Zion Lutheran Preschool · San Luis Obispo

1010 E. Foothill Blvd., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 · San Luis Obispo County

Child care center (single license, multiple age groups)

Zion Lutheran Preschool is a licensed child care center in San Luis Obispo, CA, licensed for up to 44 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2025. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time. 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 1 time since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.

0Type A citations

0Type B citations

1Inspections

0 of 0Complaints substantiated

0 citations from 3 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Feb 23, 2026

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 capacity44 children

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

License statusLicensed

Licensed sinceFeb 24, 2025

LicenseeZion Evangelical Lutheran Church Of San Luis Obisp

AdministratorElla Batson

Phone(805) 549-4441

State facility #406217280

Common questions

Has Zion Lutheran Preschool had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

When was Zion Lutheran Preschool last inspected?

Feb 23, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Zion Lutheran Preschool cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Zion Lutheran Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Luis Obispo County, which includes San Luis Obispo, was $1,407 a month for infants (about $1,780 today), $973 a month for preschoolers (about $1,230 today) and $820 a month for school-age children (about $1,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Zion Lutheran Preschool?

The licensee is Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Of San Luis Obisp, and the administrator listed with the state is Ella Batson.

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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 406217280 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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