Children's Choice Academy - El Cajon
Children's Choice Academy - El Cajon is a licensed child care center in El Cajon, CA, licensed for up to 70 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2024. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it once. 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.
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Has Children's Choice Academy - El Cajon had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
When was Children's Choice Academy - El Cajon last inspected?
Jun 25, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Children's Choice Academy - El Cajon cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Children's Choice Academy - El Cajon for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes El Cajon, 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 Children's Choice Academy - El Cajon?
The licensee is Children's Choice Academy, INC, and the administrator listed with the state is Kayla Thomas.
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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 376105160 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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