Menlo Park · Licensed center
University Heights Children's Center
- Small Montessori center, licensed for 29 children.
- Run by the person who holds the license.
What these mean, and where they come from
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.
Source for who runs it
ccld.dss.ca.govHow they teach
Montessori
“Both classrooms offer a true Montessori curriculum that is engaging and exciting for all students.”In their words, July 2026.uhmcc.com
One of 43 Bay Area providers that describe a Montessori approach, out of 164 that describe any approach at all.
Who cares for your child
One adult for every four toddlers
Shortlist has not yet sourced this state’s legal ratio limit, so there is nothing to set this beside yet.
One adult for every six preschoolers. Shortlist has not yet sourced this state’s legal ratio limit, so there is nothing to set this beside yet.
Fourteen staff are named on their site, with no start years given.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, 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.
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.
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).
A day here
- 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
- Hours
- 7:45 AM to 5:30 PM, 5 days a week
- Schedule
- full-week (5 days/week) or part-week (3 days/week) for Montessori Twos; full-week (5 days/week) only for Montessori Preschool
Details
- Website
- uhmcc.com
- Address
- 2060 Avy Avenue
- License
- 410518206, active
- Ages they serve
- ages 2 to 6
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 uhmcc.com
Who cares for your child
- Children per adult — Checked July 2026 uhmcc.com
Who cares for your child
- Staff uhmcc.com
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
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 September 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov