Gaines Elementary School CDC
Gaines Elementary School CDC is a licensed child care center in Paramount, CA, licensed for up to 64 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1995. 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 tied for #1 of 9 centers in Paramount and tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Gaines Elementary School CDC take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Gaines Elementary School CDC had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Gaines Elementary School CDC compare with other daycares in Paramount?
It is tied for #1 of 9 centers in Paramount by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations) (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Gaines Elementary School CDC last inspected?
Feb 12, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Gaines Elementary School CDC cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Gaines Elementary School CDC for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Paramount, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Gaines Elementary School CDC?
The licensee is Paramount Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Elida Garcia.
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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 191570873 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.