Atherton · Licensed center
Menlo School Child Care Center
At a glance
- Small developmental center, licensed for 30 children.
- Ages They list: infancy to five years old.
- Hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 5 days a week.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 3 licensing inspections under this license since April 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Apr 10, 2025Nothing cited
- Aug 14, 2024Nothing cited
- Apr 27, 2023Nothing cited
The state cited no rules at any of this center's 3 inspections under this license. 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
- April 10, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since April 2023 — 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.
A day here
7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 5 days a week
How they teach
Developmental and play-based
“A caring and experienced staff offers a play-based curriculum in a vibrant facility on the School campus.”
Details
- Phone
- (650) 330-2001
- Address
- 50 Valparaiso Avenue, Atherton, 94027
- License
- 414001220
- Ages they serve
- Infancy to five years old
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:
Menlo School Child Care CenterWe couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, cost, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 menloschool.org
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
A day here
- Hours — Checked July 2026 menloschool.org
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website — Checked July 2026 menloschool.org
- Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 menloschool.org
- Who runs it — Checked November 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 30 children. Medium is 31 to 75; large is 76 to 312.