La Joya Head Start
La Joya Head Start is a licensed child care center in Salinas, CA, licensed for up to 22 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1993. 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 34 centers in Salinas and tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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About this center
Common questions
Does La Joya Head Start take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has La Joya Head Start had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does La Joya Head Start compare with other daycares in Salinas?
It is tied for #1 of 34 centers in Salinas 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 La Joya Head Start last inspected?
Apr 4, 2023. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does La Joya Head Start cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask La Joya Head Start for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Monterey County, which includes Salinas, was $878 a month for preschoolers (about $1,110 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs La Joya Head Start?
The licensee is Monterey County Office Of Education, and the administrator listed with the state is Elizabeth Bro.
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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 270710511 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.