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El Centro Early Learning Center

1950 North Imperial Avenue, El Centro, CA 92243 · Imperial County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of May 29, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

El Centro Early Learning Center was a licensed child care center in El Centro, CA, licensed for up to 264 children. Its license closed around May 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time, and issued 2 citations, 2 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

2Type A citations
0Type B citations
1Inspections
0 of 0Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Nov 7, 2024 · Inspection · no citationMar 12, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation foundOct 10, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citationOct 7, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citationJun 23, 2022 · Report/investigation · citation foundDec 21, 2021 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Supervision2

Citations, newest first

Type AMar 12, 2024Case management visit (incident)Supervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)
Based on record review, interviews and video footage, the facility staff did not comply with the section cited above, as a child was left unsupervised for 8 minutes in the facility restroom during the transition to the playground. A teacher from another classroom found the child unsupervised, which poses an immediate health, safety, and personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Mar 13, 2024
Type AJun 23, 2022Case management visit (incident)Supervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)
Based on interviews and record reviews, the staff did not provide care and supervision of C1, when the child was left napping alone in the classroom, which poses an immediate Health and Safety risk to children in care.
Plan of correction due Jun 23, 2022

About this center

Licensed capacity264 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceJul 24, 2019
ClosedMay 29, 2025
LicenseeVolunteers Of America Southwest Ca
Last administratorWendy Marquez
State facility #136608107

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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 136608107 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.