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Licensed daycares in 94401 — San Mateo, CA
There are 43 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 94401 — 22 licensed centers and 21 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 43 violations across 125 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.34 violations per inspection, which is above the San Mateo average of 0.28.
26 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 (22 citations), followed by supervision (12). 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 43 providers
Clean record — no violations in 3 years
31 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
14 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
4 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
Questions to ask when you tour in 94401
Health and medication is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by supervision. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
Walk me through how children are supervised during outdoor time and transitions between rooms.
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