Appletree Montessori
A day care center in Mission Viejo, California 92691
25542 Jeronimo Rd, Mission Viejo, California 92691. (949) 770-2707.
What California’s list coversNo small family homes
Child care centers, and family child care homes licensed for more than eight children: the files California’s Community Care Licensing Division publishes. Smaller family child care homes, for eight children or fewer, aren’t in those files, so they aren’t here yet.
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The short answer
Record last released by California Department of Social Services on Nov 1, 2026.
- 1 citation in the last three years
- 1 at the state’s most serious level (needs attention)
- Aug 192026 the latest visit on record
- 109 children, its licensed capacity
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean5
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- The state’s most serious level
- Each state grades findings on its own scale and in its own words, so the record counts a state’s findings at that state’s top level. Two states’ top levels aren’t the same thing, so the counts aren’t compared across states. Source: How this site reads each state’s scale.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
5 visits in the last three years, 3 of them inspections.
1 citation in the last three years, from California’s reports of each visit.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.
California Department of Social Services, Facility evaluation and complaint investigation reports. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.
When those citations happened
1 citation in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited May 2025. Most serious: Type A. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each citation, in its source’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.
California Department of Social Services, Facility evaluation and complaint investigation reports. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.
May 12, 2025: annual/Random UNANNOUNCED1 citation
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Teacher-Child Ratio (b) The licensee may use teacher aides in a teacher-child ratio of one teacher and one aide for every 15 children in attendance. (1) A ratio of one fully qualified teacher (as specified in Section 101216.1(c) and one aide for every 18 children in attendance in a preschool program is allowed when the aide meets the qualifications specified in Section 101216.2(d).
“Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed staff #1 (S1) who was inside classroom #2 caring for 18 children at the time of visit, did not have any transcripts available for review. S1 stated she has not completed any of the semester units to be a qualified aide which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
All 5 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | Complaint visit | No citations in its report |
| May 14, 2026 | Inspection | No citations in its report |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Complaint visit | No citations in its report |
| May 12, 2025 | Inspection | 1 citation: 1 Type A, 0 Type B |
| May 7, 2024 | Inspection | No citations in its report |
Is it licensed?
- Day Care Center, first licensed Jul 28, 1987.
- Licensed for 109 children.
- Licence 300606452.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.
Has California acted against it?
- 2 complaints in the last three years: 0 allegations A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency., 0 inconclusive and 3 unsubstantiated.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | Complaint | Allegations, in California’s words: 0 substantiated, 0 inconclusive, 1 unsubstantiated. Citations: 0 Type A, 0 Type B. |
| Mar 12, 2026 | Complaint | Allegations, in California’s words: 0 substantiated, 0 inconclusive, 2 unsubstantiated. Citations: 0 Type A, 0 Type B. |
Who does the caring?
- California doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers.
Who owns it?
- Licensed to Environments for Learning, Inc.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.
How is it rated?
- California’s file has no quality rating.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 1606 child care providers in Orange County, the middle value for citations in the last three years was 0; this one had 1.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Citations in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Lange, Robert H. Preschool | 3 |
| Appletree Montessori This child care provider | 1 |
| Nieto, Diana | 0 |
| Saddleback Valley YMCA-Castille | 0 |
| YMCA-Oxford Mission Viejo | 0 |
| Tayani, Sunny | 0 |
| Kindercare Learning Center | 2 |
| Capistrano Usd/Viejo Elementry School | 2 |
| Pillars Academy | 0 |
| Abdel Rahim Garzon, Nayibe | 10 |
| Bishop, Anthony | 0 |
| Ortega, Evelyn | 0 |
What the record doesn’t say
- California grades citations Type A (an immediate risk to health, safety or personal rights) or Type B (a potential risk).
- This page shows California’s records from the last three years.
- California doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers.
Sources
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California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division, Child care centers (ChildCareCenters11012026.csv).
Released Nov 1, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly. Considered in the public domain (California Department of Social Services).
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California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division, Facility evaluation and complaint investigation reports.
Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily. Considered in the public domain (California Department of Social Services).
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
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Replies
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