Torrance Tykes Preschool @ Carr Elementary

3404 W. 168th Street, Torrance, CA 90504 · Los Angeles County

Child care center (preschool)

Torrance Tykes Preschool @ Carr Elementary is a licensed child care center in Torrance, CA, licensed for up to 50 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2001. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time. 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 1 time since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.

0Type A citations

0Type B citations

1Inspections

0 of 0Complaints substantiated

0 citations from 1 state visit since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Oct 13, 2022

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 capacity50 children

License typeChild care center (preschool)

License statusLicensed

Licensed sinceDec 20, 2001

LicenseeTorrance Unified School District

AdministratorKatie Schenkelberg

Phone(310) 327-9231

State facility #197408425

Common questions

Does Torrance Tykes Preschool @ Carr Elementary take infants?

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

Has Torrance Tykes Preschool @ Carr Elementary had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

When was Torrance Tykes Preschool @ Carr Elementary last inspected?

Oct 13, 2022. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Torrance Tykes Preschool @ Carr Elementary cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Torrance Tykes Preschool @ Carr Elementary for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Torrance, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Torrance Tykes Preschool @ Carr Elementary?

The licensee is Torrance Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Katie Schenkelberg.

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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 197408425 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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