Usc Head Start

741 W 27th St, Los Angeles, CA 90007 · Los Angeles County

Child care center (single license, multiple age groups)

Usc Head Start is a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 96 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2025. 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 0 times since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.

0Type A citations

0Type B citations

0Inspections

0 of 0Complaints substantiated

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

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 capacity96 children

License typeChild care center (single license, multiple age groups)

License statusLicensed

Licensed sinceMar 19, 2025

LicenseeUniversity Of Southern California

AdministratorApril Smith

Phone(213) 574-5282

State facility #198401129

Common questions

Has Usc Head Start had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

How much does Usc Head Start cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Usc Head Start for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Los Angeles, was $1,555 a month for infants (about $1,960 today), $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) and $821 a month for school-age children (about $1,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Usc Head Start?

The licensee is University Of Southern California, and the administrator listed with the state is April Smith.

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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 198401129 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.