El Centro Early Learning Center · Child Care Center, El Centro
El Centro Early Learning Center is a licensed child care center in El Centro, CA, licensed for up to 264 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2025. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
Inspection record
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Based on interviews, the Licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that the personal rights of C1 occurred as Staff S1 had physical contact with C1 to prevent him from running and hurting himself and any other children.
About this center
Common questions
Has El Centro Early Learning Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
When was El Centro Early Learning Center last inspected?
Jun 10, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does El Centro Early Learning Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask El Centro Early Learning Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Imperial County, which includes El Centro, was $1,156 a month for infants (about $1,460 today), $725 a month for preschoolers (about $910 today) and $700 a month for school-age children (about $880 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs El Centro Early Learning Center?
The licensee is Southwest California Volunteer Of America, and the administrator listed with the state is Wendy Marquez.
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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 136608124 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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