Central Elementary State Preschool
Central Elementary State Preschool is a licensed child care center in San Diego, CA, licensed for up to 48 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 307 centers in San Diego and tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Central Elementary State Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Central Elementary State Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Central Elementary State Preschool compare with other daycares in San Diego?
It is tied for #1 of 307 centers in San Diego by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations) (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Central Elementary State Preschool last inspected?
Mar 25, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Central Elementary State Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Central Elementary State Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes San Diego, was $1,013 a month for preschoolers (about $1,280 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Central Elementary State Preschool?
The licensee is San Diego Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Santos Gonzalez.
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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 376701552 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.