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Signal Hill Head Start

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Ages
Ages 2–5
Teacher ratio
1:12 (CA min)

2285 Walnut Avenue, Signal Hill, CA 90806

Visit website ↗(562) 427-5901Directions ↗Licensed for 45
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Licensing & safety record

✓ Clean licensing record

No citations or complaint visits on file with state licensing as of 2025-09-29. Last licensing visit: 8/28/2025 (4 total).

Source: California Dept. of Social Services, Community Care Licensing (updated 2025-09-29). View official inspection reports →

About this preschool

Signal Hill Head Start provides free part-day and full-day center-based care and education for children birth to five, with home-based services for pregnant women and families with children birth to three. The program offers comprehensive services including family engagement, leadership training, child development, health, nutrition, mental health, and early intervention services.

Philosophy
We embrace the provision of services through a multi-generational approach that builds on the premise that parents are their children's first and most important teacher.
Ages served
Birth to five years old; Early Head Start prioritizes 2-year-olds, Head Start serves ages 3-5

Programs

  • •Early Head Start
  • •Head Start
  • •Home-based services for pregnant women and families with children birth to three
  • •Family engagement and leadership training
  • •Early intervention services
  • •Health services
  • •Nutrition services
  • •Mental health services
  • •Potty training assistance

Highlights

  • ✓Free comprehensive services
  • ✓23 locations across Long Beach and Signal Hill
  • ✓Priority given to families meeting income eligibility, foster families, homeless/inadequate housing, and children with disabilities
  • ✓Children do not need to be potty trained

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