Little Wonder's Enlightening Preschool · Preschool, Bakersfield

12438 Rosedale Highway, Bakersfield, CA 93312 · Kern County

Closed Child care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Oct 19, 2023. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Little Wonder's Enlightening Preschool was a licensed child care center in Bakersfield, CA, licensed for up to 79 children. Its license closed around October 2023. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 3 times, investigated 1 complaint (0 substantiated) and issued 2 citations, none of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0 Type A citations

2 Type B citations

3 Inspections

0 of 1 Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Training & qualifications 1

Background checks 1

Citations, newest first

Type B Dec 9, 2021 Inspection Training & qualifications

Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)

Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in nine out of ten staff files where staff had previously taken the Mandated Reporter Training, but this certification has expired, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Dec 23, 2021

Type B Dec 9, 2021 Inspection Background checks

Criminal record clearance §101170(e)(2)

Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one out of ten staff members which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Dec 16, 2021

Complaint investigations

Not substantiated Mar 15, 2023 Complaint investigation received Jan 18, 2023

The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

About this center

Licensed capacity 79 children

License type Child care center (preschool)

License status Closed

Licensed since Dec 31, 2013

Closed Oct 19, 2023

Licensee Little Wonder's Enlightening Preschool, INC.

Last administrator Toni Torbron

State facility # 153808832

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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 153808832 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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