Grow Smart Academy
Grow Smart Academy is a licensed child care center in San Diego, CA, licensed for up to 21 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2012. 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
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 out of 14 children present were not signed into the facility. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
About this center
Common questions
Does Grow Smart Academy take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Grow Smart Academy had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
When was Grow Smart Academy last inspected?
Oct 10, 2023. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Grow Smart Academy cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Grow Smart Academy for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes San Diego, was $1,013 a month for preschoolers (about $1,280 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Grow Smart Academy?
The licensee is Gsca, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Hunan Arshakian/Almas Gely.
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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 376700894 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.