Menlo Park · Licensed center

Phillips Brooks Nursery School

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.

Source for who runs it

ccld.dss.ca.gov

How they teach

Reggio Emilia–inspired and academic

“the academic program morphed from traditional to progressive with the Early Learning Center's transition to a program inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach”In their words, July 2026.phillipsbrooks.org

“the academic program morphed from traditional to progressive”In their words, July 2026.phillipsbrooks.org

One of 21 Bay Area providers that describe a Reggio Emilia approach, out of 164 that describe any approach at all.

Who cares for your child

Ratio not published

Jennifer Bohnen (Head of School) since 2025. Three other staff are named on their site, with no start years given.

Of 905 Bay Area providers, 29 publish how long a named staff member has been there; the longest tenure at each of those has a median of sixteen years.

What it costs

$3,256 a month for a preschooler

Preschool$3,256

Higher than 31 of 36 Bay Area providers that publish a full-time preschool price.

Phillips Brooks Nursery SchoolMost Bay Area prices (middle 80%)

Scale $1,000 to $4,000 a month. Bay Area prices as of September 29, 2026. 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: 1 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.

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
March 28, 2025
On file
4 visits since May 2023 — 3 cited nothing
Most serious
No finding carrying a severity level in the last 24 months.

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.

Mar 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Sep 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Mar 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · March 28, 2024

HSC 1597.16(a)(1) · Type B

A licensed child day care center, as defined in Section 1596.76, that is located in a building that was constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have its drinking water tested for lead contamination levels on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than January 1, 2023, and every five years after the date of the initial test This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on review of water site, facility tested on 4/6/23 which was after the deadline of 1/1/23. This posed a potential health and safety risk to children in care.

State report

May 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited

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
7:30 AM to 5:30 PM, school year

Details

(650) 854-4545

Website
phillipsbrooks.org
Address
2245 Avy Ave.
License
410503100, active
Established
1978

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What it costs

State record

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