Primrose Schools 4s Ranch
Primrose Schools 4s Ranch is a licensed child care center in San Diego, CA, licensed for up to 149 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2021. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 4 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 4 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for supervision (2 of 4). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #180 of 307 centers in San Diego and has more citations per inspection than 70% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on interviews and camera footage, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that Child #1 was left unattended for approximately 17 seconds without staff supervision which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in Pre-K2 room with an Aide (missing curriculum class) supervising 7 children and Preschool Room 2 with 16 children with a fully qualified teacher and 2 aide. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. 1 Director tated that she provide the Primrose face to name policy and procedure during today's inspection to staff members. She will be ordering safety gates for the preschool rooms that leads to the playground to ensure children's safety. This requirement is not met as evidence by: A 3 year old child was left without supervision at the playground on 2/7/2023 and a 2 year old child got out of the class onto the connected toddler playground and was returned to class by a toddler staff on 2/27/23. This poses a potential health and safety risk to clients in care. 8 Director will sumit the written plan of correction to LPA no later than 3/06/2023 that shows that she took the above corrections and submit pictures showing that the gates are installed by 03/08/2023. Facility has also hired additional staff members to ensure that the children's needs are met.
Based on interviews and review of relevant documentation, although extra staffing was in place, Child #1 was still bitten three times over a period of two weeks. This is not a safe or healthful environment and is a potential risk to the health and safey of children in care. 8 Licensee was also present and states that documentation will be submitted to licensing in addition to the current bite policy that will prevent this situation from reoccurring. The documentation will be sent to Licensing by 9/30.
Complaint investigations
Child left unattended.
About this center
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Common questions
Does Primrose Schools 4s Ranch take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Primrose Schools 4s Ranch had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 4 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Primrose Schools 4s Ranch?
California investigated 4 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Primrose Schools 4s Ranch compare with other daycares in San Diego?
It is tied for #180 of 307 centers in San Diego by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 70% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Primrose Schools 4s Ranch last inspected?
Feb 25, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Primrose Schools 4s Ranch cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Primrose Schools 4s Ranch 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 Primrose Schools 4s Ranch?
The licensee is Live, Love, Learn, LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Jessica Hewitt.
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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 376105046 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.