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Ascension Montessori Children's Center

5106 Zion Ave, San Diego, CA 92120 · San Diego County
Child care center (single license, multiple age groups)

Ascension Montessori Children's Center is a licensed child care center in San Diego, CA, licensed for up to 70 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2025. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.

Inspection record

Not enough history California has not inspected this center since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.
0 Type A citations
0 Type B citations
0 Inspections
0 Complaints investigated
No citations in 1 state visit since Feb 8, 2021 · last inspected —

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Jun 12, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

About this center

Licensed capacity 70 children
License type Child care center (single license, multiple age groups)
License status Licensed
Licensed since Jun 13, 2025
Licensee Ascension Evangelical Lutheran Church Of San Diego
Administrator Christine Alderman
Phone (619) 582-2699
State facility # 376105202
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Common questions

Has Ascension Montessori Children's Center had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

How much does Ascension Montessori Children's Center cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Ascension Montessori Children's Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes San Diego, was $1,462 a month for infants (about $1,840 today), $1,013 a month for preschoolers (about $1,280 today) and $800 a month for school-age children (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Ascension Montessori Children's Center?

The licensee is Ascension Evangelical Lutheran Church Of San Diego, and the administrator listed with the state is Christine Alderman.

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 376105202 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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