La Sierra Academy Children's Center
La Sierra Academy Children's Center is a licensed child care center in Riverside, CA, licensed for up to 60 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2021. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice. 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 101 centers in Riverside and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does La Sierra Academy Children's Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has La Sierra Academy Children's Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does La Sierra Academy Children's Center compare with other daycares in Riverside?
It is tied for #1 of 101 centers in Riverside by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was La Sierra Academy Children's Center last inspected?
Jul 16, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does La Sierra Academy Children's Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask La Sierra Academy Children's Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Riverside County, which includes Riverside, was $856 a month for preschoolers (about $1,080 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs La Sierra Academy Children's Center?
The licensee is Secc Association Of Seventh-day Adventists, and the administrator listed with the state is Gabriela Lopez Cano.
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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 334846061 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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