El Carmelo Kids Club
El Carmelo Kids Club is a licensed child care center in Palo Alto, CA, licensed for up to 70 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 1990. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 6 times. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 56 centers in Palo Alto and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does El Carmelo Kids Club take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has El Carmelo Kids Club had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does El Carmelo Kids Club compare with other daycares in Palo Alto?
It is tied for #1 of 56 centers in Palo Alto by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was El Carmelo Kids Club last inspected?
Aug 26, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does El Carmelo Kids Club cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask El Carmelo Kids Club for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Clara County, which includes Palo Alto, was $724 a month for school-age children (about $910 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs El Carmelo Kids Club?
The licensee is Palo Alto Comm. Child Care, and the administrator listed with the state is Christina Gitthens.
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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 430710193 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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