El Rancho Nursery School

5636 El Camino Ave, Carmichael, CA 95608 · Sacramento County

ClosedChild care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Jun 28, 2024. Its state inspection history is shown below.

El Rancho Nursery School was a licensed child care center in Carmichael, CA, licensed for up to 62 children. Its license closed around June 2024. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times and investigated 2 complaints, 1 substantiated, and issued 3 citations, 2 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

2Type A citations

1Type B citations

2Inspections

1 of 2Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Staff ratios1

Supervision1

Other standards1

Citations, newest first

Type AMay 28, 2024Complaint investigationStaff ratios

Capacity limits §101161(a)

Based on interviews the facility did not comply with the above regulation as grade school children have intermingled with preschool children outdoors which poses Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to persons in care

Plan of correction due May 29, 2024

Type AJul 6, 2023Case management visit (incident)Supervision

Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)

Based on interviews the facility did not comply with the above regulation as a child was not sufficiently supervised in the swimming pool which poses Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to persons in care

Plan of correction due Jul 7, 2023

Type BJul 6, 2023Case management visit (incident)Other standards

There shall be at least one adult who has valid §101216.6(a)

Based on interviews the facility did not comply with the above regulation as staff with water training certification was not present during swimming pool activities which poses Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to persons in care

Plan of correction due Jul 7, 2023

Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedJun 20, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Jun 5, 2024

The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

SubstantiatedMay 28, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Apr 23, 2024

Substantiated allegation:

Staff are commingling different age group children.

1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity62 children

License typeChild care center (preschool)

License statusClosed

Licensed sinceMar 28, 1972

ClosedJun 28, 2024

LicenseeEl Rancho School, INC

Last administratorAnne Ritchie

State facility #340300201

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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 340300201 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.