Sacred Heart Preschool · Salinas
Sacred Heart Preschool is a licensed child care center in Salinas, CA, licensed for up to 46 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2015. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. The state issued 1 citation, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #20 of 34 centers in Salinas and has more citations per inspection than 57% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
About this center
Common questions
Does Sacred Heart Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Sacred Heart Preschool had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Aug 17, 2022, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does Sacred Heart Preschool compare with other daycares in Salinas?
It is tied for #20 of 34 centers in Salinas by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 57% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Sacred Heart Preschool last inspected?
Sep 9, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Sacred Heart Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Sacred Heart Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Monterey County, which includes Salinas, was $878 a month for preschoolers (about $1,110 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Sacred Heart Preschool?
The licensee is Diocese Of Monterey Parish & School Op. Copr., The, and the administrator listed with the state is Lilia Airada.
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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 274414327 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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