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Adventures In Montessori Ocean Beach

4735 Santa Cruz Ave., San Diego, CA 92107 · San Diego County
1 substantiated complaintChild care center (preschool)

Adventures In Montessori Ocean Beach is a licensed child care center in San Diego, CA, licensed for up to 44 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2022. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time and investigated 1 complaint, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, 2 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.

Inspection record

Not enough historyCalifornia has inspected this center 1 time since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.
2Type A citations
0Type B citations
1Inspections
1 of 1Complaints substantiated
2 citations from 4 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Oct 21, 2025

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Oct 21, 2025 · Inspection · no citationMar 10, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation foundDec 19, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citationOct 13, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Caregiver conduct2

Citations, newest first

Type AMar 10, 2023Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(3)
Based on interviews and records reviewed, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that the personal rights of children in care were not accorded as Staff 2 (S2) was observed handling Child 1 (C1) and Child 2 (C2) in a rough manner which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 Director stated future staff will be trained on personal rights through the facility’s on-boarding process.
Plan of correction due Mar 31, 2023
Type AMar 10, 2023Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(1)
Based on interviews and records reviewed, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that the personal rights of children in care were not accorded as Staff (S1) was observed yelling at children outsiide on the playground and inside the classrooms which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 Director stated future staff will be trained on personal rights through the facility’s on-boarding process.
Plan of correction due Mar 31, 2023

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedMar 10, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Dec 21, 2022
Substantiated allegations:
Staff handles day care child(ren) in a rough manner
Staff yell at day care children
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

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About this center

Licensed capacity44 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusLicensed
Licensed sinceDec 20, 2022
LicenseeAdventures In Montessori
AdministratorEmiko Elizalde
Phone(619) 850-0533
State facility #376701537

Common questions

Does Adventures In Montessori Ocean Beach take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has Adventures In Montessori Ocean Beach had any serious violations?

California issued 2 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Mar 10, 2023, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.

Have there been complaints about Adventures In Montessori Ocean Beach?

California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

When was Adventures In Montessori Ocean Beach last inspected?

Oct 21, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Adventures In Montessori Ocean Beach cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Adventures In Montessori Ocean Beach for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes San Diego, was $1,013 a month for preschoolers (about $1,280 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Adventures In Montessori Ocean Beach?

The licensee is Adventures In Montessori, and the administrator listed with the state is Emiko Elizalde.

Licensed centers nearby

Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.

To read the full state reports, search facility number 376701537 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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