El Rancho Santa Gertrudes Center
El Rancho Santa Gertrudes Center is a licensed child care center in Santa Fe Springs, CA, licensed for up to 37 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1998. 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 #1 of 5 centers in Santa Fe Springs and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does El Rancho Santa Gertrudes Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has El Rancho Santa Gertrudes Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does El Rancho Santa Gertrudes Center compare with other daycares in Santa Fe Springs?
It is #1 of 5 centers in Santa Fe Springs by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was El Rancho Santa Gertrudes Center last inspected?
Apr 30, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does El Rancho Santa Gertrudes Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask El Rancho Santa Gertrudes Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Santa Fe Springs, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs El Rancho Santa Gertrudes Center?
The licensee is Plaza De La Raza Child Development Services, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Cecilia Preciado.
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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 198004013 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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