Good Shepherd Pre-school
Good Shepherd Pre-school is a licensed child care center in Goleta, CA, licensed for up to 50 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1995. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #13 of 15 centers in Goleta and has more citations per inspection than 61% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the Director did not maintain a current children's roster and did not comply with the section cited above, which poses a potential health, safety, and personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the Director did not comply with the section cited above, which poses a potential health, safety, and personal rights risk to persons in care. LPA reviewed two staff files that were missing Mandated Reporter training certificates.
Complaint investigations
About this center
Common questions
Does Good Shepherd Pre-school take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Good Shepherd Pre-school had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Good Shepherd Pre-school?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Good Shepherd Pre-school compare with other daycares in Goleta?
It is #13 of 15 centers in Goleta by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 61% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Good Shepherd Pre-school last inspected?
Nov 18, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Good Shepherd Pre-school cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Good Shepherd Pre-school for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Barbara County, which includes Goleta, was $1,099 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Good Shepherd Pre-school?
The licensee is Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Of Goleta, and the administrator listed with the state is Katie Eckert.
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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 421708110 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.