Walnut
Walnut is a licensed child care center in Baldwin Park, CA, licensed for up to 20 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2001. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 22 centers in Baldwin Park and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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About this center
Common questions
Does Walnut take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Walnut had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Walnut compare with other daycares in Baldwin Park?
It is tied for #1 of 22 centers in Baldwin Park by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Walnut last inspected?
May 11, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Walnut cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Walnut for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Baldwin Park, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Walnut?
The licensee is Baldwin Park Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Ricardo Rivera.
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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 198006399 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.