Little Tots Preparatory Academy · School-Age Program, Lancaster
Little Tots Preparatory Academy is a licensed child care center in Lancaster, CA, licensed for up to 10 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice and investigated 1 complaint, and it was substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, none of them Type A. None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #33 of 68 centers in Lancaster and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers.
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Based on observations, interviews, and record reviews, the Licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not providing parents a written agreement for transporting arrangments including to transport to sister location which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observations, interviews, and record reviews, the Licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not notifying parents of an unusual incident that occurred at an associated facility which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Allegation 1: Staff transported day care children to an unknown location
Allegation 2: Staff did not notify day care children's authorized representative of incident
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About this center
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Common questions
Does Little Tots Preparatory Academy 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 Tots Preparatory Academy had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Little Tots Preparatory Academy?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Little Tots Preparatory Academy compare with other daycares in Lancaster?
It is tied for #33 of 68 centers in Lancaster by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Little Tots Preparatory Academy last inspected?
Feb 19, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Little Tots Preparatory Academy cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Little Tots Preparatory Academy for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Lancaster, was $821 a month for school-age children (about $1,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Little Tots Preparatory Academy?
The licensee is Stephanie Armstrong, and the administrator listed with the state is Carolyn Armstrong.
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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 197750172 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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