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Licensed daycares in 94306Palo Alto, CA

There are 45 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 94306 — 34 licensed centers and 11 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 44 violations across 155 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.28 violations per inspection, which is above the Palo Alto average of 0.20.

19 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is health and medication (18 citations), followed by supervision (17). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from California DSS, Community Care Licensing Division and links back to the state's own document.

Compare all 45 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

22 providers.

Barrenechea, Johana

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Feb 18, 2025

0 violationsActive
Barron Park Playschool

Center · Capacity 30 · 3650 LA DONNA AVENUE · Last inspected Apr 22, 2026

0 violationsActive
Besse Bolton Kids Club

Center · Capacity 80 · 500 EAST MEADOW · Last inspected Mar 5, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

25 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Acme Children's Center

Center · Capacity 90 · 4101 EL CAMINO WAY · Last inspected May 28, 2025

1 violationActive
Barron Park Kids' Club

Center · Capacity 80 · 800 BARRON AVE. · Last inspected May 7, 2026

1 violationActive
Casa Dei Bambini School

Center · Capacity 72 · 463 COLLEGE AVENUE · Last inspected Feb 19, 2025

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

1 provider. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Building Kidz Palo Alto

Center · Capacity 96 · 415 LAMBERT AVENUE · Last inspected Mar 26, 2025

5 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 94306

Health and medication is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by supervision. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?

2

Walk me through how children are supervised during outdoor time and transitions between rooms.

3

How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?

Data synced from California DSS, Community Care Licensing Division on Jul 8, 2026. Source records · Report an error