Heritage Montessori School · Infant Center, Ridgecrest
Heritage Montessori School is a licensed child care center in Ridgecrest, CA, licensed for up to 24 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 of them substantiated. 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 #7 of 11 centers in Ridgecrest and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers.
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Contractors shall maintain at least the following minimum ratios in all centers: (A) Infants (birth to 18 months old) - 1:3 adult-child ratio (B) Toddlers (18 months to 36 months old) - 1:4 adult-child ratio, 1 Licensee will provide a written statement of procedures to ensure staff is on ratio. Licensee will ensure staff is always on ratio.
Complaint investigations
Allegation #1-Personal Rights: Facility is operating out of ratio.
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About this center
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Common questions
Does Heritage Montessori School take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Heritage Montessori School had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Heritage Montessori School?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Heritage Montessori School compare with other daycares in Ridgecrest?
It is tied for #7 of 11 centers in Ridgecrest by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Heritage Montessori School last inspected?
Jul 28, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Heritage Montessori School cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Heritage Montessori School for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Kern County, which includes Ridgecrest, was $1,272 a month for infants (about $1,610 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Heritage Montessori School?
The licensee is Denise Campos, and the administrator listed with the state is Denise Campos.
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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 157750008 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.