Atherton · Licensed center
Menlo School Child Care Center
- Small developmental center, licensed for 30 children.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 3 licensing inspections under this license since April 2023.
Of the 92 Bay Area centers with 3 licensing inspections, 54% had no rules cited at any of them, as this center did. 2% had rules cited at all 3.
Licensing inspections
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- April 10, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since April 2023 — all of them cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Nothing was cited under this license, so there is nothing to correct. The other license at this address keeps its own record.
- Most serious
- Nothing was cited at any visit on file under this license. The other license at this address keeps its own record.
California CDSS publishes the full investigation narrative for a complaint, including its disposition, and classifies a citation Type A — an immediate risk to a child — or Type B.
Openings, child care subsidies, cost, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
How they teach
Developmental and play-based
“A caring and experienced staff offers a play-based curriculum in a vibrant facility on the School campus.”
A day here
- Hours
- 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM, 5 days a week
Details
- Website
- menloschool.org
- Address
- 50 Valparaiso Avenue
- License
- 414001220, active
- Ages they serve
- infancy to five years old
The state licenses this address more than once, to the same licensee.
The infant-center license is published separately, with its own license and its own inspection record:
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 menloschool.org
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
A day here
- Hours — Checked July 2026 menloschool.org
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website — Checked July 2026 menloschool.org
- Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 menloschool.org
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 30 children. Medium is 31 to 75; large is 76 to 312.