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Merry Go Round Pre-school

446 West 8th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731 · Los Angeles County
Child care center (preschool)

Merry Go Round Pre-school is a licensed child care center in San Pedro, CA, licensed for up to 40 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2002. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.

Inspection record

Not enough historyCalifornia has inspected this center 1 time since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.
0Type A citations
0Type B citations
1Inspections
0 of 0Complaints substantiated
0 citations from 1 state visit since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Aug 17, 2023

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Aug 17, 2023 · Inspection · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

About this center

Licensed capacity40 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusLicensed
Licensed sinceDec 12, 2002
LicenseeKimberly Horn Enterprises Incorporated
AdministratorKimberly Horn
Phone(310) 833-0664
State facility #197409583

Common questions

Does Merry Go Round Pre-school take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has Merry Go Round Pre-school had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

When was Merry Go Round Pre-school last inspected?

Aug 17, 2023. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Merry Go Round Pre-school cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Merry Go Round Pre-school for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes San Pedro, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Merry Go Round Pre-school?

The licensee is Kimberly Horn Enterprises Incorporated, and the administrator listed with the state is Kimberly Horn.

Licensed centers nearby

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 197409583 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.