Sonshine Pre-school Cerritos Church of the Nazaren
Sonshine Pre-school Cerritos Church of the Nazaren is a licensed child care center in Cerritos, CA, licensed for up to 133 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1991. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice and investigated 4 complaints, 1 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 9 centers in Cerritos and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Facility is not following proper COVID-19 mask guidance
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About this center
Common questions
Does Sonshine Pre-school Cerritos Church of the Nazaren take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Sonshine Pre-school Cerritos Church of the Nazaren had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
Have there been complaints about Sonshine Pre-school Cerritos Church of the Nazaren?
California investigated 4 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Sonshine Pre-school Cerritos Church of the Nazaren compare with other daycares in Cerritos?
It is tied for #1 of 9 centers in Cerritos by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Sonshine Pre-school Cerritos Church of the Nazaren last inspected?
Jul 18, 2024. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Sonshine Pre-school Cerritos Church of the Nazaren cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Sonshine Pre-school Cerritos Church of the Nazaren for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Cerritos, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Sonshine Pre-school Cerritos Church of the Nazaren?
The licensee is Cerritos Church Of The Nazarene-rev. Paul Simpson, and the administrator listed with the state is Elly Sunah Ro.
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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 191597606 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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