a)(1)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 5 out of 7 records reviewed which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 5 staff (S1, S3, S5, S6, and S7) did not have record of infleunza vaccination, 2 staff (S1 and S3) did not have record of immunization against pertussis, and 1 staff (S3) did not have record of immunization against measles.
Plan of correction due Jun 22, 2022
Type BJun 8, 2022InspectionTraining & qualifications
Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 6 out of 7 records (S1, S3, S4, S5, S6, and S7) which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jun 22, 2022
Type BJun 8, 2022InspectionTraining & qualifications
Director qualifications and duties §101215.1(m)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 2 records (S2) which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jun 22, 2022
Type BJun 8, 2022InspectionTraining & qualifications
Staff health screening and personnel requirements §101216(g)(1)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 7 (S1) which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jun 22, 2022

About this center

Licensed capacity69 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceSep 5, 2000
ClosedAug 20, 2025
LicenseeSonna Elliott
Last administratorSonna Elliot
State facility #198006164

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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 198006164 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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