Menlo Park · Licensed center
University Heights Children's Center
- Medium Montessori center, licensed for 31 children.
- Run by the person who holds the license.
What these mean, and where they come from
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.
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: 2 of 7 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
- March 12, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since July 2022 — 5 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type A —
(a) A licensee shall not operate a child care center beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license, including the capacity limitation. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: ***THIS IS AN AMENDMENT OF ORIGINAL REPORT DATED 11/19/25*** ***Deficiency has been modified from a TYPE A violation to a TYPE B violation.*** Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as the facility exceeded the facility capacity of 31 preschool children by having 33 preschool children present, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
· November 19, 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.
Nov 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · November 19, 2025
CCR 101161(a) · Type A
(a) A licensee shall not operate a child care center beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license, including the capacity limitation. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: ***THIS IS AN AMENDMENT OF ORIGINAL REPORT DATED 11/19/25*** ***Deficiency has been modified from a TYPE A violation to a TYPE B violation.*** Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as the facility exceeded the facility capacity of 31 preschool children by having 33 preschool children present, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Nov 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · November 19, 2025
CCR 101161(a) · Type A
(a) A licensee shall not operate a child care center beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license, including the capacity limitation. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as the facility exceeded the facility capacity of 31 preschool children by having 33 preschool children present, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Oct 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · October 10, 2025
CCR 101216.3(a)(1) · Type A
(a) There shall be a ratio of one teacher visually observing and supervising no more than 12 children in attendance, except as specified in (b) and (c) below. (1) The number of children in attendance shall not exceed licensed capacity. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: This page was created in error.
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 outside recess daily for all students in both Montessori Preschool classrooms
- Sleep
- PM Montessori program includes quiet story time (~15 min) followed by nap time for napping students (~2 hours)
- Hours
- 7:45 AM to 5:30 PM, 5 days a week, school year
Details
- Website
- uhmcc.com
- Address
- 2066 Avy Avenue
- License
- 410517432, active
- Ages they serve
- ages 2 to 6 years by September 1st
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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