St. Mark Preschool · Preschool, Santa Barbara
St. Mark Preschool is a licensed child care center in Santa Barbara, CA, licensed for up to 70 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1993. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times. The state issued 1 citation, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #39 of 48 centers in Santa Barbara and has more citations per inspection than 72% of California licensed centers.
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101216 Personnel Requirements(1)Prior to employment or initial presence in the child care center, all employees...shall(1)Obtain a California clearance or a criminal record exemption as required by law or Department regulations. This requirement was not met as evidence by: 1 LPA observed staff member to leave the premises. Director will have S1 until criminal record clearance has been granted. Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as staff member does not have a criminal record clearance which poses an immediate Health, Safety, Personal Rights risk to persons in care. 8
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Common questions
Does St. Mark Preschool 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. Mark Preschool had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Nov 6, 2024, for staff health screening and personnel requirements. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does St. Mark Preschool compare with other daycares in Santa Barbara?
It is tied for #39 of 48 centers in Santa Barbara by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 72% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was St. Mark Preschool last inspected?
Nov 10, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does St. Mark Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask St. Mark Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Barbara County, which includes Santa Barbara, was $1,099 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs St. Mark Preschool?
The licensee is St. Mark Methodist Church, and the administrator listed with the state is Ana Schmid.
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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 421700377 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.