Growing Years Children's Academy · Los Angeles
Growing Years Children's Academy is a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 60 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2021. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 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 495 centers in Los Angeles and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Growing Years Children's Academy take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Growing Years Children's Academy had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Growing Years Children's Academy compare with other daycares in Los Angeles?
It is tied for #1 of 495 centers in Los Angeles by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Growing Years Children's Academy last inspected?
Oct 2, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Growing Years Children's Academy cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Growing Years Children's Academy for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Los Angeles, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Growing Years Children's Academy?
The licensee is Nicole Lee, and the administrator listed with the state is Nicole Lee.
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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 197494732 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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