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Good Shepherd Preschool

3040 Arden Way, Sacramento, CA 95825 · Sacramento County
Child care center (preschool)

Good Shepherd Preschool is a licensed child care center in Sacramento, CA, licensed for up to 30 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2018. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.

Inspection record

Not enough historyCalifornia has inspected this center 1 time since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.
0Type A citations
1Type B citations
1Inspections
0 of 0Complaints substantiated
1 citation from 4 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Oct 17, 2025

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Oct 17, 2025 · Inspection · no citationOct 9, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citationAug 27, 2025 · Report/investigation · citation foundMar 5, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety1

Citations, newest first

Type BAug 27, 2025Case management visit (lead testing/exceedance)Building & playground safety
Lead in drinking water §101700.3(b)(1)
Based on the water data base and Director's interview, water outlet F exceeded the allowed 5.5 ppb, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Aug 27, 2025

About this center

Licensed capacity30 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusLicensed
Licensed sinceSep 7, 2018
LicenseeLutheran Church Of The Good Shepherd, The
AdministratorSara Phal
Phone(916) 483-0466
State facility #343622586

Common questions

Does Good Shepherd Preschool take infants?

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

Has Good Shepherd Preschool had any serious violations?

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

When was Good Shepherd Preschool last inspected?

Oct 17, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Good Shepherd Preschool cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Good Shepherd Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Sacramento County, which includes Sacramento, was $984 a month for preschoolers (about $1,240 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Good Shepherd Preschool?

The licensee is Lutheran Church Of The Good Shepherd, The, and the administrator listed with the state is Sara Phal.

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 343622586 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.