Little Images Higher Learning Academy · Preschool, Oakland
Little Images Higher Learning Academy is a licensed child care center in Oakland, CA, licensed for up to 30 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time and investigated 3 complaints, 3 of them substantiated. The state issued 5 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for background checks (2 of 5). 3 citations came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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Based on interviews and record review conducted during the course of the investigation, it was determined that the facility failed to change a child's diaper on at least 2 occassions.
(e) All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: (1) Obtain a California clearance or a criminal record exemption as required by the Department 1 Licensee will ensure to have all adults finger printed and cleared before volunteering, working or residing at the facility. Proof of fingreprint submission and clearance must be submitted.
(a) A separate, complete and current record for each child is maintained in the child care center. Immunization records are not in file for Child C-4 Immunization records must be obtained for no later than March 2, 2026 and copies sent to LPA by the same date.
OBSERVATIONS AND RECORDS REVIEW WHICH REVEALED TWO ADULTS RESIDING IN THE UNUSED SIDE OF THE BUILDING
according to interviews on at least one occasion school age children 1 Effective immediately licensee shall ensure school age children are not commingled with the preschool aged children. Licensee shall submit a letter to CCL by 8/31/23 ensuring that children will not be commingled were comingled with preschool children on the playground
Complaint investigations
Personal Rights - Staff do not ensure day care child's diapering needs are met
Criminal Record Clearance - Facility director allows uncleared adult to reside and work in the facility
Record Keeping - Staff enroll children without proper immunizations or records
Staff comingling children
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Common questions
Does Little Images Higher Learning Academy take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Little Images Higher Learning Academy had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 5 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Little Images Higher Learning Academy?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 3. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
When was Little Images Higher Learning Academy last inspected?
Nov 13, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Little Images Higher Learning Academy cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Little Images Higher Learning Academy for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Alameda County, which includes Oakland, was $1,547 a month for preschoolers (about $1,950 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Little Images Higher Learning Academy?
The licensee is Little Images Higher Learning Academy LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Bessie Marie Sholes.
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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 013423753 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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