Genius Kids Santa Teresa
Genius Kids Santa Teresa is a licensed child care center in San Jose, CA, licensed for up to 75 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2025. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 0 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 1 citation, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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(a) The Licensee shall provide care and supervision… meet the children’s needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time…Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement is not met as evidence by: 1 By Plan of Correction due date of 9/09/2025, Director will provide training plan on supervision and communication process between teachers on managing supervision of children in care. Based on observation, records review and interviews, Child C1 and Child C2 were left unsupervised in a classroom which posed an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to person in care. 8
Complaint investigations
Lack of Supervision - Staff left children unattended.
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About this center
Common questions
Has Genius Kids Santa Teresa had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Sep 8, 2025, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Genius Kids Santa Teresa?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How much does Genius Kids Santa Teresa cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Genius Kids Santa Teresa 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 Genius Kids Santa Teresa?
The licensee is Heramb LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Renuka Karekar.
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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 434417457 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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