Mountain View Children's Center
Mountain View Children's Center is a licensed child care center in El Monte, CA, licensed for up to 30 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 1989. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times. 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 22 centers in El Monte and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Mountain View Children's Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Mountain View Children's Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Mountain View Children's Center compare with other daycares in El Monte?
It is tied for #1 of 22 centers in El Monte by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Mountain View Children's Center last inspected?
Apr 8, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Mountain View Children's Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Mountain View Children's Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes El Monte, was $821 a month for school-age children (about $1,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Mountain View Children's Center?
The licensee is Mountain View School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Alma Gonzales.
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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 191595866 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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