Palo Alto · Licensed center
Bowman School Children's House
At a glance
- Medium Montessori center, licensed for 60 children.
- Hours 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., year round.
- Tuition $4,069 a month, full time; the age it is for isn’t stated. See costs
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 4 licensing inspections since April 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Oct 10, 2025Nothing cited
- Sep 5, 2024Nothing cited
- Jul 13, 2023Nothing cited
- Apr 21, 2023Nothing cited
The state cited no rules at any of this center's 4 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 4 times had at least one: 59% of 569.
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%This center
- 1 of 438%
- 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 10, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since April 2023 — all of them cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
- Most serious
- Nothing was cited at any visit on file.
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.
What it costs
From $4,069 a month
Bay Area comparison hidden until they say which age this price is for.
A day here
7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., year round
Schedule
- Schedule
- Full-day
How they teach
Montessori
“we embrace the challenge of equipping the next generation through an individualized, integrated, hands-on approach based on proven Montessori methods of learning and development”
Details
- Phone
- (650) 493-4111
- Address
- 693 Arastradero, Palo Alto, 94306
- License
- 435700719
- Established
- 1995
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies, and who owns it. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
All checked July 2026.
How they teach
- Approach bowmanschool.org
What it costs
- Monthly tuition bowmanschool.org
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
A day here
- Hours, Calendar, Schedule bowmanschool.org
Details
- Phone, Address, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website bowmanschool.org
- Ages they serve bowmanschool.org
- Established bowmanschool.org
Medium means the middle half of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 31 to 75 children. Small is 8 to 30; large is 76 to 312.