Pixie Land
Pixie Land is a licensed child care center in Madera, CA, licensed for up to 47 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 1997. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 3 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for supervision (1 of 3). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #36 of 41 centers in Madera and has more citations per inspection than 77% of California licensed centers.
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Information received through video 1 Director is having all staff watch two videos on safety and supervision. Director also had an all staff meeting and had staff sign in. After completion of video, director is having each staff member sign off on a document. Director will send documents via email to LPA by 07/23/2025. surveillance obtained from director. It indicated children were left unsupervised in the school aged classroom for more than 3 minutes. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care. An immediate $500 civil penalty is being assessed.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Several employees did not have the mandated reporter training completed which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Several children were not signed into the facility on several days which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Pixie Land take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Pixie Land had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jul 17, 2025, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does Pixie Land compare with other daycares in Madera?
It is tied for #36 of 41 centers in Madera by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 77% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Pixie Land last inspected?
Sep 25, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Pixie Land cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Pixie Land for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Madera County, which includes Madera, was $718 a month for school-age children (about $910 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Pixie Land?
The licensee is College Care Center, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Marcela Esparza.
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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 203801368 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.