Happy Time Nursery
Happy Time Nursery is a licensed child care center in Rancho Santa Fe, CA, licensed for up to 25 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1974. 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 878 centers in San Diego County and tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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About this center
Common questions
Does Happy Time Nursery take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Happy Time Nursery had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Happy Time Nursery compare with other daycares in San Diego County?
It is tied for #1 of 878 centers in San Diego County by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations) (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Happy Time Nursery last inspected?
May 2, 2024. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Happy Time Nursery cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Happy Time Nursery for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes Rancho Santa Fe, was $1,013 a month for preschoolers (about $1,280 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Happy Time Nursery?
The licensee is Mary Ann Cox, and the administrator listed with the state is M. Tessary & J. Starting.
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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 372000255 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.