Montessori Academy at the Ranch

74 Esencia Dr, Rancho Mission Viejo, CA 92694 · Orange County

Closed Child care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Jan 8, 2023. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Montessori Academy at the Ranch was a licensed child care center in Rancho Mission Viejo, CA, licensed for up to 180 children. Its license closed around January 2023. Since February 2021, the state visited it 5 times, investigated 1 complaint (1 substantiated) and issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0 Type A citations

1 Type B citations

0 Inspections

1 of 1 Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Training & qualifications 1

Citations, newest first

Type B May 11, 2022 Complaint investigation Training & qualifications

Teacher qualifications and duties §101216.1(b)

Based on the staff interview, review of staff file, S1 doesn’t have the ECE units and was left alone during nap time and in the afternoon for a couple of hours for 2 days due to Director believing S1 had enrolled in the required ECE units but without any written verification. This poses a potential safety risk to the children in care.

Plan of correction due May 20, 2022

Complaint investigations

Substantiated May 11, 2022 Complaint investigation received Feb 22, 2022

Substantiated allegation:

Unqualified assistant teacher working at day care

1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity 180 children

License type Child care center (preschool)

License status Closed

Licensed since Jul 3, 2018

Closed Jan 8, 2023

Licensee Montessori Academy At The Ranch, INC

Last administrator Tamara Lew Kim

State facility # 304371208

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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 304371208 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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