Friends of St. Francis Childcare Center, INC.
Friends of St. Francis Childcare Center, INC. is a licensed child care center in San Francisco, CA, licensed for up to 38 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1983. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 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 344 centers in San Francisco and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Friends of St. Francis Childcare Center, INC. take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Friends of St. Francis Childcare Center, INC. had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Friends of St. Francis Childcare Center, INC. compare with other daycares in San Francisco?
It is tied for #1 of 344 centers in San Francisco by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Friends of St. Francis Childcare Center, INC. last inspected?
Mar 9, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Friends of St. Francis Childcare Center, INC. cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Friends of St. Francis Childcare Center, INC. for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Francisco County, which includes San Francisco, was $1,735 a month for preschoolers (about $2,190 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Friends of St. Francis Childcare Center, INC.?
The licensee is Friends Of St. Francis Childcare Center, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Sarah Large.
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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 380504229 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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