Palo Alto · Licensed center
Stanford West Children's Center
- Large center, licensed for 90 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 5 licensing inspections under this license since August 2022.
Of the 98 Bay Area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 20% had no rules cited at any of them, as this center did.
Licensing inspections
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- January 14, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since August 2022 — 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, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Address
- 625 Clark Way
- License
- 435700745, active
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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State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
Large means the biggest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 76 to 312 children. Small is 8 to 30; medium is 31 to 75.