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Licensed daycares in 95012Castroville, CA

There are 24 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 95012 — 3 licensed centers and 21 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 8 violations across 43 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.19 violations per inspection, which is below the Castroville average of 0.43.

20 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 (2 citations), followed by caregiver-to-child ratio (2). 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 24 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

20 providers.

Alvarado, Aracele

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Feb 19, 2025

0 violationsActive
Alvarez, Maria

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Mar 21, 2025

0 violationsActive
Alvarez, Sandra

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Aug 22, 2025

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Cruz Cruz, Nansy

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Jan 24, 2024

1 violationActive
Ortiz, Maria & Rocha, Jose

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Sep 24, 2025

1 violationActive
Valenzuela, Bertha

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Jan 8, 2025

2 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Saavedra, Araceli

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Apr 1, 2026

4 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 95012

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