Lingua Natal & Jardin International Preschool
Lingua Natal & Jardin International Preschool is a licensed child care center in Encinitas, CA, licensed for up to 60 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2017. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice. The state issued 2 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #17 of 20 centers in Encinitas and has more citations per inspection than 79% 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 that an individual was caring for the children, without being criminally cleared and associated to the facility, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation and interview, the Licensee did not comply with the section above, in that Licensee did not have the facility's water, lead tested, by 01/01/2023, per regulation. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Lingua Natal & Jardin International Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Lingua Natal & Jardin International Preschool had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Aug 26, 2025, for criminal record clearance. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does Lingua Natal & Jardin International Preschool compare with other daycares in Encinitas?
It is tied for #17 of 20 centers in Encinitas by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Lingua Natal & Jardin International Preschool last inspected?
Aug 26, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Lingua Natal & Jardin International Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Lingua Natal & Jardin International Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes Encinitas, was $1,013 a month for preschoolers (about $1,280 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Lingua Natal & Jardin International Preschool?
The licensee is Lingua Natal LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Javier Castellanos.
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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 376701269 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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