Menlo Park · Licensed center
University Heights Children's Center
At a glance
- Small Montessori center, licensed for 29 children.
- Hours 7:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week.
- Run by the person who holds the license.
From their website, read July 2026:
“In our Montessori Twos classroom, UHM has approximately a 1:4 teacher to student ratio.”
“In our Montessori Preschool classrooms, UHM implements approximately a 1:6 to 1:8 student to teacher ratio.”
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 5 licensing inspections since October 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Dec 1, 2025Nothing cited
- Nov 19, 2025Nothing cited
- Oct 10, 2025Nothing cited
- May 2, 2024Nothing cited
- Oct 18, 2022Nothing 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
- December 1, 2025
- On file
- 5 visits since October 2022 — 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.
A day here
7:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week
Outdoors, sleep and schedule
- Outdoors
- 45-minute outdoor recess daily for all students in both Montessori Preschool classrooms
- Sleep
- PM program includes ~15 minutes of quiet story time followed by ~2 hours of nap time for napping students
- Schedule
- Full-week (5 days/week) or part-week (3 days/week) for Montessori Twos; full-week (5 days/week) only for Montessori Preschool
How they teach
Montessori
“Both classrooms offer a true Montessori curriculum that is engaging and exciting for all students.”
Details
- Phone
- (650) 854-6993
- Address
- 2060 Avy Avenue, Menlo Park, 94025
- License
- 410518206
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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.
Children per adult
- Children per adult — Checked July 2026 uhmcc.com
How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 uhmcc.com
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
A day here
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website — Checked July 2026 uhmcc.com
- Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 uhmcc.com
- Who runs it — Checked November 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 30 children. Medium is 31 to 75; large is 76 to 312.