La Petite Academy Citrus Heights
La Petite Academy Citrus Heights is a licensed child care center in Citrus Heights, CA, licensed for up to 24 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2001. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 3 complaints, 3 of them substantiated. The state issued 6 citations, 2 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for caregiver conduct (2 of 6). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #22 of 32 centers in Citrus Heights and has more citations per inspection than 85% of California licensed centers.
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Personal Rights- The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment to meet his/her needs. 1 Director put policy in place to change water bottles and have different colors for each liquid and will use sharpie markers to label all bottle more clearly.
Personal Rights- The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights. To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment to meet his/her needs 1 Director to put a plan in place working with parents to minimize biting in facility, and will submit the draft plan to LPA.
Based on record review, and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 out of 4 staff files reviewed which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
The Director will supply Unusual Incident Report LIC624 to LPA by
Complaint investigations
Personal Rights- Staff did not prevent hazardous items from touching infants in care
Personal Rights- Staff did not prevent a day-care child from biting another child in care.
Staff has not informed CCL or parents of RSV outbreak.
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About this center
Common questions
Does La Petite Academy Citrus Heights take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has La Petite Academy Citrus Heights had any serious violations?
California issued 2 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on May 7, 2025, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about La Petite Academy Citrus Heights?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 3. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does La Petite Academy Citrus Heights compare with other daycares in Citrus Heights?
It is tied for #22 of 32 centers in Citrus Heights by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 85% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was La Petite Academy Citrus Heights last inspected?
Mar 18, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does La Petite Academy Citrus Heights cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask La Petite Academy Citrus Heights for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Sacramento County, which includes Citrus Heights, was $1,400 a month for infants (about $1,770 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs La Petite Academy Citrus Heights?
The licensee is La Petite Academy, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Robin Rivas.
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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 343606582 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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