Oakland · Licensed center
Boulevard Academy
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 14 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 1 of its 4 licensing inspections since September 2023.
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Licensing inspections
- Oct 22, 2025Nothing cited
- Oct 10, 2024Nothing cited
- Oct 16, 2023Nothing cited
Sep 6, 20231 citation
HSC 1596.16(a)(1)Type B
“(1) A licensed child day care center... constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have its drinking water tested for lead contamination levels on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than January 1, 2023, and every five years after the date of the initial test. This requirement is not met as evidence by: Based on interview and record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring the day care center water was tested for lead prior to the deadline of 01/01/2023.”
HSC 1596.16(a)(1)
The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 4 inspections. Bay Area centers inspected 4 times split three ways: 41% had fewer, 38% the same, and 21% more (569 centers).
How all 569 Bay Area centers inspected 4 times compare
Of the 569 Bay Area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None41%
- 1 of 438%This center
- 2 of 415%
- 3 of 46%
- All 41%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- October 22, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since September 2023 — 3 cited nothing
- 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.
Sep 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · September 6, 2023
HSC 1596.16(a)(1) · Type B
(1) A licensed child day care center... constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have its drinking water tested for lead contamination levels on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than January 1, 2023, and every five years after the date of the initial test. This requirement is not met as evidence by: Based on interview and record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring the day care center water was tested for lead prior to the deadline of 01/01/2023.
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Details
- Phone
- (510) 832-0132
- Address
- 468 Boulevard Way, Oakland, 94610
- License
- 013423117
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Sources and dates
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All checked November 2026.
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License 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.