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Garden Grove Unified School District/Heritage

426 South Andres Place, Room 7, Santa Ana, CA 92704 · Orange County
Child care center (preschool)

Garden Grove Unified School District/Heritage is a licensed child care center in Santa Ana, CA, licensed for up to 48 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1992. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 1 citation, which was not Type A. It came more than 12 months ago. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #43 of 91 centers in Santa Ana and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.

Inspection record

Fewer citations than 54% of 10,948 California licensed centers, per inspection, weighted by severity. About typical
Tied for #43 of 91 centers in Santa Ana
0 Type A citations
1 Type B citations
3 Inspections
0 Complaints investigated
1 citation from 4 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · none in the last 12 months · last inspected Mar 5, 2026

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Mar 5, 2026 · Inspection · no citation Oct 29, 2024 · Inspection · no citation Mar 28, 2023 · Inspection · no citation Aug 30, 2022 · Report/investigation · citation found
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety 1

Citations, newest first

Type B Aug 30, 2022 Case management visit (other) Building & playground safety
Buildings and grounds §101238(a)
101238 Building and Grounds (a) The Child care center shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times to ensure the safety and well-being of children, employees and visitors. This requirement not met as evidence by: 1 Facility staff followed Written Directives in PIN 21-21 CCP for lead water testing. Licensing Forms completed; 9275, 9276 and facility sketch submitted. Prinicpal stated faucets will be replaced and resampled. Outlet in room 6 was covered and bagged to maintain inaccessibility. Based on lab report analysis water from Room 6 drinking fountain tested on 8/24/22 had a level of 8.86 ppb (parts per billion). These faucets samples indicate levels of lead in exceedance. Children bring their own bottled water and utilize the other PASS sinks readily available for the staff and children. The facility stated that they will submit new restest results to LPA via email to dianna.valdezsantana@dss.ca.gov.
Plan of correction due Sep 30, 2022

About this center

Licensed capacity 48 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Licensed
Licensed since May 11, 1992
Licensee Garden Grove Unified School District
Administrator Ryan Loberger
Phone (714) 663-6108
State facility # 300614013
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Common questions

Does Garden Grove Unified School District/Heritage take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has Garden Grove Unified School District/Heritage had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.

How does Garden Grove Unified School District/Heritage compare with other daycares in Santa Ana?

It is tied for #43 of 91 centers in Santa Ana by weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.

When was Garden Grove Unified School District/Heritage last inspected?

Mar 5, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Garden Grove Unified School District/Heritage cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Garden Grove Unified School District/Heritage for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Santa Ana, was $1,098 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Garden Grove Unified School District/Heritage?

The licensee is Garden Grove Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Ryan Loberger.

Licensed centers nearby

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 300614013 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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