San Jose · Licensed center
Tulip Kids Academy
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 58 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 1 of its 6 licensing inspections since August 2021.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jul 13, 2026Nothing cited
Apr 25, 20251 citation
WD 101700(b)Type B
“(b) All licensed Child Care Centers operating in buildings constructed before January 1, 2010, shall test their water for lead pursuant to these written directives. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview, and record review director was not able to provide lead test results which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
WD 101700(b)
- Mar 27, 2025Nothing cited
- Nov 7, 2024Nothing cited
- Nov 4, 2021Nothing cited
- Aug 25, 2021Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 6 inspections. Bay Area centers inspected 6 times split three ways: 17% had fewer, 35% the same, and 48% more (252 centers).
How all 252 Bay Area centers inspected 6 times compare
Of the 252 Bay Area centers the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None17%
- 1 of 635%This center
- 2 of 631%
- 3 of 612%
- 4 of 66%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- July 13, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since August 2021 — 5 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type B —
(b) All licensed Child Care Centers operating in buildings constructed before January 1, 2010, shall test their water for lead pursuant to these written directives. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview, and record review director was not able to provide lead test results which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
· April 25, 2025
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.
Apr 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · April 25, 2025
WD 101700(b) · Type B
(b) All licensed Child Care Centers operating in buildings constructed before January 1, 2010, shall test their water for lead pursuant to these written directives. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview, and record review director was not able to provide lead test results which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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) 483-8941
- Address
- 6097 Cottle Road, San Jose, 95123
- License
- 434416978
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.
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 ccld.dss.ca.gov
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.