KinderCare Jamacha Preschool
KinderCare Jamacha Preschool is a licensed child care center in El Cajon, CA, licensed for up to 96 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1997. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 5 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #17 of 39 centers in El Cajon and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers.
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Licensee states has hired 4 new teachers and 1 aid. Director states will provide enrollment lists and staff schedule for each class that shows adequate staffing for all classrooms at all times of day no later than close of business 7/27/23. Director states will in future abide by teacher child ratios. Based upon interviews and review of Name to Face sign in sheets, it was determined that the facility operated preschool classrooms with a ratio of more than 12 children per one teacher for between 2 and 152 minutes on 5/1/23, 5/3/23, 5/4/23, 5/8/23, 5/9/23 and 6/12/23 which posed an immediate health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on observation the LIcensee did not comply with the regulation above as toilets had brown rings, debris was caked on fauctes, floors had debris, and windows were smudged with dirt which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Complaint investigations
Staff are operating over ratio
Facility is not kept clean
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Common questions
Does KinderCare Jamacha Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has KinderCare Jamacha Preschool had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jul 26, 2023, for teacher-child ratio. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about KinderCare Jamacha Preschool?
California investigated 5 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does KinderCare Jamacha Preschool compare with other daycares in El Cajon?
It is tied for #17 of 39 centers in El Cajon by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was KinderCare Jamacha Preschool last inspected?
Aug 12, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does KinderCare Jamacha Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask KinderCare Jamacha Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes El Cajon, was $1,013 a month for preschoolers (about $1,280 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs KinderCare Jamacha Preschool?
The licensee is Kindercare Learning Centers LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Lindsay N Sweet.
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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 376600329 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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