Heritage Montessori School · School-Age Program, Ridgecrest
Heritage Montessori School is a licensed child care center in Ridgecrest, CA, licensed for up to 30 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2023. 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 11 centers in Ridgecrest and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Does Heritage Montessori School take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Heritage Montessori School had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Heritage Montessori School compare with other daycares in Ridgecrest?
It is tied for #1 of 11 centers in Ridgecrest by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Heritage Montessori School last inspected?
Aug 4, 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 $717 a month for school-age children (about $900 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 157750009 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.