Skip to main content

San Jose · Licensed center

Scholars Academy

At a glance

  • Large center, licensed for 142 children.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 1 of its 2 licensing inspections since July 2025.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Aug 10, 20263 citations
    • CCR 101170(e)(1)Type A

      • “All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: (1) Obtain a California clearance or a criminal record exemption as required by the Department This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for one staf , S3 which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Director stated that they mistook the letter stating that staff fingerprints are submitted to mean that the staff's fingerprints were cleared.”

        CCR 101170(e)(1)

    • CCR 101226(e)(3)(A)Type B

      • “(3) Prescription medications may be administered if all of the following conditions are met: (A) Prescription medications shall be administered in accordance with the label directions as prescribed by the child's physician. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for 3 children which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. LPA observed that three children's medication has expired. LPA reminded Director that expired medication cannot be stored at the facility.”

        CCR 101226(e)(3)(A)

    • CCR 101229.1(b)Type B

      • “(b) The person who brings the child to, and removes the child from, the center shall sign the child in/out. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review and interview the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Per LPA's review of the sign in and out records, several children were observed to be missing signatures of authorized representatives on sign in and out logs. Some parents were observed to have included the sign in and out time but not their signatures.”

        CCR 101229.1(b)

  • Jul 15, 2025Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 2 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected twice had fewer: 64% of 362 had none cited.

How all 362 Bay Area centers inspected twice compare

Of the 362 Bay Area centers the state inspected twice, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None64%
  • 1 of 232%This center
  • Both4%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
August 10, 2026
On file
2 visits since July 2025 — 1 cited nothing
Most serious
Type A — All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: (1) Obtain a California clearance or a criminal record exemption as required by the Department This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for one staf , S3 which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Director stated that they mistook the letter stating that staff fingerprints are submitted to mean that the staff's fingerprints were cleared. · August 10, 2026

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.

Aug 2026 Licensing visit 3 findings

Licensing visit · August 10, 2026

CCR 101226(e)(3)(A) · Type B

(3) Prescription medications may be administered if all of the following conditions are met: (A) Prescription medications shall be administered in accordance with the label directions as prescribed by the child's physician. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for 3 children which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. LPA observed that three children's medication has expired. LPA reminded Director that expired medication cannot be stored at the facility.

CCR 101229.1(b) · Type B

(b) The person who brings the child to, and removes the child from, the center shall sign the child in/out. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review and interview the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Per LPA's review of the sign in and out records, several children were observed to be missing signatures of authorized representatives on sign in and out logs. Some parents were observed to have included the sign in and out time but not their signatures.

CCR 101170(e)(1) · Type A

All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: (1) Obtain a California clearance or a criminal record exemption as required by the Department This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for one staf , S3 which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Director stated that they mistook the letter stating that staff fingerprints are submitted to mean that the staff's fingerprints were cleared.

State report

Jul 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited

Shortlist replaces people’s names in the state’s text with initials. This is done by rule, not by hand, so it can miss a name or shorten a word that isn’t one. The state’s report, linked on each row, has the original.

Details

Phone
(408) 238-2500
Address
3703 Silver Creek Road, San Jose, 95121
License
434417272

We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, 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.

Run Scholars Academy? Correct or add anything here, free.
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 November 2026.

State record

From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.

Details

Large means the biggest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 76 to 312 children. Small is 8 to 30; medium is 31 to 75.

Watch