Menlo Park · Licensed center
Mpcsd Early Learning Center - Oak Knoll Site
At a glance
- Medium play-based center, licensed for 48 children.
- Hours 7:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week.
- Tuition Toddler $3,980, preschool $3,100 a month, full time. See costs
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 4 licensing inspections since August 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Dec 2, 2025Nothing cited
- Aug 20, 2024Nothing cited
- Aug 7, 2023Nothing cited
- Aug 25, 2022Nothing cited
The state cited no rules at any of this center's 4 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 4 times had at least one: 59% of 569.
How all 569 Bay Area centers inspected 4 times compare
Of the 569 Bay Area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None41%This center
- 1 of 438%
- 2 of 415%
- 3 of 46%
- All 41%
Read every record and the state’s reports
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.
What it costs
Mpcsd Early Learning Center - Oak Knoll SiteMost Bay Area prices (middle 80%)
Monthly, full time. The band is the middle 80% of Bay Area full-time prices for that age; 16 toddler and 36 preschool programs publish one.
- Half day (morning)
- $2,580 to $3,200 a month
- Deposit
- $1,500, not refundable
A day here
7:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week
Schedule
- Schedule
- Full-Day, School-Day, Part-Day
How they teach
Play-based
“The curriculum will prepare children for school through a creative, developmentally appropriate, child-centered, play-based program.”
Details
- Phone
- (650) 463-1236
- Address
- 1895 Oak Knoll Lane, Menlo Park, 94025
- License
- 414004568
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies, and who owns it. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
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.
All checked July 2026.
How they teach
- Approach earlylearning.mpcsd.org
What it costs
- Toddler, Preschool, Second price, Deposit earlylearning.mpcsd.org
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
A day here
- Hours earlylearning.mpcsd.org
- Schedule earlylearning.mpcsd.org
Details
- Phone, Address, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website earlylearning.mpcsd.org
- Ages they serve earlylearning.mpcsd.org
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.