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Educare Los Angeles at Long Beach · Preschool, Long Beach

4840 Lemon Ave, Long Beach, CA 90807 · Los Angeles County
Child care center (preschool)

Educare Los Angeles at Long Beach is a licensed child care center in Long Beach, CA, licensed for up to 225 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2017. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. 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 124 centers in Long Beach and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).

Inspection record

No citations since Feb 8, 2021. Tied for the best record with the 34% of 10,948 ranked California centers that have no citations. No citations
Tied for #1 of 124 centers in Long Beach
0 Type A citations
0 Type B citations
3 Inspections
0 of 1 Complaints substantiated
0 citations from 11 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Jul 24, 2025

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Jun 10, 2026 · Report/investigation · no citation Mar 27, 2026 · Report/investigation · no citation Mar 11, 2026 · Report/investigation · no citation Aug 18, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citation Jul 24, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citation Jul 24, 2025 · Inspection · no citation Apr 8, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citation May 23, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citation Aug 24, 2023 · Inspection · no citation Dec 8, 2022 · Inspection · no citation Jun 16, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

Complaint investigations

Not substantiated Jul 24, 2025 Complaint investigation received Apr 11, 2025
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

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About this center

Licensed capacity 225 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Licensed
Licensed since Sep 15, 2017
Licensee Long Beach Unified School District
Administrator Maria Harris & Sonia Gutie
Phone (562) 422-6618
State facility # 198019590
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Common questions

Does Educare Los Angeles at Long Beach take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).

Has Educare Los Angeles at Long Beach had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

Have there been complaints about Educare Los Angeles at Long Beach?

California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

How does Educare Los Angeles at Long Beach compare with other daycares in Long Beach?

It is tied for #1 of 124 centers in Long Beach by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).

When was Educare Los Angeles at Long Beach last inspected?

Jul 24, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Educare Los Angeles at Long Beach cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Educare Los Angeles at Long Beach for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Long Beach, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Educare Los Angeles at Long Beach?

The licensee is Long Beach Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Maria Harris & Sonia Gutie.

Licensed centers nearby

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 198019590 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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