Little Sprouts Academy

6690 Mission Gorge Rd #R,s,t,q, San Diego, CA 92120 · San Diego County

ClosedChild care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Feb 11, 2022. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Little Sprouts Academy was a licensed child care center in San Diego, CA, licensed for up to 80 children. Its license closed around February 2022. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 0 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 substantiated, and issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations

1Type B citations

0Inspections

0 of 1Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Caregiver conduct1

Citations, newest first

Type BFeb 3, 2022Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct

Personal rights §101223(a)(3)

The director states she will conduct a meeting to train staff on personal rights. The director will send a copy of the meeting agenda and staff sign in sheet to LPA via email by

Plan of correction due Feb 24, 2022

Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedFeb 3, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Nov 9, 2021

The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity80 children

License typeChild care center (preschool)

License statusClosed

Licensed sinceJan 18, 2013

ClosedFeb 11, 2022

LicenseeLittle Sprouts Academy INC.

Last administratorSarah Esendencia

State facility #376700962

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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 376700962 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.