Mountain View/Desert Academy Preschool
Mountain View/Desert Academy Preschool is a licensed child care center in Thermal, CA, licensed for up to 24 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2020. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 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 5 centers in Thermal and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Mountain View/Desert Academy Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Mountain View/Desert Academy Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Mountain View/Desert Academy Preschool compare with other daycares in Thermal?
It is tied for #1 of 5 centers in Thermal by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Mountain View/Desert Academy Preschool last inspected?
Jan 21, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Mountain View/Desert Academy Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Mountain View/Desert Academy Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Riverside County, which includes Thermal, was $856 a month for preschoolers (about $1,080 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Mountain View/Desert Academy Preschool?
The licensee is Desert Preschool Academy, and the administrator listed with the state is Aileen Collins.
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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 334845733 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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