Creative Minds Child Development Center
Creative Minds Child Development Center is a licensed child care center in San Jose, CA, licensed for up to 44 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2009. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times. The state issued 3 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for caregiver conduct (1 of 3). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #121 of 201 centers in San Jose and better than 24% of licensed centers statewide.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 1 test exceeded lead levels which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in six out of eigth staff files were reviewed and flu vaccines were not in the files which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one out of eight staff files that were reviewed which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
About this center
Common questions
Does Creative Minds Child Development Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Creative Minds Child Development Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 3 Type B citations, listed above.
How does Creative Minds Child Development Center compare with other daycares in San Jose?
It is tied for #121 of 201 centers in San Jose by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 24% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Creative Minds Child Development Center last inspected?
Sep 24, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Creative Minds Child Development Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Creative Minds Child Development Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Clara County, which includes San Jose, was $1,599 a month for preschoolers (about $2,020 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Creative Minds Child Development Center?
The licensee is Rk Education Services, LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Richa D. Kapur.
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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 434410801 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.