Growing Minds Preschool & Childcare
Growing Minds Preschool & Childcare is a licensed child care center in Oceanside, CA, licensed for up to 30 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2024. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). 1 citation came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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, based on records review and interviews, facility tested over the Action Level Exceedance at 12, in one faucet in Classroom A. This poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to the children in care.
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Has Growing Minds Preschool & Childcare had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
When was Growing Minds Preschool & Childcare last inspected?
Dec 2, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Growing Minds Preschool & Childcare cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Growing Minds Preschool & Childcare for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes Oceanside, was $1,462 a month for infants (about $1,840 today), $1,013 a month for preschoolers (about $1,280 today) and $800 a month for school-age children (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Growing Minds Preschool & Childcare?
The licensee is Guillermina Martinez Hernandez, and the administrator listed with the state is Jessica Escobar.
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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 376301014 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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