Mission Avenue Preschool · 2433 Mission Avenue, #343624917, Carmichael
Mission Avenue Preschool is a licensed child care center in Carmichael, CA, licensed for up to 44 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice and investigated 8 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, both of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #25 of 27 centers in Carmichael and has more citations per inspection than 88% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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What inspectors cited most
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Based on interviews and record review the facility did not comply with the above regulation as staff flicked a child which poses Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interviews and record review the facility did not comply with the above regulation as staff handled a child in a rough manner which poses Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
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About this center
Other licenses at this address
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Infant center · Closed Too few inspections to compare Mission Avenue Preschool
Infant center · Closed Too few inspections to compare Mission Avenue Preschool
Child care center (preschool) · Closed Too few inspections to compare
Common questions
Does Mission Avenue Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Mission Avenue Preschool had any serious violations?
California issued 2 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jul 3, 2025, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Mission Avenue Preschool?
California investigated 8 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Mission Avenue Preschool compare with other daycares in Carmichael?
It is #25 of 27 centers in Carmichael by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 88% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Mission Avenue Preschool last inspected?
Dec 4, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Mission Avenue Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Mission Avenue Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Sacramento County, which includes Carmichael, was $984 a month for preschoolers (about $1,240 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Mission Avenue Preschool?
The licensee is Margin Corporation, and the administrator listed with the state is Nicole Moran-estrada.
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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 343624917 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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