Rancho Los Amigos Children's Center · Preschool, Downey
Rancho Los Amigos Children's Center is a licensed child care center in Downey, CA, licensed for up to 59 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2000. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice and investigated 1 complaint, which was not 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 17 centers in Downey and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Rancho Los Amigos Children's 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 Rancho Los Amigos Children's Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
Have there been complaints about Rancho Los Amigos Children's Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Rancho Los Amigos Children's Center compare with other daycares in Downey?
It is tied for #1 of 17 centers in Downey by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Rancho Los Amigos Children's Center last inspected?
Aug 20, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Rancho Los Amigos Children's Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Rancho Los Amigos Children's Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Downey, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Rancho Los Amigos Children's Center?
The licensee is Kindercare Education LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Helia Castellon.
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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 198006098 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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