Sunkist Head Start/State Preschool
Sunkist Head Start/State Preschool is a licensed child care center in La Puente, CA, licensed for up to 32 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1999. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #27 of 48 centers in La Puente and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers.
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Testing results provided by the facility with an Action Level Exceedance (ALE) of 10 on the "A" water outlet and "O" water outlet Action Level Exceedance (ALE) of 7, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Sunkist Head Start/State Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Sunkist Head Start/State Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does Sunkist Head Start/State Preschool compare with other daycares in La Puente?
It is tied for #27 of 48 centers in La Puente by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Sunkist Head Start/State Preschool last inspected?
Mar 26, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Sunkist Head Start/State Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Sunkist Head Start/State Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes La Puente, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Sunkist Head Start/State Preschool?
The licensee is Bassett Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Adriana Valenzuela.
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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 198005598 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.