Tutor Time Child Care/Learning Center · Preschool, Santa Ana
Tutor Time Child Care/Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Santa Ana, CA, licensed for up to 106 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2006. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 6 complaints, 3 of them substantiated. The state issued 6 citations, 3 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for building & playground safety (3 of 6). 1 citation came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #83 of 91 centers in Santa Ana and has more citations per inspection than 88% of California licensed centers.
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101226.1 Daily Inspection for Illness (a) The licensee shall be responsible for ensuring that children with obvious symptoms of illness including, but not limited to, fever or vomiting, are not accepted. This requirement was not met as evidence by: Based on interviews, documentation, 1 Assistant Director stated moving forward, facility will ensure doctor notes that are received state child's clearances to return if child has an illness. A statement will be sent to LPA by
Based on LPA's observation and interview the facility was out of ratio. There was 1 staff with 13 children... 1 Assistant Director stated staff have walkie talkies and they will give reminders to staff about communication. A staff meeting will also be held on October 14, 2024 and they will go over the importance of ratios. An Agenda and staff sign ins will be provide to LPA. for approximately 5 minutes. This poses an immediate risk to the health of the children in care.
Based on interviews and LPA's indoor physical plant inspection, it has been determined daycare is unsanitary. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interviews conducted with the reporting party, Assistant Director stated they will be having a meeting with all staff to give reminders to staff, a copy of the agenda and staff sign in signatures will be provided to LPA. 3 staff and video footage reviewed it has been determined staff handled child in a rough manner. This poses an immediate risk to the health of the children in care.
(b) Testing results with fractional ppb readings of 0.5 ppb or greater shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number, before comparing to the Action Level. (1) A result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. 1 Asst. Director stated faucets were replaced. Facility three week flushling begins 9/19/22, will retest and provide copies of the new test results to licensing office. Outlet C is inoperable via large black trash bag and duct tape wrapped all around.
Based on observation, at 10:55 a.m., LPA observed the Emergency exit door, in the "Preschool Room," to not have a functioning door alarm. LPA pushed lever of the door open, and alarm did not sound. The Emergency door leads out into a shopping center and busy street. The licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Pictures were taken.
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Complaint investigations
Staff did not ensure that a child with obvious signs of illness was not accepted into care
Staff did not isolate a day care child with obvious signs of illness
Daycare is unsanitary
Staff handled child in a rough manner
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About this center
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Common questions
Does Tutor Time Child Care/Learning Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Tutor Time Child Care/Learning Center had any serious violations?
California issued 3 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Sep 26, 2024, for teacher-child ratio. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Tutor Time Child Care/Learning Center?
California investigated 6 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 3. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Tutor Time Child Care/Learning Center compare with other daycares in Santa Ana?
It is tied for #83 of 91 centers in Santa Ana by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 88% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Tutor Time Child Care/Learning Center last inspected?
Apr 2, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Tutor Time Child Care/Learning Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Tutor Time Child Care/Learning Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Santa Ana, was $1,098 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Tutor Time Child Care/Learning Center?
The licensee is Tutor Time Learning Centers,llc, and the administrator listed with the state is Dana Davis.
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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 304370279 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.