Palo Alto · Licensed center
Bowman School
At a glance
- Large center, licensed for 120 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 its 1 licensing inspection, in October 2025.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Oct 14, 2025Nothing cited
The state cited no rules at this center's 1 inspection. Most Bay Area centers inspected once had the same: 98% of 215.
How all 215 Bay Area centers inspected once compare
Of the 215 Bay Area centers the state inspected once, whether that inspection cited a rule:
- No98%This center
- Yes2%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- October 14, 2025
- On file
- 1 visit, October 2025 — it 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.
Details
- Phone
- (650) 702-0978
- Address
- 3801 East Bayshore Rd, Palo Alto, 94303
- License
- 435700792
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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, Who runs it 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.