Garden Grove Unified School District/Russell
Garden Grove Unified School District/Russell is a licensed child care center in Santa Ana, CA, licensed for up to 72 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. 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 91 centers in Santa Ana and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Garden Grove Unified School District/Russell take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Garden Grove Unified School District/Russell had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Garden Grove Unified School District/Russell compare with other daycares in Santa Ana?
It is tied for #1 of 91 centers in Santa Ana by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Garden Grove Unified School District/Russell last inspected?
Feb 4, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Garden Grove Unified School District/Russell cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Garden Grove Unified School District/Russell 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/Russell?
The licensee is Garden Grove Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Trena Salcedo.
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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 300614012 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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