Los Altos · Licensed center

University Oaks Preschool

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.gov

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: 1 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
October 10, 2024
On file
5 visits since September 2021 — 4 cited nothing
Most serious
No finding carrying a severity level in the last 24 months.

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.

Oct 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Sep 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
Sep 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited
Sep 2021 Licensing visit nothing cited
Sep 2021 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · September 15, 2021

CCR 101238(a) · Type B · No longer displayed by the state

(a) The child care center shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times to ensure the safety and well-being of children, employees and visitors. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on LPA observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. LPA observed that a wood board on a high climbing structure in the outdoor play area was loose.

State report

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) 641-0194

Website
universityoakspreschool.com
Address
858 University Avenue
License
434413456, active

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