Los Angeles Adventist Academy
Los Angeles Adventist Academy is a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 40 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2005. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 11 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for building & playground safety (5 of 11). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #424 of 495 centers in Los Angeles and has more citations per inspection than 94% of California licensed centers.
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Based on LPA's observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that during the record review the director's health screening report was not in the file. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on the LPA's observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that there is no record in the file of a TB test for the director. This is required and poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on LPA observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that Staff #1 lift Child #1 up and out of their seat, child's feet were observed to be wrapped around the chair as child refused to move, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 out of 4 bathrooms have floors with dirt marks, wet and sticky which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that the proof of lead testing according to the Written Directive, this can pose a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above LPA observed the surface of the outdoor activity space has pieces of rubber surfacing is missing pieces to the top in multiple locations which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that there were no carbon monoxide detectors found in either of the classrooms which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observatio, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above due to medication is stored in a cabinet in the director's office that is not locked or latched which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that an inhaler belonging to Child #1 did not have the box in with lable with prescription. The inhaler was placed in a ziplock bag with child's name and date written in sharpie which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above due to a large rusted chest and a large thorny plant was in the children's playarea, accessible to children which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Los Angeles Adventist Academy take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Los Angeles Adventist Academy had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on May 31, 2023, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Los Angeles Adventist Academy?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Los Angeles Adventist Academy compare with other daycares in Los Angeles?
It is tied for #424 of 495 centers in Los Angeles by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 94% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Los Angeles Adventist Academy last inspected?
Aug 27, 2024. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Los Angeles Adventist Academy cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Los Angeles Adventist Academy for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Los Angeles, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Los Angeles Adventist Academy?
The licensee is Southern California Assoc. Of 7th Day Adventists, and the administrator listed with the state is Cassandra Hudson-johnson.
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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 198011002 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.