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Brightstars Discovery Center

227 S Main Street, Milpitas, CA 95035 · Santa Clara County
Child care center (single license, multiple age groups)

Brightstars Discovery Center is a licensed child care center in Milpitas, CA, licensed for up to 50 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2026. 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

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Dec 12, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

About this center

Licensed capacity50 children
License typeChild care center (single license, multiple age groups)
License statusLicensed
Licensed sinceJan 6, 2026
LicenseeBrightstars Discovery Center
AdministratorLakshmi Shanmuga Canagaraj
Phone(408) 537-3458
State facility #435700798

Common questions

Has Brightstars Discovery Center had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

How much does Brightstars Discovery Center cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Brightstars Discovery Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Clara County, which includes Milpitas, 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 Brightstars Discovery Center?

The licensee is Brightstars Discovery Center, and the administrator listed with the state is Lakshmi Shanmuga Canagaraj.

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 435700798 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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