Kindercare Learning Center
Kindercare Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Laguna Niguel, CA, licensed for up to 72 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1997. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 5 times and investigated 3 complaints, 0 of them substantiated. 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 25 centers in Laguna Niguel and tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Kindercare 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 Kindercare Learning Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
Have there been complaints about Kindercare Learning Center?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Kindercare Learning Center compare with other daycares in Laguna Niguel?
It is tied for #1 of 25 centers in Laguna Niguel 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 Kindercare Learning Center last inspected?
Feb 5, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Kindercare Learning Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Kindercare Learning Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Laguna Niguel, was $1,098 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Kindercare Learning Center?
The licensee is Kindercare Learning Centers LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Shannon Valdez.
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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 304270334 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.