Merced Montessori School · 424 W 21st Street, Merced

424 W 21st Street, Merced, CA 95340 · Merced County

ClosedChild care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Feb 27, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Merced Montessori School was a licensed child care center in Merced, CA, licensed for up to 44 children. Its license closed around February 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 3 times, and issued 4 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations

4Type B citations

3Inspections

0 of 0Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety4

Citations, newest first

Type BFeb 16, 2023Case management visit (lead testing/exceedance)Building & playground safety

Lead in drinking water §101700.3

Based on record review provided by Licensee indicating (ALE of 11 ppb in Outlet A Bathroom Fountain). These results indicate over (ALE) 5.5 ppb, which is out of compliance. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Feb 16, 2023

Type BDec 5, 2022InspectionBuilding & playground safety

Buildings and grounds §101238(g)(1)

Based on observation. LPA observed a can of bug spray poison that was being stored in a cabinet which was inaccessible to children but the cabinet was not locked. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Dec 5, 2022

Type BDec 5, 2022InspectionBuilding & playground safety

Fixtures, furniture, equipment and supplies §101239(o)(1)

Based on observation. During today's inspection, LPA observed a tricycle with a broken right foot pedal exposing the medal bar where a child would put their foot while the tricycle is in use. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Dec 5, 2022

Type BNov 8, 2021InspectionBuilding & playground safety

Fixtures, furniture, equipment and supplies §101239(f)(1)

Based on observation, LPA did not observe a waste container for food that had a tightfitting cover on it. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Nov 22, 2021

About this center

Licensed capacity44 children

License typeChild care center (preschool)

License statusClosed

Licensed sinceSep 4, 1981

ClosedFeb 27, 2025

LicenseeAnn Macdonald

Last administratorMacdonald Ann

State facility #240403488

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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 240403488 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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