San Francisco · Licensed center
Big City Montessori School
At a glance
- Large center, licensed for 100 children.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 5 licensing inspections since July 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Sep 15, 2026Nothing cited
- Aug 5, 2025Nothing cited
- Oct 7, 2024Nothing cited
- Oct 16, 2023Nothing cited
- Jul 26, 2022Nothing cited
The state cited no rules at any of this center's 5 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 5 times had at least one: 71% of 457.
How all 457 Bay Area centers inspected 5 times compare
Of the 457 Bay Area centers the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None29%This center
- 1 of 535%
- 2 of 523%
- 3 of 59%
- 4 of 54%
- All 5under 1%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- September 15, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since July 2022 — all of them cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
- Most serious
- No finding carrying a severity level in the last 24 months.
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.
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Details
- Phone
- (415) 648-5777
- Address
- 240 Industrial Street, San Francisco, 94124
- License
- 380503028
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Sources and dates
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All checked November 2026.
State record
The state’s licensing transparency data reports 1 complaint-related visit(s) to this facility, while 0 complaint investigation report(s) are published on the transparency portal. State complaint counts: substantiated=0, inconclusive=0, unsubstantiated=1, unfounded=CONFIDENTIAL, Type A citations=0, Type B citations=0. The state publishes no further detail for the difference.
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License 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.