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Licensed daycares in 92253La Quinta, CA

There are 18 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 92253 — 8 licensed centers and 10 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 28 violations across 80 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.35 violations per inspection, which is below the La Quinta average of 0.67.

7 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is health and medication (13 citations), followed by caregiver-to-child ratio (8). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from California DSS, Community Care Licensing Division and links back to the state's own document.

Compare all 18 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

8 providers.

Desert Ymca/La Quinta Child Care Center

Center · Capacity 31 · 49-955 MOON RIVER DRIVE · Last inspected Apr 9, 2026

0 violationsActive
Dsusd Adams Early Childhood Learing Center

Center · Capacity 60 · 50-800 DESERT CLUB DRIVE · Last inspected Nov 21, 2025

0 violationsActive
Dsusd Child Development Center

Center · Capacity 30 · 47-950 DUNE PALMS ROAD · Last inspected Oct 2, 2025

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

7 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Estrada Family Child Care

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Oct 29, 2025

1 violationActive
Galvez-Booth Family Child Care

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Jan 9, 2026

1 violationActive
Gerrard Family Child Care

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Apr 16, 2026

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

4 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Wolff Water

Center · Capacity 43 · 47795 DUNE PALMS ROAD · Last inspected Apr 21, 2026

5 violationsActive
King Family Child Care

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Dec 4, 2025

5 violationsActive
Reynolds Family Child Care

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Jul 23, 2024

5 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 92253

Health and medication is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by caregiver-to-child ratio. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?

2

How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?

3

Walk me through how children are supervised during outdoor time and transitions between rooms.

Data synced from California DSS, Community Care Licensing Division on Jul 8, 2026. Source records · Report an error