La Petite Academy
La Petite Academy is a licensed child care center in Riverside, CA, licensed for up to 28 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 1994. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. The state issued 1 citation, 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 #23 of 101 centers in Riverside and has fewer citations per inspection than 61% of California licensed centers.
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101700.3 (b)(1): A result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. This requirement is not met as evidence by: Facility will implement corrective action pursuant to section CCR 101704 for immediate cessation of outlets testing with action level exceedance until it is replaced and retested pursuant to section CCR 101705 and returns a result at or below the Acton level. Based on records review of required lead testing, the facility had lead values of 5.5 ppb or above on water outlets: W (12.3 ppb) This is a potential health and safety risk to persons in care. 8 Facility will notify CDSS with completion by
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Common questions
Does La Petite Academy take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has La Petite Academy had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does La Petite Academy compare with other daycares in Riverside?
It is tied for #23 of 101 centers in Riverside by weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 61% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was La Petite Academy last inspected?
Oct 15, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does La Petite Academy cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask La Petite Academy for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Riverside County, which includes Riverside, was $767 a month for school-age children (about $970 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs La Petite Academy?
The licensee is La Petite Academy, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Kellie Barela.
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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 334801128 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.