Grossmont College Child Development Center · Infant Center, El Cajon
Grossmont College Child Development Center is a licensed child care center in El Cajon, CA, licensed for up to 16 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 1999. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #14 of 39 centers in El Cajon and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in two out of 10 children's files (C3 and C5) did not contain medical assessments. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Grossmont College Child Development Center take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Grossmont College Child Development Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does Grossmont College Child Development Center compare with other daycares in El Cajon?
It is tied for #14 of 39 centers in El Cajon 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 Grossmont College Child Development Center last inspected?
Feb 19, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Grossmont College Child Development Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Grossmont College Child Development Center 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) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Grossmont College Child Development Center?
The licensee is Grossmont-cuyamaca Community College District, and the administrator listed with the state is Maura Mehrian.
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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 376600529 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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