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Stanford West Children's Center

What these mean, and where they come from

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.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 0 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
January 14, 2026
On file
5 visits since August 2022 — all of them cited nothing
Fixed?
Nothing was cited under this license, so there is nothing to correct. The other license at this address keeps its own record.
Most serious
Nothing was cited at any visit on file under this license. The other license at this address keeps its own record.

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.

Jan 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited
Oct 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jul 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jul 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
Aug 2022 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).

Details

(650) 723-8700

Address
625 Clark Way
License
435700745, active
Ownership
For-profitSource: ccld.dss.ca.gov

The state licenses this address more than once, to the same licensee.

The infant-center license is published separately, with its own license and its own inspection record:

Stanford West Children's Center

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