The Wave at Beachpoint Preschool &School-age Care · Preschool, Fountain Valley
The Wave at Beachpoint Preschool &School-age Care is a licensed child care center in Fountain Valley, CA, licensed for up to 80 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1973. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 1 complaint, which was not substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, none of them Type A. None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #13 of 21 centers in Fountain Valley and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers.
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Based on interviews from the three staff, it was disclosed that staff did not observed how the injury occur. This is a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Based on observation and record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above in 5 out of 6 staff members's mandated reporter training certifcates are expired or missing which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does The Wave at Beachpoint Preschool &School-age Care take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has The Wave at Beachpoint Preschool &School-age Care had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about The Wave at Beachpoint Preschool &School-age Care?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does The Wave at Beachpoint Preschool &School-age Care compare with other daycares in Fountain Valley?
It is tied for #13 of 21 centers in Fountain Valley by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was The Wave at Beachpoint Preschool &School-age Care last inspected?
Jun 10, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does The Wave at Beachpoint Preschool &School-age Care cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask The Wave at Beachpoint Preschool &School-age Care for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Fountain Valley, was $1,098 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs The Wave at Beachpoint Preschool &School-age Care?
The licensee is Beachpoint Church, and the administrator listed with the state is Gabriel Hall.
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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 300600313 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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