How many daycares are in Palo Alto, CA?

There are 150 licensed daycares in Palo Alto, California, including 116 child care centers and 34 family child care homes.

How many daycares in Palo Alto have clean inspection records?

38 of 150 daycares in Palo Alto have zero citations on their inspection record.

How often are daycares in Palo Alto inspected?

California CCLD typically inspects licensed childcare facilities annually or following a complaint. 17 facilities in Palo Alto were inspected in the last 90 days.

What types of child care are available in Palo Alto?

Palo Alto has 116 child care centers (CCC) - facility-based programs typically serving larger groups, and 34 family child care homes (FCC) - home-based programs licensed to care for up to 14 children.

What do Serious and Procedural tags mean on Palo Alto daycares?

California CCLD inspections classify citations by severity. Serious (Type A) citations are violations that pose immediate risk to the health and safety of children. Procedural (Type B) citations are recordkeeping or process violations that don't pose immediate risk. Facilities with no citations on record carry a Clean record tag.

Palo Alto child care

Daycares in Palo Alto, CA

Inspection records, citations, and last-visit dates for every licensed facility, sourced from CCLD public records.

Licensed facilities

150^*CCLD

Clean records: 38^*CCLD

SOURCE

*CCLD: California Community Care Licensing Divisionchild_care_facilities2026-05-05Updated weekly

Addison Kid's Club
650 Addison Ave.
Minor2025-03-17
Alvarez Falconi, Karla
Unavailable
Minor2025-08-28infants
Yissela Alvarez
Unavailable
Clean record2025-01-31infants
Amigos De Palo Alto
1611 Stanford Avenue
Minor2026-04-23
Johana Barrenechea
Unavailable
Serious2025-02-18infants
Barron Park Childrens Center
800 Barron Avenue
Serious2025-02-06
Barron Park Kids' Club
800 Barron Ave.
Serious2026-03-05
Barron Park Playschool
3650 La Donna Avenue
Clean record2026-04-22
Besse Bolton Kids Club
500 East Meadow
Clean record2026-03-05
Bowman School
3801 East Bayshore Rd
Clean record2025-10-14
Bowman School Children's House
693 Arastradero
Clean record2025-10-10
Bright Horizons Palo Alto Square
3000 El Camino Real #3-110
Clean record2025-02-18
Bright Horizons Palo Alto Square
3000 El Camino Real #3-110
Clean record2025-02-18
Bright Horizons Palo Alto Square
3000 El Camino Real #3-110
Clean record2025-02-18
Building Kidz of Palo Alto
415 Lambert Ave
Clean record2025-07-28
Building Kidz School
569 San Antonio Road
Serious2025-10-23
Campero, Luis & Lopez, Karla
Unavailable
Minor2025-04-24infants
Casa Dei Bambini School
463 College Avenue
Serious2025-02-19
Challenger School-middlefield
3880 Middlefield Rd
Clean record2025-10-30
Mahjabin Chekeni
Unavailable
Serious2026-03-11infants
The Children's Pre-school Center
4000 Middlefield Road T-1
Serious2026-03-11
The Children's Pre-school Center
4000 Middlefield Road T-1
Serious2026-03-11
Club J at the Oshman Family Jcc
3921 Fabian Way
Serious2025-04-11
College Terrace Children's Center
2300 Wellesley Street
Clean record2025-10-31
Cornerstone Mandarin Chinese Immersion School
4243 Manuela Avenue
Serious2026-01-08
Corona Heredia, Oscar
Unavailable
Minor2025-03-20infants
Corona, Esther & Chakmakchi, Mohamed
Unavailable
Clean record2024-12-04infants
Country Day Little School
3990 Ventura Court
Minor2026-04-23
Covenant Children's Center
670 East Meadow Drive
Clean record2025-04-04
Covenant Children's Center
670 East Meadow Drive
Clean record2025-04-04
Downtown Children's Ctr
555 Waverley Street
Clean record2025-11-04
Downtown Children's Ctr
555 Waverley Street
Minor2025-04-14
Duveneck Kids' Club
705 Alester Avenue
Clean record2026-04-21
Niiara Dzhylialova
Unavailable
Serious2026-01-21infants
Edgewood House Preschool Llc
493 W. Charleston Road
Minor2026-01-08
El Carmelo Kids Club
3024 Bryant Street
Clean record2025-03-28
Ellen Thacher Children's Center
505 East Charleston Road
Minor2026-03-05
Escondido Kid's Club
890 Escondido Rd
Clean record2025-01-17
First Congregational Church Nursery School
1985 Louis Road
Minor2025-03-20
Maybeline Gaspay
Unavailable
Minor2025-10-06infants
Grace Lutheran Preschool
3149 Waverley Street
Serious2025-05-19
Headsup! Child Development Center
2800 West Bayshore Road
Clean record2026-04-24
Headsup! Child Development Center
2800 West Bayshore Road
Serious2025-10-17
Hearts and Hands Christian Childcare & Preschool
701 East Meadow Drive
Clean record2025-11-05
Heffalump School
3990 Ventura Court
Minor2025-10-31
Heredia Anton, Maria
Unavailable
Clean record2026-04-29infants
Hernandez, Maria Del Pilar
Unavailable
Minor2026-04-23infants
Hoover Kids' Club
445 East Charleston Road
Clean record2026-01-15
Hope Technology School - Preschool Program
2525 East Bayshore Road
Clean record2026-04-21
Shuhuan Hsu
Unavailable
Minor2025-09-18infants

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