La Mirada Head Start
La Mirada Head Start is a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 75 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1994. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, 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 495 centers in Los Angeles and tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does La Mirada Head Start take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has La Mirada Head Start had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
Have there been complaints about La Mirada Head Start?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does La Mirada Head Start compare with other daycares in Los Angeles?
It is tied for #1 of 495 centers in Los Angeles 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 Mirada Head Start last inspected?
Oct 7, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does La Mirada Head Start cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask La Mirada Head Start for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Los Angeles, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs La Mirada Head Start?
The licensee is Foundation For Early Childhood Education, and the administrator listed with the state is Marcie Houchen.
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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 191871630 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.