Pennington's Little Friends · School-Age Program, Los Banos
Pennington's Little Friends is a licensed child care center in Los Banos, CA, licensed for up to 15 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2010. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 5 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 18 centers in Los Banos and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Pennington's Little Friends take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Pennington's Little Friends had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Pennington's Little Friends compare with other daycares in Los Banos?
It is tied for #1 of 18 centers in Los Banos by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Pennington's Little Friends last inspected?
Feb 9, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Pennington's Little Friends cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Pennington's Little Friends for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Merced County, which includes Los Banos, was $711 a month for school-age children (about $900 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Pennington's Little Friends?
The licensee is Marlene Pennington, and the administrator listed with the state is Marlene Pennington.
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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 243808611 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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