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Garden Grove Unified School District/Lawrence

12521 Monroe Street, Garden Grove, CA 92841 · Orange County
Child care center (preschool)

Garden Grove Unified School District/Lawrence is a licensed child care center in Garden Grove, CA, licensed for up to 46 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2007. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 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 49 centers in Garden Grove and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).

Inspection record

No citations since Feb 8, 2021. Tied for the best record with the 34% of 10,948 ranked California centers that have no citations. No citations
Tied for #1 of 49 centers in Garden Grove
0 Type A citations
0 Type B citations
4 Inspections
0 Complaints investigated
No citations in 5 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · last inspected Aug 13, 2026

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Aug 13, 2026 · Inspection · no citation May 19, 2025 · Inspection · no citation Mar 26, 2024 · Inspection · no citation Aug 16, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citation May 2, 2022 · Inspection · no citation
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

About this center

Licensed capacity 46 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Licensed
Licensed since Apr 3, 2007
Licensee Garden Grove Unified School District
Administrator Julie Kawai
Phone (714) 663-6255
State facility # 304370335
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Common questions

Does Garden Grove Unified School District/Lawrence take infants?

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

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

No Type A citations since 2021.

How does Garden Grove Unified School District/Lawrence compare with other daycares in Garden Grove?

It is tied for #1 of 49 centers in Garden Grove by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).

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

Aug 13, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.

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

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Garden Grove Unified School District/Lawrence for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Garden Grove, 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/Lawrence?

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

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 304370335 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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