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Empire Montessori Preschool · 585 West Alma Avenue, San Jose

585 West Alma Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125 · Santa Clara County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Apr 16, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Empire Montessori Preschool was a licensed child care center in San Jose, CA, licensed for up to 105 children. Its license closed around April 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times and investigated 2 complaints, 1 substantiated, and issued 3 citations, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

1Type A citations
2Type B citations
2Inspections
1 of 2Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Feb 6, 2025 · Inspection · no citationOct 20, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationApr 13, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationApr 13, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation foundFeb 22, 2023 · Inspection · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Staff ratios1
Caregiver conduct1
Health & medication1

Citations, newest first

Type AApr 13, 2023Complaint investigationStaff ratios
Teacher-child ratio §101216.3(a)
Based on interviews and review of records it was observed that facility allowed teachers aides to be left alone with children as well as had a "volunteer" step into ratio. This posed an immediate risk to health and safety.
Plan of correction due Apr 20, 2023
Type BApr 13, 2023Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(2)
Director stated that staff will informed and trained to not allow personal food to be fed to children, director to send documentation of training and keep signed copies in staff files. Based off of interview of staff and management it was stated that staff did share meal with child while in care. This poses a potential risk to children in care.
Plan of correction due Apr 20, 2023
Type BFeb 22, 2023InspectionHealth & medication
Staff immunizations §1596.7995(a)(1)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 out of 7 staff were missing documentation of immunization which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Mar 22, 2023

Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedApr 13, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Feb 28, 2023
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
SubstantiatedApr 13, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Feb 28, 2023
Substantiated allegations:
Staff shared personal food with child
Facility is out of ratio
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity105 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceFeb 26, 2019
ClosedApr 16, 2025
LicenseeMountain View One Investment Group Corp
Last administratorShimei Yang
State facility #434415422

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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 434415422 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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