Step By Step Preschool, INC.

3500 El Portal Drive, Richmond, CA 94803 · Contra Costa County

Child care center (single license, multiple age groups)

Step By Step Preschool, INC. is a licensed child care center in Richmond, CA, licensed for up to 38 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2026. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.

Inspection record

Not enough historyCalifornia has inspected this center 0 times since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.

0Type A citations

0Type B citations

0Inspections

0 of 0Complaints substantiated

0 citations from 1 state visit since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected —

Every state visit

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

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

About this center

Licensed capacity38 children

License typeChild care center (single license, multiple age groups)

License statusLicensed

Licensed sinceJul 23, 2026

LicenseeShonda Berstine

AdministratorShonda Bernstine

Phone(510) 758-7910

State facility #073409647

Common questions

Has Step By Step Preschool, INC. had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

How much does Step By Step Preschool, INC. cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Step By Step Preschool, INC. for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Contra Costa County, which includes Richmond, was $1,730 a month for infants (about $2,180 today), $1,287 a month for preschoolers (about $1,620 today) and $800 a month for school-age children (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Step By Step Preschool, INC.?

The licensee is Shonda Berstine, and the administrator listed with the state is Shonda Bernstine.

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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 073409647 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.