Pleasanton · Licensed center
Shining Light Preschool
At a glance
- Large center, licensed for 76 children.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 5 licensing inspections since November 2021.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jan 8, 2026Nothing cited
- Sep 19, 2024Nothing cited
- Aug 17, 2023Nothing cited
- Aug 22, 2022Nothing cited
- Nov 1, 2021Nothing cited
The state cited no rules at any of this center's 5 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 5 times had at least one: 71% of 457.
How all 457 Bay Area centers inspected 5 times compare
Of the 457 Bay Area centers the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None29%This center
- 1 of 535%
- 2 of 523%
- 3 of 59%
- 4 of 54%
- All 5under 1%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- January 8, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since November 2021 — 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.
Details
- Phone
- (925) 846-2588
- Address
- 4455 Del Valle Parkway, Pleasanton, 94566
- License
- 013413946
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, and sick and biting policies. 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 November 2026.
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Who runs it ccld.dss.ca.gov
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.