Little Scholars Child Care Learning Center · School-Age Program, Yorba Linda
Little Scholars Child Care Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Yorba Linda, CA, licensed for up to 38 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2014. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 3 complaints, all of them substantiated. The state issued 5 citations, none of them Type A, most often for caregiver conduct (3 of 5). 1 citation came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #20 of 30 centers in Yorba Linda and has more citations per inspection than 68% of California licensed centers.
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Based on interviews conducted, children’s personal rights were violated. Staff admits to mocking children. this poses a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care.
Based on interviews conducted, and observation children’s personal rights were violated. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care.
Based on interviews conducted, children’s personal rights were violated. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care.
Based on record review, at 9:40 a.m., LPA observed only a Fire Drill on record, and no documentation of an Earthquake Drill. Per Director, facility does not have an Earthquake Drill log on record. The licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that Earthquake drills are not completed or documented, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on observation, at 9:32 a.m., LPA observed 1 box of Raid Foggers and 1 can of Raid Ant and Roach killer on an upper shelf in the laundry room in a clear container, with no lid. Pictures were taken. Although the Raid products were inaccessible on a high shelf, facility did not lock the laundry room door with either a key or combination lock. The licensee did not comply with the section cited above, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Complaint investigations
Staff speak inappropriately to children in care
Unexplained Injury
Staff did not prevent daycare child from being bullied by other daycare children.
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Common questions
Does Little Scholars Child Care Learning Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Little Scholars Child Care Learning Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 5 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Little Scholars Child Care Learning Center?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 3. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Little Scholars Child Care Learning Center compare with other daycares in Yorba Linda?
It is #20 of 30 centers in Yorba Linda by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 68% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Little Scholars Child Care Learning Center last inspected?
May 8, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Little Scholars Child Care Learning Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Little Scholars Child Care Learning Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Yorba Linda, was $820 a month for school-age children (about $1,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Little Scholars Child Care Learning Center?
The licensee is Deb's Tutor Time INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Taryn Stephens.
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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 304370935 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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