El Monte City School Dist.-cherrylee (Head Start)
El Monte City School Dist.-cherrylee (Head Start) is a licensed child care center in El Monte, CA, licensed for up to 20 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2007. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 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 22 centers in El Monte and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does El Monte City School Dist.-cherrylee (Head Start) take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has El Monte City School Dist.-cherrylee (Head Start) had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does El Monte City School Dist.-cherrylee (Head Start) compare with other daycares in El Monte?
It is tied for #1 of 22 centers in El Monte by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was El Monte City School Dist.-cherrylee (Head Start) last inspected?
Apr 2, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does El Monte City School Dist.-cherrylee (Head Start) cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask El Monte City School Dist.-cherrylee (Head Start) for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes El Monte, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs El Monte City School Dist.-cherrylee (Head Start)?
The licensee is El Monte City School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Lisa Dunbar.
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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 198013778 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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