The Woods Montessori
The Woods Montessori is a licensed child care center in La Mesa, CA, licensed for up to 27 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2026. 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.
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Common questions
Has The Woods Montessori had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How much does The Woods Montessori cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask The Woods Montessori for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes La Mesa, was $1,462 a month for infants (about $1,840 today), $1,013 a month for preschoolers (about $1,280 today) and $800 a month for school-age children (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs The Woods Montessori?
The licensee is The Woods Montessori Preschool, and the administrator listed with the state is Laura Valdez-o.
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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 376701611 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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