Ruby Drive Head Start
Ruby Drive Head Start is a licensed child care center in Placentia, CA, licensed for up to 20 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. 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 15 centers in Placentia and tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Ruby Drive Head Start take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Ruby Drive Head Start had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Ruby Drive Head Start compare with other daycares in Placentia?
It is tied for #1 of 15 centers in Placentia by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations) (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Ruby Drive Head Start last inspected?
Nov 5, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Ruby Drive Head Start cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Ruby Drive Head Start for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Placentia, was $1,098 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Ruby Drive Head Start?
The licensee is Orange County Head Start, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Erica Montalvo.
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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 304370466 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.