Three Little Owls Learning Academy, INC
Three Little Owls Learning Academy, INC is a licensed child care center in Vista, CA, licensed for up to 85 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2024. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time. The state issued 6 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for training & qualifications (2 of 6). 4 citations came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Where the CCC did not obtain lead testing after 180 days of licensure. Which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Where documentation of fire drills was not available for review during inspection. Which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Where the CCC does not have a Director currently employed, nor is there an approved exception on file for a qualified staff. Which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in two of eight staff files. Where S3 and S7 did not show proof of enrollment in additional 3 ECE unts required to become fully qualified. Which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Licensee will email LPA a written decleration of Title 22 Regulation 101439.1. Additionally, Licensee must understand sleep sacks are not permitted in CCC without a medical exemption since they are considered a swaddeling device. LPAs observed C2 utilizing a sleep sack without a medical exception on file. Additionally C2 had a pacifier attached to the sleep sack with a clip while in thecrib napping.
Licensee will provide update to LIC 9227 for C2 to reflect section C or D if child is rolling over independently. Additionally, License will email a written decleration of understanding for Title 22 Regulation 101429. LPA observed C2 to be napping on their side during inspection. Record review confirmed C2 LIC 9227 was not updated to reflect rolling over and sleep logs documented C2 napping on their side from 8/5-8/7.
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Has Three Little Owls Learning Academy, INC had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 6 Type B citations, listed above.
When was Three Little Owls Learning Academy, INC last inspected?
Dec 3, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Three Little Owls Learning Academy, INC cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Three Little Owls Learning Academy, INC for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes Vista, was $1,462 a month for infants (about $1,840 today), $1,013 a month for preschoolers (about $1,280 today) and $800 a month for school-age children (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Three Little Owls Learning Academy, INC?
The licensee is Three Little Owls Learning Academy, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Claudia Barley.
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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 376300842 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.