Menlo Park · Licensed center
Mpcsd Early Learning Center - Oak Knoll Site
- Medium play-based center, licensed for 48 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.
How they teach
Play-based
“The curriculum will prepare children for school through a creative, developmentally appropriate, child-centered, play-based program.”In their words, July 2026.earlylearning.mpcsd.org
One of 82 Bay Area providers that describe a play-based approach, out of 164 that describe any approach at all.
Who cares for your child
Ratio not published
Two staff are named on their site, with no start years given.
What it costs
$3,980 a month for a toddler
Higher than 13 of 16 Bay Area providers that publish a full-time toddler price.
Higher than 28 of 36 Bay Area providers that publish a full-time preschool price.
Mpcsd Early Learning Center - Oak Knoll SiteMost Bay Area prices (middle 80%)
Scale $1,000 to $4,000 a month. Bay Area prices as of September 29, 2026. Half-day (morning) $2,580 to $3,200 a month. Deposit $1,500, not refundable. Prices from their website, July 2026.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: 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.
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State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- December 2, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since August 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
- 7:45 AM to 5:30 PM, 5 days a week
- Schedule
- Full-Day, School-Day, Part-Day
Details
- Website
- earlylearning.mpcsd.org
- Address
- 1895 Oak Knoll Lane
- License
- 414004568, active
- Ages they serve
- 2 years to 5 years old
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 earlylearning.mpcsd.org
Who cares for your child
- Staff earlylearning.mpcsd.org
What it costs
- Toddler, Preschool, Second price, Deposit — Checked July 2026 earlylearning.mpcsd.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 — Checked July 2026 earlylearning.mpcsd.org
- Schedule — Checked July 2026 earlylearning.mpcsd.org
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website — Checked July 2026 earlylearning.mpcsd.org
- Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 earlylearning.mpcsd.org