Happy Harbor Preschool
Happy Harbor Preschool is a licensed child care center in Wilmington, CA, licensed for up to 132 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1995. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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Common questions
Does Happy Harbor Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Happy Harbor Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
When was Happy Harbor Preschool last inspected?
Feb 13, 2024. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Happy Harbor Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Happy Harbor Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Wilmington, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Happy Harbor Preschool?
The licensee is Harbor Christian Center, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Monica Argueta.
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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 191603259 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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