Kiddie Academy Child Care Learning Center · Preschool, Claremont
Kiddie Academy Child Care Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Claremont, CA, licensed for up to 118 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2003. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 5 complaints, 3 of them substantiated. The state issued 5 citations, 2 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #18 of 20 centers in Claremont and has more citations per inspection than 83% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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Based on interviews with staff and Director that children are enrolled under one license 1 LPA conducted consultation with Director that children when ready to be moved based on thier date of birth will begin the preschool program and make the transition without going back and forth between the infant/toddler and preschool classrooms. are commingled with children from another license. This poses an immeidiate Health and Safety risk to children in care.
based on interviews with Director and staff that 1 Director and LPA agree to have all staff watch a training video that discusses Children's Personal Rights for Child Care that is on the Care Care Licensing website and have them sign off that they completed the training. Director will remove the Toddler chair from the classroom immediately. Toddler chiar with straps was being used with C1 to restrain them from misbehaving and hitting other children, which goes against Personal Rights of children. This poses an immediate Health and Safety risk to children in care. 8 Director will discuss with staff how appropriate forms of discipline with children in their next staff meeting. Director will provide via email the signed forms.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 8 staff did not have a measles vaccination which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above on six out of 6 toddlers under 24 months which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
the disclosure of staff indicating a child in care was provided food that belonged to another child and not adhering to specific guidelines as outlined within title 22 regulations. This is a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Complaint investigations
Licensee is commingling the toddler component children with the preschool children.
Staff restrain daycare child
Staff are not meeting day care child's dietary needs
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About this center
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Common questions
Does Kiddie Academy Child Care Learning Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Kiddie Academy Child Care Learning Center had any serious violations?
California issued 2 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Apr 12, 2024, for capacity limits. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Kiddie Academy Child Care Learning Center?
California investigated 5 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 3. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Kiddie Academy Child Care Learning Center compare with other daycares in Claremont?
It is #18 of 20 centers in Claremont by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 83% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Kiddie Academy Child Care Learning Center last inspected?
Apr 10, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Kiddie Academy Child Care Learning Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Kiddie Academy Child Care Learning Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Claremont, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Kiddie Academy Child Care Learning Center?
The licensee is Kidz Playhouse, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Carmen Millner.
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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 198008923 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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