Little Flowers Montessori · Elk Grove
Little Flowers Montessori is a licensed child care center in Elk Grove, CA, licensed for up to 177 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2017. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 3 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 4 citations, 0 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 #34 of 72 centers in Elk Grove and has more citations per inspection than 70% of California licensed centers.
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The water report dated 11/23/2022 revealed that the facility had elevated levels of lead in 5 water outlets. D1 will email LPA Maestas LIC 9275 & 9276 by 12/21/2022. The 5 outlets will be remediated and re-tested. The water report for the re-testing will be sent to the Regional Office. This is a potential health and safety risk to the children in care.
Based on interviews the facility did not ensure that unwashed napping sheets stayed with the child and were redistributed to other children. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
Based on interviews and observation the facility did not ensure that children were served adequate servings of food and were told no when asking for more food. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
Based on interviews the facility did not ensure that when behaviors such as hitting and biting occurred they were addressed and a solution was provided. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
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Complaint investigations
Facility did not properly clean day care children's naptime sheets.
Facility did not serve day care children milk for lunch.
Child is spitting on other children and nothing is being done.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Little Flowers Montessori take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Little Flowers Montessori had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 4 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Little Flowers Montessori?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Little Flowers Montessori compare with other daycares in Elk Grove?
It is tied for #34 of 72 centers in Elk Grove by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 70% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Little Flowers Montessori last inspected?
Jun 9, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Little Flowers Montessori cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Little Flowers Montessori for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Sacramento County, which includes Elk Grove, was $984 a month for preschoolers (about $1,240 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Little Flowers Montessori?
The licensee is Little Flowers Montessori, INC, and the administrator listed with the state is Alina Ankrah.
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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 343621676 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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