Montebello Park Elementary Head Start/State Presch
Montebello Park Elementary Head Start/State Presch is a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 42 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1995. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #192 of 495 centers in Los Angeles and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers.
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Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above testing the faucets/outlets by 01/01/2023. Which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Montebello Park Elementary Head Start/State Presch take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Montebello Park Elementary Head Start/State Presch had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does Montebello Park Elementary Head Start/State Presch compare with other daycares in Los Angeles?
It is tied for #192 of 495 centers in Los Angeles by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Montebello Park Elementary Head Start/State Presch last inspected?
Sep 12, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Montebello Park Elementary Head Start/State Presch cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Montebello Park Elementary Head Start/State Presch 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 Montebello Park Elementary Head Start/State Presch?
The licensee is Montebello Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Mariana Sanchez.
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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 198000815 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.