East County Family YMCA Benchley
East County Family YMCA Benchley is a licensed child care center in San Diego, CA, licensed for up to 160 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 1996. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #99 of 307 centers in San Diego and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
… 1 Director stated that they held a staff meeting on 12/19/24 with all staff present. Agenda and staff sign-in were e-mailed to LPA Lane on 2/24/25. Director also stated they are having a teacher by the door in B-4 when children are in the room. LPA provided proof of correction at the visit. Based upon unusual incident report submitted by the facility and interviews with staff and parents, C1 was left unattended outside the classroom, by the library, for approximately 5 minutes or less which is a potential health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care.
About this center
Common questions
Does East County Family YMCA Benchley take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has East County Family YMCA Benchley had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does East County Family YMCA Benchley compare with other daycares in San Diego?
It is tied for #99 of 307 centers in San Diego by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was East County Family YMCA Benchley last inspected?
Oct 22, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does East County Family YMCA Benchley cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask East County Family YMCA Benchley for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes San Diego, was $800 a month for school-age children (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs East County Family YMCA Benchley?
The licensee is YMCA Of San Diego County, and the administrator listed with the state is Kaylene Shake.
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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 376600265 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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