Head Start - Rio Dell
Head Start - Rio Dell is a licensed child care center in Rio Dell, CA, licensed for up to 24 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1998. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #26 of 44 centers in Humboldt County and better than 55% of licensed centers statewide.
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Common questions
Does Head Start - Rio Dell take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Head Start - Rio Dell had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does Head Start - Rio Dell compare with other daycares in Humboldt County?
It is tied for #26 of 44 centers in Humboldt County by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 55% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Head Start - Rio Dell last inspected?
Apr 3, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Head Start - Rio Dell cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Head Start - Rio Dell for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Humboldt County, which includes Rio Dell, was $798 a month for preschoolers (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Head Start - Rio Dell?
The licensee is Northcoast Children's Services, and the administrator listed with the state is Ashleigh Johnson.
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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 125401822 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.