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Licensed daycares in 90602Whittier, CA

There are 5 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 90602 — 2 licensed centers and 3 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 20 violations across 17 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.18 violations per inspection.

3 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 (15 citations), followed by caregiver-to-child ratio (5). 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 5 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

3 providers.

Leuschner Family Child Care

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Mar 3, 2026

0 violationsActive
Options-State Preschool-Evergreen

Center · Capacity 24 · 12928 PUTNAM · Last inspected Jul 22, 2025

0 violationsActive
Smith Family Child Care

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

0 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Keystone Montessori Preschool

Center · Capacity 53 · 7056 WASHINGTON AVE. · Last inspected Jun 23, 2025

13 violationsActive
Pacheco Family Day Care

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Last inspected May 28, 2026

7 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 90602

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

Can I see your most recent inspection report and what you changed afterward?

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