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Alta Plaza Preschool

2140 Pierce Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 · San Francisco County
1 substantiated complaintChild care center (preschool)

Alta Plaza Preschool is a licensed child care center in San Francisco, CA, licensed for up to 30 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1995. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 2 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 1 citation, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #241 of 344 centers in San Francisco and has more citations per inspection than 57% of California licensed centers.

Inspection record

More citations than 57%of 10,948 California licensed centers, per inspection, weighted by severity. More citations than most
Tied for #241 of 344 centers in San Francisco
1Type A citations
0Type B citations
4Inspections
1 of 2Complaints substantiated
1 citation from 8 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected May 21, 2025

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)May 21, 2025 · Inspection · no citationAug 9, 2024 · Inspection · no citationOct 24, 2023 · Inspection · no citationApr 19, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationMar 21, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationMar 15, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation foundOct 25, 2022 · Inspection · no citationJul 20, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Supervision1

Citations, newest first

Type AMar 15, 2023Case management visit (incident)Supervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)
101229(a)(1) Care and Supervision. No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision, including visual observation, of a teacher at any time except as specified in sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). This requirement was not met as evidence based on interviews conducted with Director Staff have been reminded to make sure to always maintain 100% supervision of a child, 100% of the time. Facility have put in place having children wear red penny vest to easily identify children at the park, always keep track of children with headcounts and record keeping. Child was left unattended at the nearby park. A bystander found child and waited with child until facility staff came back to collect the child. 8 This facility will be scheduled for a Non- Compliance conference at the Peninsula Regional Office. Letter of Non Compliance will be mailed to the facility with a date and time of the Non-Complaince Conference.
Plan of correction due Mar 15, 2023

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedMar 21, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Mar 16, 2023
Substantiated allegation:
Day-care child was left unattended at a park.
Not substantiatedJul 20, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Apr 26, 2022
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

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About this center

Licensed capacity30 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusLicensed
Licensed sinceOct 30, 1995
LicenseeAlta Plaza Preschool, INC.
AdministratorErika Tinoco
Phone(415) 928-6483
State facility #384000037

Common questions

Does Alta Plaza Preschool take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has Alta Plaza Preschool had any serious violations?

California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Mar 15, 2023, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.

Have there been complaints about Alta Plaza Preschool?

California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

How does Alta Plaza Preschool compare with other daycares in San Francisco?

It is tied for #241 of 344 centers in San Francisco by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 57% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.

When was Alta Plaza Preschool last inspected?

May 21, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Alta Plaza Preschool cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Alta Plaza Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Francisco County, which includes San Francisco, was $1,735 a month for preschoolers (about $2,190 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Alta Plaza Preschool?

The licensee is Alta Plaza Preschool, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Erika Tinoco.

Licensed centers nearby

Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.

To read the full state reports, search facility number 384000037 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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