Haight Ashbury Cooperative Nursery School
Haight Ashbury Cooperative Nursery School is a licensed child care center in San Francisco, CA, licensed for up to 24 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1978. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, and it was substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #298 of 344 centers in San Francisco and has more citations per inspection than 76% of California licensed centers.
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Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by testing for lead on 4/27/2023, past the deadline of 1/1/2023, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on investigation by LPA, the facility did not ensure supervision. This poses an immeditate health and safety risk to children in care. 8 Licensee will submit proof of written plan to LPA by due date.
Director will provide written plan of action and protocols if such incidents occur. During the course of the investigation, LPA conducted interviews with director and other people involved that the inicdent that occured on 11/4/22 resulting in a child becoming lost was not reported to Licensing Department. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care. 8 Director will send copy to LPA by set due date, 3/10/23.
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Complaint investigations
Lack of Supervision:
Staff did not provide adequate supervision resulting in child becoming lost.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Haight Ashbury Cooperative Nursery School take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Haight Ashbury Cooperative Nursery School had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Feb 10, 2023, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Haight Ashbury Cooperative Nursery School?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Haight Ashbury Cooperative Nursery School compare with other daycares in San Francisco?
It is tied for #298 of 344 centers in San Francisco by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 76% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Haight Ashbury Cooperative Nursery School last inspected?
Feb 11, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Haight Ashbury Cooperative Nursery School cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Haight Ashbury Cooperative Nursery School 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 Haight Ashbury Cooperative Nursery School?
The licensee is Haight Ashbury Cooperative Nursery School, and the administrator listed with the state is Cocoa Drake.
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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 380500254 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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