Carmel Mountain Preschool · Child Care Center, San Diego

9510 Carmel Mountain Rd, San Diego, CA 92129 · San Diego County

Child care center (single license, multiple age groups)

Carmel Mountain Preschool is a licensed child care center in San Diego, CA, licensed for up to 271 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 historyCalifornia has inspected this center 0 times since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.

0Type A citations

0Type B citations

0Inspections

0 of 0Complaints substantiated

0 citations from 2 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected —

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

About this center

Licensed capacity271 children

License typeChild care center (single license, multiple age groups)

License statusLicensed

Licensed sinceNov 10, 2025

LicenseeCarmel Mtn. Preschool

AdministratorDonna Taconi

Phone(858) 484-4877

State facility #376105219

Common questions

Has Carmel Mountain Preschool had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

How much does Carmel Mountain Preschool cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Carmel Mountain Preschool 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 Carmel Mountain Preschool?

The licensee is Carmel Mtn. Preschool, and the administrator listed with the state is Donna Taconi.

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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 376105219 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.