St. Paul's Early Childhood Development Center · Infant Center, Orange
St. Paul's Early Childhood Development Center is a licensed child care center in Orange, CA, licensed for up to 33 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 1999. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice. 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 43 centers in Orange and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does St. Paul's Early Childhood Development Center take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has St. Paul's Early Childhood Development Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does St. Paul's Early Childhood Development Center compare with other daycares in Orange?
It is tied for #1 of 43 centers in Orange by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was St. Paul's Early Childhood Development Center last inspected?
May 9, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does St. Paul's Early Childhood Development Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask St. Paul's Early Childhood Development Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Orange, was $1,584 a month for infants (about $2,000 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs St. Paul's Early Childhood Development Center?
The licensee is St. Paul Lutheran Church, and the administrator listed with the state is Esther Jow.
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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 304270595 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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