Valley Achievement Center · 1400 Stine Road, Preschool, Bakersfield
Valley Achievement Center is a licensed child care center in Bakersfield, CA, licensed for up to 40 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2008. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #40 of 122 centers in Bakersfield and has fewer citations per inspection than 61% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed an assistant be left alone with a child with no teacher present which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Valley Achievement Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Valley Achievement Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does Valley Achievement Center compare with other daycares in Bakersfield?
It is tied for #40 of 122 centers in Bakersfield by weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 61% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Valley Achievement Center last inspected?
Jun 3, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Valley Achievement Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Valley Achievement Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Kern County, which includes Bakersfield, was $837 a month for preschoolers (about $1,060 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Valley Achievement Center?
The licensee is Valley Achievement Center, and the administrator listed with the state is Juanita 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 153808457 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.