Smythe State Preschool

2781 Northgate Blvd., Room #1, Sacramento, CA 95833 · Sacramento County

ClosedChild care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Mar 5, 2026. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Smythe State Preschool was a licensed child care center in Sacramento, CA, licensed for up to 56 children. Its license closed around March 2026. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 3 times, and issued 3 citations, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

1Type A citations

2Type B citations

3Inspections

0 of 0Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety2

Training & qualifications1

Citations, newest first

Type AMay 8, 2025InspectionBuilding & playground safety

Buildings and grounds §101238(g)

Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by having spray cleaner accessible to children by being on top of counter which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due May 9, 2025

Type BMay 8, 2025InspectionTraining & qualifications

Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)

Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by having 1 staff with an expired Mandated Reporter Certificatewhich poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Jun 8, 2025

Type BJan 9, 2023Case management visit (lead testing/exceedance)Building & playground safety

Lead in drinking water §101700.3(b)(1)

Based on record review, one faucet tested exceeded the allowed 5.5 ppb, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Jan 30, 2023

About this center

Licensed capacity56 children

License typeChild care center (preschool)

License statusClosed

Licensed sinceJun 22, 1992

ClosedMar 5, 2026

LicenseeTwin River Unified School District

Last administratorDawn Walker

State facility #340318294

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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 340318294 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.