Santa Ana College CDC Rancho Santiago Community
Santa Ana College CDC Rancho Santiago Community is a licensed child care center in Santa Ana, CA, licensed for up to 160 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2010. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice and investigated 2 complaints, none of them 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 91 centers in Santa Ana and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Santa Ana College CDC Rancho Santiago Community take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Santa Ana College CDC Rancho Santiago Community had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
Have there been complaints about Santa Ana College CDC Rancho Santiago Community?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Santa Ana College CDC Rancho Santiago Community compare with other daycares in Santa Ana?
It is tied for #1 of 91 centers in Santa Ana by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Santa Ana College CDC Rancho Santiago Community last inspected?
Oct 9, 2024. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Santa Ana College CDC Rancho Santiago Community cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Santa Ana College CDC Rancho Santiago Community for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Santa Ana, was $1,098 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Santa Ana College CDC Rancho Santiago Community?
The licensee is Rancho Santiago Community College District, and the administrator listed with the state is Cowan,j/Castellon,m.
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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 304370647 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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