El Gabilan Preschool
El Gabilan Preschool is a licensed child care center in Salinas, CA, licensed for up to 29 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1992. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time. The state issued 1 citation, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as the facility has not completed water lead testing or submitted water lead test results that follow the written directives, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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About this center
Common questions
Does El Gabilan Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has El Gabilan Preschool had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Dec 11, 2023, for lead testing of drinking water. Each citation is listed in full above.
When was El Gabilan Preschool last inspected?
Dec 11, 2023. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does El Gabilan Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask El Gabilan Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Monterey County, which includes Salinas, was $878 a month for preschoolers (about $1,110 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs El Gabilan Preschool?
The licensee is Salinas City School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Steve Bradley.
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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 270710405 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.