Pete H. Parra Child Development Center · Preschool, Bakersfield
Pete H. Parra Child Development Center is a licensed child care center in Bakersfield, CA, licensed for up to 96 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2008. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them 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 122 centers in Bakersfield and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Pete H. Parra Child Development Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Pete H. Parra Child Development Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
Have there been complaints about Pete H. Parra Child Development Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Pete H. Parra Child Development Center compare with other daycares in Bakersfield?
It is tied for #1 of 122 centers in Bakersfield by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Pete H. Parra Child Development Center last inspected?
Aug 18, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Pete H. Parra Child Development Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Pete H. Parra Child Development Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Kern County, which includes Bakersfield, was $837 a month for preschoolers (about $1,060 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Pete H. Parra Child Development Center?
The licensee is Community Action Partnership Of Kern, and the administrator listed with the state is Esther Dodd.
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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 153808480 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.