Mount Olive Lutheran Christian Day Nursery
Mount Olive Lutheran Christian Day Nursery is a licensed child care center in Santa Monica, CA, licensed for up to 97 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1993. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice and investigated 1 complaint, which was not substantiated. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 37 centers in Santa Monica and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Mount Olive Lutheran Christian Day Nursery take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Mount Olive Lutheran Christian Day Nursery had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
Have there been complaints about Mount Olive Lutheran Christian Day Nursery?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Mount Olive Lutheran Christian Day Nursery compare with other daycares in Santa Monica?
It is tied for #1 of 37 centers in Santa Monica by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Mount Olive Lutheran Christian Day Nursery last inspected?
Oct 7, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Mount Olive Lutheran Christian Day Nursery cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Mount Olive Lutheran Christian Day Nursery for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Santa Monica, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Mount Olive Lutheran Christian Day Nursery?
The licensee is Mount Olive Evangelical Lutheran Church Of Santa M, and the administrator listed with the state is Kristi Ladish.
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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 191600495 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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