Montessori Academy of Arcadia · Preschool, Monrovia
Montessori Academy of Arcadia is a licensed child care center in Monrovia, CA, licensed for up to 132 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2017. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 5 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #8 of 10 centers in Monrovia and has more citations per inspection than 76% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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What inspectors cited most
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Per interviews it was stated that sometimes other children's belongings will go home with the wrong child as the children get stuff from their bags and cubbies and will put them back and or in the wrong place. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care
Based on LPA(s) observation,medication for child #1 and child #2 were expired, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, LPA(s) observed director and staff #3 AB1207 to be expired, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Personal Rights - Staff did not ensure child's belongings came home with that child.
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Common questions
Does Montessori Academy of Arcadia take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Montessori Academy of Arcadia had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Apr 4, 2023, for health-related services. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Montessori Academy of Arcadia?
California investigated 5 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Montessori Academy of Arcadia compare with other daycares in Monrovia?
It is #8 of 10 centers in Monrovia by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 76% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Montessori Academy of Arcadia last inspected?
Jul 15, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Montessori Academy of Arcadia cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Montessori Academy of Arcadia for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Monrovia, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Montessori Academy of Arcadia?
The licensee is Sunland Arcadia Montessori, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Emilene Jule.
Licensed centers nearby
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121 Alice St, Arcadia · 0.5 mi away · 99 spots More citations than most Arcadia Presbyterian Church Child Development Ctr
121 Alice Street, Arcadia · 0.5 mi away · 30 spots About typical Arcadia Preschool Academy
21 W Duarte Rd Unit B, Arcadia · 0.8 mi away · 35 spots Too few inspections to compare Starkids Preschool INC.
66 W. Duarte Road, Arcadia · 0.8 mi away · 70 spots More citations than most Arcadia Montessori School
1406 S. Santa Anita Ave, Arcadia · 0.8 mi away · 92 spots About typical
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 198019317 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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