Samohi Infant/Toddler Center
Samohi Infant/Toddler Center is a licensed child care center in Santa Monica, CA, licensed for up to 28 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2008. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice. 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 37 centers in Santa Monica and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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About this center
Common questions
Does Samohi Infant/Toddler Center take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Samohi Infant/Toddler Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Samohi Infant/Toddler Center compare with other daycares in Santa Monica?
It is tied for #1 of 37 centers in Santa Monica by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Samohi Infant/Toddler Center last inspected?
Mar 25, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Samohi Infant/Toddler Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Samohi Infant/Toddler Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Santa Monica, was $1,555 a month for infants (about $1,960 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Samohi Infant/Toddler Center?
The licensee is Santa Monica-malibu Unified School/Ch.dev.services, and the administrator listed with the state is Gizelle Graves.
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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 197414780 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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