Suva Elementary School

6740 East Suva Street, Bell Gardens, CA 90201 · Los Angeles County

Child care center (preschool)

Suva Elementary School is a licensed child care center in Bell Gardens, CA, licensed for up to 40 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1992. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. 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 9 centers in Bell Gardens and tied for the best record statewide (no citations).

Inspection record

No citationssince Feb 8, 2021. Tied for the best record with the 34% of 10,948 ranked California centers that have no citations. No citations

Tied for #1 of 9 centers in Bell Gardens

0Type A citations

0Type B citations

2Inspections

0 of 1Complaints substantiated

0 citations from 3 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Feb 19, 2026

Every state visit

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

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedMay 10, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Feb 28, 2023

The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

About this center

Licensed capacity40 children

License typeChild care center (preschool)

License statusLicensed

Licensed sinceSep 16, 1992

LicenseeMontebello Unified School District

AdministratorMariana Sanchez

Phone(562) 927-1827

State facility #191598098

Common questions

Does Suva Elementary School take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has Suva Elementary School had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

Have there been complaints about Suva Elementary School?

California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

How does Suva Elementary School compare with other daycares in Bell Gardens?

It is tied for #1 of 9 centers in Bell Gardens by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations) (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).

When was Suva Elementary School last inspected?

Feb 19, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.

Who runs Suva Elementary School?

The licensee is Montebello Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Mariana Sanchez.

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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 191598098 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.