Palo Alto · Licensed center
Covenant Children's Center
At a glance
- Medium play-based center, licensed for 75 children.
- Hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 5 days a week, year round.
- Tuition Infant $3,875, preschool $2,675 a month, full time. See costs
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
From their website, read July 2026:
“Infants (Rm 3) - Ratio 1:2”
“One Year Olds (Rm 1) - Ratio 1:3”
“Two Year Olds (Rm 4) - Ratio 1:5”
“Preschool (3-5 Year Olds - Rm, 5, 6 & 7) - Ratio 1:6 to 1:8”
“Ratio: 1 teacher to 2 infants”
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 5 licensing inspections under this license since March 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Oct 5, 2026Nothing cited
- Apr 4, 2025Nothing cited
- Jan 23, 2024Nothing cited
- Mar 16, 2023Nothing cited
- Mar 22, 2022Nothing cited
The state cited no rules at any of this center's 5 inspections under this license. Most Bay Area centers inspected 5 times had at least one: 71% of 457.
How all 457 Bay Area centers inspected 5 times compare
Of the 457 Bay Area centers the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None29%This center
- 1 of 535%
- 2 of 523%
- 3 of 59%
- 4 of 54%
- All 5under 1%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- October 5, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since March 2022 — all of them cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Nothing was cited under this license, so there is nothing to correct. The other license at this address keeps its own record.
- Most serious
- Nothing was cited at any visit on file under this license. The other license at this address keeps its own record.
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
Covenant Children's CenterMost Bay Area prices (middle 80%)
Monthly, full time. The band is the middle 80% of Bay Area full-time prices for that age; 10 infant and 36 preschool programs publish one.
- Application fee
- $200
A day here
8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 5 days a week, year round
Meals, schedule and closed
- Meals
- Nut-free meals/snacks; no nut products or foods containing nuts served
- Schedule
- Full-time (40+ hours/week) and part-time (30 hours/week)
- Closed
- 8 holidays and breaks a year
Dates
Labor Day, Thanksgiving Break (Wed-Fri), Winter Break (Christmas Eve to New Year's Day), MLK Jr. Observed Birthday, President's Day, Memorial Day, Summer Break (week around 4th of July), Staff In-Service (usually August)
How they teach
Play-based
“We provide a variety of learning experiences through play as well as the curriculum that supports and nurtures all areas of a child's development from social-emotional and cognitive skills to early literacy and math concepts to an understanding of science.”
Policies
- Biting
- No-tolerance biting policy for preschool age; first bite gets a warning, repeat biters sent home
Details
- Phone
- (650) 493-9505
- Address
- 670 East Meadow Drive, Palo Alto, 94306
- License
- 434413042
The state licenses this address more than once, to the same licensee.
The infant-center license is published separately, with its own license and its own inspection record:
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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.
Children per adult
- Children per adult — Checked July 2026 covenantchildrenscenter.com/Tuition-Rates.html
- Children per adult — Checked July 2026 covenantchildrenscenter.com/infant-care.html
How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 covenantchildrenscenter.com/About-Us.html
What it costs
- Infant, Preschool, Application fee — Checked July 2026 covenantchildrenscenter.com/Tuition-Rates.html
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
A day here
- Meals, Closed — Checked July 2026 covenantchildrenscenter.com/About-Us.html
- Hours, Calendar — Checked July 2026 covenantchildrenscenter.com/Tuition-Rates.html
- Schedule — Checked July 2026 covenantchildrenscenter.com/Enrollment-Forms.html
Policies
- Biting — Checked July 2026 covenantchildrenscenter.com/About-Us.html
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website — Checked July 2026 covenantchildrenscenter.com
- Who runs it — Checked November 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
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.