Smart Academy
Smart Academy is a licensed child care center in Tujunga, CA, licensed for up to 75 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2025. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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Common questions
Has Smart Academy had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
Have there been complaints about Smart Academy?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
When was Smart Academy last inspected?
Apr 24, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Smart Academy cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Smart Academy for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Tujunga, was $1,555 a month for infants (about $1,960 today), $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) and $821 a month for school-age children (about $1,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Smart Academy?
The licensee is Nex-gen Preschool, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Cecilia Lee.
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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 197750195 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.