Menlo Park · Licensed center
Nativity School
A faith-based center in Menlo Park, licensed for 39 children. Care for a preschooler is $1,833 a month.
Medium center. 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
Faith-based
“Nativity School is committed to the teachings, values, and beliefs of the Catholic Church, while engaging and nurturing each student within a diverse learning community.”In their words. nativityschool.com, July 2026
One of 20 Bay Area providers that describe a faith-based approach, out of 164 that describe any approach at all.
Who cares for your child
Ratio not published
42 staff are named on their site, with no start years given.
What it costs
$1,833 a month for a preschooler
Bay Area comparison hidden until they say whether this is a full-time price.
Sibling discount: tuition reduction for families who enroll multiple children. Prices from their website, July 2026.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
The state lists 6 visits below. Shortlist has not read the reports behind them, so there is no share of visits that cited something to set beside other providers yet.
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- November 12, 2025
- On file
- 6 visits since August 2021
- Most serious
- Type B —
Every licensed child day care center shall have one or more carbon monoxide detectors in the facility that meet the standards established in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 13260) of Part 2 of Division 12. The department shall account for the presence of these detectors during inspections. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
· November 12, 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.
Nov 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · November 12, 2025
HSC 1596.954 · Type B
Every licensed child day care center shall have one or more carbon monoxide detectors in the facility that meet the standards established in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 13260) of Part 2 of Division 12. The department shall account for the presence of these detectors during inspections. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Details
- Phone
- (650) 325-7304
- Website
- nativityschool.com
- Address
- 1250 Laurel Street
- License
- 414004095, active
Do you run Nativity School? Shortlist has no hours, ratios or policies for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.
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.
How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 · nativityschool.com
Who cares for your child
- Staff — nativityschool.com
What it costs
- Preschool, Sibling discount — Checked July 2026 · nativityschool.com
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 · ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website — Checked July 2026 · nativityschool.com