San Mateo · Licensed center
Gazelle Developmental School
- Medium developmental center, licensed for 34 children.
- Run by the person who holds the license.
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.
Source for who runs it
ccld.dss.ca.govHow they teach
Developmental
“the Brithish Infant School model and Drs. Ilg and Ames at Yale's Gesell Institute of Human Development, were used as resources in the development our program”In their words, July 2026.gazellecreativelearningschool.org
One of 30 Bay Area providers that describe a developmental approach, out of 164 that describe any approach at all.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, 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 17, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since February 2022 — 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.
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).
A day here
- Hours
- 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, 3 days a week, year round
- Schedule
- half-day, with extended hours available
Details
- Address
- 770 N. El Camino Real
- License
- 414000350, active
- Established
- 1975
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 gazellecreativelearningschool.org
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
A day here
- Hours, Schedule — Checked July 2026 gazellecreativelearningschool.org
- Calendar — Checked July 2026 gazellecreativelearningschool.org
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website — Checked July 2026 gazellecreativelearningschool.org
- Established — Checked July 2026 gazellecreativelearningschool.org
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov