El Cerrito Pre-school Center
El Cerrito Pre-school Center is a licensed child care center in El Cerrito, CA, licensed for up to 30 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1974. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 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 13 centers in El Cerrito and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does El Cerrito Pre-school Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has El Cerrito Pre-school Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does El Cerrito Pre-school Center compare with other daycares in El Cerrito?
It is tied for #1 of 13 centers in El Cerrito by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was El Cerrito Pre-school Center last inspected?
Feb 5, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does El Cerrito Pre-school Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask El Cerrito Pre-school Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Contra Costa County, which includes El Cerrito, was $1,287 a month for preschoolers (about $1,620 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs El Cerrito Pre-school Center?
The licensee is El Cerrito Pre-school Center, INC, and the administrator listed with the state is Kathy Clark.
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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 070200235 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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