Poway Unified School District-deer Canyon

13455 Russet Leaf Lane, San Diego, CA 92129 · San Diego County

Child care center (preschool)

Poway Unified School District-deer Canyon is a licensed child care center in San Diego, CA, licensed for up to 24 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.

Inspection record

Not enough historyCalifornia has inspected this center 1 time since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.

0Type A citations

0Type B citations

1Inspections

0 of 0Complaints substantiated

0 citations from 2 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Sep 11, 2025

Every state visit

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

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

About this center

Licensed capacity24 children

License typeChild care center (preschool)

License statusLicensed

Licensed sinceAug 11, 2023

LicenseePoway Unified School District

AdministratorKerrie Ganley

Phone(858) 248-7507

State facility #376105136

Common questions

Does Poway Unified School District-deer Canyon take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has Poway Unified School District-deer Canyon had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

When was Poway Unified School District-deer Canyon last inspected?

Sep 11, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Poway Unified School District-deer Canyon cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Poway Unified School District-deer Canyon 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 Poway Unified School District-deer Canyon?

The licensee is Poway Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Kerrie Ganley.

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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 376105136 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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