Bowman School

3801 East Bayshore Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303 · Santa Clara County

Child care center (single license, multiple age groups)

Bowman School is a licensed child care center in Palo Alto, CA, licensed for up to 120 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2025. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.

Inspection record

Not enough historyCalifornia has inspected this center 0 times since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.

0Type A citations

0Type B citations

0Inspections

0 of 0Complaints substantiated

0 citations from 1 state visit since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected —

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

About this center

Licensed capacity120 children

License typeChild care center (single license, multiple age groups)

License statusLicensed

Licensed sinceOct 29, 2025

LicenseeBowman International School

AdministratorErin Knight

Phone(650) 702-0978

State facility #435700792

Common questions

Has Bowman School had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

How much does Bowman School cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Bowman School for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Clara County, which includes Palo Alto, was $1,940 a month for infants (about $2,450 today), $1,599 a month for preschoolers (about $2,020 today) and $724 a month for school-age children (about $910 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Bowman School?

The licensee is Bowman International School, and the administrator listed with the state is Erin Knight.

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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 435700792 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.