Lighthouse Christian Preschool & Academy
Lighthouse Christian Preschool & Academy is a licensed child care center in Castaic, CA, licensed for up to 60 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2001. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. The state issued 7 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). 2 citations came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #8 of 10 centers in Castaic and has more citations per inspection than 83% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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Based on observation, interview, and record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in child/parent roster was missing the physician's name and phone numbers for all the children which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in S1 did not have measles and S3 did not have TDAP immunizations during inspection which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that the Director and two staff Pediatric First Aid and CPR expired back in 06/2024 which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation,interview and record review, the licensee did not make sure her staff Briana Avila and Rita Cook comply fingerprinted which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply LIC9052 which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation,interview and record review, the licensee did not make sure her staff (4 teachers ) are comply Mandated Reporter Training which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observationinterview, the licensee did not follow Public Health to wear the face mask. LPA Heath observed teachers, children and parents are not wearing the face mask on 10/19/2021 inspection. LPA interviewed the assistant director, according to her, the center does not practice face mask since COVID-19 happened, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
About this center
Common questions
Does Lighthouse Christian Preschool & Academy take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Lighthouse Christian Preschool & Academy had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Oct 19, 2021, for personnel records. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does Lighthouse Christian Preschool & Academy compare with other daycares in Castaic?
It is #8 of 10 centers in Castaic by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 83% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Lighthouse Christian Preschool & Academy last inspected?
Oct 8, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Lighthouse Christian Preschool & Academy cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Lighthouse Christian Preschool & Academy for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Castaic, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Lighthouse Christian Preschool & Academy?
The licensee is Sloan Canyon Freewill Baptist Preschool, and the administrator listed with the state is Jennifer Canning.
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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 197408317 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.