St. Patrick Preschool
St. Patrick Preschool is a licensed child care center in San Diego, CA, licensed for up to 29 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2012. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for health & medication (2 of 3). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #186 of 307 centers in San Diego and better than 24% of licensed centers statewide.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in medication for Child 1 (C1) did not have label directors as prescirbed by the child's physician poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in Staff 2 (S2) did not have immunization records for Perussis on file which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in Staff 1 (S1) did not have units in child/family/community which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
About this center
Common questions
Does St. Patrick Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has St. Patrick Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 3 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about St. Patrick Preschool?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does St. Patrick Preschool compare with other daycares in San Diego?
It is tied for #186 of 307 centers in San Diego by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 24% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was St. Patrick Preschool last inspected?
Dec 18, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does St. Patrick Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask St. Patrick Preschool 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 St. Patrick Preschool?
The licensee is Diocese Of San Diego Education And Welfare Corp., and the administrator listed with the state is Esther McGurk.
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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 376700882 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.