The Learning Garden Preschool
The Learning Garden Preschool is a licensed child care center in Torrance, CA, licensed for up to 36 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2002. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 2 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. 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 #16 of 41 centers in Torrance and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on interviews with relevant parties and record review, S1 continued putting a mask on C1 as Licensee failed to inform S1 of C1's doctor's note and allergies diagnosis, which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care.
Complaint investigations
Personal Rights: Staff requires daycare child to wear a mask
Personal Rights: Daycare child sustained injury while in care
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About this center
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Common questions
Does The Learning Garden Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has The Learning Garden Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
Have there been complaints about The Learning Garden Preschool?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does The Learning Garden Preschool compare with other daycares in Torrance?
It is tied for #16 of 41 centers in Torrance by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was The Learning Garden Preschool last inspected?
Jan 6, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does The Learning Garden Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask The Learning Garden Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Torrance, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs The Learning Garden Preschool?
The licensee is Goal Preschools, INC, and the administrator listed with the state is Rose Mc Clellan.
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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 197408979 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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