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Genius Kids Santa Teresa

At a glance

  • Medium center, licensed for 75 children.
  • Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.

What the state has found

The state cited no rules at any of its 3 licensing inspections since March 2025.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Jun 30, 2026Nothing cited
  • Oct 1, 2025Nothing cited
  • Mar 25, 2025Nothing cited

The state cited no rules at any of this center's 3 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 3 times had the same: 51% of 568.

How all 568 Bay Area centers inspected 3 times compare

Of the 568 Bay Area centers the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None51%This center
  • 1 of 334%
  • 2 of 312%
  • All 33%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
June 30, 2026
On file
3 visits since March 2025 — all of them cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
Most serious
Type A — (a) The Licensee shall provide care and supervision… meet the children’s needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time…Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement is not met as evidence by: Based on observation, records review and interviews, Child C1 and Child C2 were left unsupervised in a classroom which posed an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to person in care. · September 8, 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.

Jun 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited
Oct 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Aug 2025 Complaint Substantiated

Complaint · August 29, 2025

CCR 101229(a)(1) · Type A

(a) The Licensee shall provide care and supervision… meet the children’s needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time…Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement is not met as evidence by: Based on observation, records review and interviews, Child C1 and Child C2 were left unsupervised in a classroom which posed an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to person in care.

State report

Mar 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited

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Details

Phone
(408) 224-8890
Address
7132 Santa Teresa Blvd, San Jose, 95139
License
434417457

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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

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.

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