St Johns Child Study Center
St Johns Child Study Center is a licensed child care center in Santa Monica, CA, licensed for up to 60 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1985. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 4 citations, 3 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for supervision (2 of 4). 1 citation came in the last 12 months, including 1 Type A. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #36 of 37 centers in Santa Monica and has more citations per inspection than 95% of California licensed centers.
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(a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher...Supervision shall include visual observation. Per director, staff has been retrained around active supervision and completing additional headcounts/roll call measures. Director has also re-examined staff’s schedule to ensure additional support during transitions. Staff will be completing headcount/roll call that includes name-based tracking at regular intervals, upon arrival, before and after transitions (e.g outdoor play, bathroom breaks, and indoors). This requirement is not met as evidence by, per LPA Laureano's document review and interviews, facility left a child unattended for for a brief period of time on 10/29/25, which poses an immediate health and safety risks to persons in care. Staff will visually confirm each child's presence and check of their names as our standard protocol. Citation was Immediately corrected. Staff development was completed 11/20/2025.
101223 Personal Rights (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (2) To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment to meet his/her needs. 1 Director dicussed Facility's Procedures for All Teachers & Assistants on 8/12/2024. All procedures are given to all new hires. Procedures have been modified to higlight the importance of storing personal belognings . This requirement is not met as evidence by, per LPA Laureano's document review and interviews, child 1 had access to multivitamins that were found in the classroom, which poses an immediate health and safety risks to persons in care. Facility provided LPA with copies of procedures.
(a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher...Supervision shall include visual observation. Director met with staff to discuss incident and retrained staff on utilizing the Teacher Child Ratio Log that all teachers utilize. Facility has also implemented different check point where staff confirms children in attendance. This requirement is not met as evidence by, per LPA Laureano's document review and interviews, facility left a child unattended for approximately 13 minutes on 6/12/24, which poses an immediate health and safety risks to persons in care. Director agrees to train staff on visional and auditory supervision during the use of the preschool yard going over potential scenarios and will submit meeting points to LPA via email.
or greater shall be deemed an ActionLevel Exceedance Facility has made faucet/ outlet, identified with an Action Lead Exceedance of 5.5 ppb or over inaccessible for use until a removal has occurred. Director will email LPA a copy of Based on observation,interviews, and review of lead water testing samples taken on 10/27/2023 revealed that levels of lead were beyond allowable amount deemed by the State of California- 1 water outlet/faucet (outdoor pathway between classroom D and E).This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care. 8 parent notification letter via email by 12/14/2023. Director will send LPA a copy of schedule removal.
Complaint investigations
Lack of Supervision: Facility staff left day care child unattended
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Common questions
Does St Johns Child Study Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has St Johns Child Study Center had any serious violations?
California issued 3 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Nov 20, 2025, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about St Johns Child Study Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does St Johns Child Study Center compare with other daycares in Santa Monica?
It is #36 of 37 centers in Santa Monica by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 95% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was St Johns Child Study Center last inspected?
Mar 25, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does St Johns Child Study Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask St Johns Child Study Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Santa Monica, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs St Johns Child Study Center?
The licensee is St Johns Child Study Center, and the administrator listed with the state is Laura Osorio.
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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 191670971 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.