Happy Hearts Preschool · Gilroy
Happy Hearts Preschool is a licensed child care center in Gilroy, CA, licensed for up to 116 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2024. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it once and investigated 11 complaints, none of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, none of them Type A. None of them came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
Inspection record
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What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
LPA observed a teacher (S1) alone in the playground supervising 13 preschool age children. This poses a potential health, safety, and personal rights risk to children in care.
LPA observed 3 infants and 5 preschool age commingling in the Breakfast Room without prior approval from Licensing. This poses a potential health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care.
Complaint investigations
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About this center
Common questions
Has Happy Hearts Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Happy Hearts Preschool?
California investigated 11 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
When was Happy Hearts Preschool last inspected?
Jun 19, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Happy Hearts Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Happy Hearts Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Clara County, which includes Gilroy, was $1,940 a month for infants (about $2,450 today), $1,599 a month for preschoolers (about $2,020 today) and $724 a month for school-age children (about $910 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Happy Hearts Preschool?
The licensee is Happy Hearts Gilroy, and the administrator listed with the state is Ana Coria Avila.
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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 434417164 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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