Palo Alto · Licensed center
Challenger School-Middlefield
At a glance
- Large academic center, licensed for 198 children.
- Ages They list: Preschool through eighth grade.
- Hours 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 4 licensing inspections since June 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jul 16, 2026Nothing cited
- Oct 30, 2025Nothing cited
- Aug 29, 2024Nothing cited
- Jun 15, 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
- July 16, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since June 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.
A day here
7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Diapers and schedule
- Diapers
- Children must be potty-trained; diapers or training pants are not permitted at school
- Schedule
- Half-Day AM, Half-Day PM, and All-Day for Preschool; All-Day for Elementary; Extended Classtime AM/PM available
How they teach
Academic
“We also teach phonics, sentence diagramming, and penmanship—tried and true practices that other schools often neglect.”
Details
- Phone
- (650) 213-8245
- Address
- 3880 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, 94303
- License
- 434403575
- Ages they serve
- Preschool through eighth grade
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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 challengerschool.com
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
A day here
- Diapers challengerschool.com
- Hours, Schedule challengerschool.com
Details
- Phone, Address, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website challengerschool.com
- Ages they serve challengerschool.com
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.