Kindercare Learning Center
Kindercare Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Irvine, CA, licensed for up to 46 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1997. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 2 citations, 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 #58 of 106 centers in Irvine and better than 42% of licensed centers statewide.
Inspection record
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What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on observation, record review, At 10:30am during staff file reviews LPA observed Staff #1 and Staff #4 had Mandated Reporter Training certificate expired on 9/2023. The licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
101700.3 California Lead Action Level at Child Care Centers (b) Testing results with fractional ppb readings of 5.0 ppb or greater shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number, before comparing to the Action Level. (1) A result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. 1 Director agreed to submit retest results to LPA by
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Common questions
Does Kindercare Learning Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Kindercare Learning Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
How does Kindercare Learning Center compare with other daycares in Irvine?
It is tied for #58 of 106 centers in Irvine by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 42% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Kindercare Learning Center last inspected?
Aug 18, 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 Irvine, 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 Inez Gonzalez.
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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 304270393 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.