San Mateo · Licensed center
San Mateo-Foster City Schl Dist - Fiesta Gardens
- Medium center, licensed for 72 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.
Who cares for your child
Ratio not published
21 staff are named on their site, with no start years given.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, teaching approach, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 1 of 5 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
- March 5, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since September 2022 — 4 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.
May 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · May 24, 2024
HSC 1597.16(a)(1) · Type B
(1) 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 is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in failing to test for lead water before January 1st, 2023, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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
- 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Details
- Website
- fiestagardens.smfcsd.net
- Address
- 1001 Bermuda Drive
- License
- 414002925, active
- Established
- 1993
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Who cares for your child
- Staff fiestagardens.smfcsd.net
State record
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A day here
- Hours — Checked July 2026 fiestagardens.smfcsd.net
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website, Established — Checked July 2026 fiestagardens.smfcsd.net