Empire Montessori Preschool · 585 W Alma Ave, San Jose
Empire Montessori Preschool is a licensed child care center in San Jose, CA, licensed for up to 119 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.
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Common questions
Has Empire Montessori Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How much does Empire Montessori Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Empire Montessori Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Clara County, which includes San Jose, 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 Empire Montessori Preschool?
The licensee is Mountain View One Investment Group Corporation, and the administrator listed with the state is Shimei Yang.
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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 434417210 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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