El Sereno Head Start
El Sereno Head Start is a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 40 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1995. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. The state issued 1 citation, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #247 of 495 centers in Los Angeles and has more citations per inspection than 58% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision: The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time... Supervision shall include visual observation. 1 Per lead teacher there was staff meeting on how to communicate head count of the children when transitioning. This requirement was not met as evidence by: Based on interviews with S1 and S2, C1 was left unattended in the classroom for approximately 4 minutes before being found by S1 under the table. 8
About this center
Common questions
Does El Sereno Head Start take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has El Sereno Head Start had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Oct 13, 2023, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does El Sereno Head Start compare with other daycares in Los Angeles?
It is tied for #247 of 495 centers in Los Angeles by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 58% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was El Sereno Head Start last inspected?
Apr 7, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does El Sereno Head Start cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask El Sereno Head Start for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Los Angeles, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs El Sereno Head Start?
The licensee is Plaza De La Raza Child Development Services, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Mina Rodriguez.
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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 191890334 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.