Downtown Children's Ctr

555 Waverley Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301 · Santa Clara County

Child care center (single license, multiple age groups)

Downtown Children's Ctr is a licensed child care center in Palo Alto, CA, licensed for up to 32 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 capacity32 children

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

License statusLicensed

Licensed sinceNov 7, 2025

LicenseePalo Alto Community Child Care

AdministratorHanh Higareda

Phone(650) 321-9578

State facility #435700790

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Common questions

Has Downtown Children's Ctr had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

How much does Downtown Children's Ctr cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Downtown Children's Ctr 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 Downtown Children's Ctr?

The licensee is Palo Alto Community Child Care, and the administrator listed with the state is Hanh Higareda.

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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 435700790 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.