Smart Start Creative Learning Center
Smart Start Creative Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Newark, CA, licensed for up to 48 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2012. 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 13 centers in Newark and tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Smart Start Creative Learning Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Smart Start Creative Learning Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Smart Start Creative Learning Center compare with other daycares in Newark?
It is tied for #1 of 13 centers in Newark 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 Smart Start Creative Learning Center last inspected?
Jun 23, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Smart Start Creative Learning Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Smart Start Creative Learning Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Alameda County, which includes Newark, was $1,547 a month for preschoolers (about $1,950 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Smart Start Creative Learning Center?
The licensee is Ryan Rose Learning Centers LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Gina Shelley.
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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 013420942 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.