Nha Mercado Head Start Family Focused Center
Nha Mercado Head Start Family Focused Center is a licensed child care center in San Diego, CA, licensed for up to 40 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1995. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 307 centers in San Diego and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Nha Mercado Head Start Family Focused Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Nha Mercado Head Start Family Focused Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Nha Mercado Head Start Family Focused Center compare with other daycares in San Diego?
It is tied for #1 of 307 centers in San Diego by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Nha Mercado Head Start Family Focused Center last inspected?
Nov 4, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Nha Mercado Head Start Family Focused Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Nha Mercado Head Start Family Focused Center 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 Nha Mercado Head Start Family Focused Center?
The licensee is Neighborhood House Association, and the administrator listed with the state is Patricia Medico.
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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 376600151 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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