Palo Alto · Licensed center
Country Day Little School
- Medium center, licensed for 40 children.
What these mean, and where they come from
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.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 0 of 4 cited something
Bay Area centers: the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits.
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- April 23, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since June 2022 — all of them cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
- Most serious
- Type B —
101161 Limitations on Capacity: (a) A licensee shall not operate a child care center beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license, including the capacity limitation. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as a staff's child under the age of 2 was occasionally present at the facility, which poses a potential health, safety, and/or personal rights risk to persons in care.
· March 13, 2025
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.
Mar 2025 Complaint
Complaint · March 10, 2025
CCR 101161(a) · Type B
101161 Limitations on Capacity: (a) A licensee shall not operate a child care center beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license, including the capacity limitation. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as a staff's child under the age of 2 was occasionally present at the facility, which poses a potential health, safety, and/or personal rights risk to persons in care.
How the comparison is built
Routine visits: across Bay Area centers, the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits (2,260 visits).
Details
- Website
- countrydaylittleschool.com
- Address
- 3990 Ventura Court
- License
- 434400049, active
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Details
- Phone, Address, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website countrydaylittleschool.com