Hearts Leap Icri Preschool

2638 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704 · Alameda County

Child care center (preschool)

Hearts Leap Icri Preschool is a licensed child care center in Berkeley, CA, licensed for up to 70 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2002. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 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 58 centers in Berkeley and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).

Inspection record

No citationssince Feb 8, 2021. Tied for the best record with the 34% of 10,948 ranked California centers that have no citations. No citations

Tied for #1 of 58 centers in Berkeley

0Type A citations

0Type B citations

2Inspections

0 of 0Complaints substantiated

0 citations from 2 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Mar 27, 2025

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

About this center

Licensed capacity70 children

License typeChild care center (preschool)

License statusLicensed

Licensed sinceApr 17, 2002

LicenseeInternational Child Resource Institute

AdministratorGretchen Stizel

Phone(510) 549-1422

State facility #013416236

Common questions

Does Hearts Leap Icri Preschool take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has Hearts Leap Icri Preschool had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

How does Hearts Leap Icri Preschool compare with other daycares in Berkeley?

It is tied for #1 of 58 centers in Berkeley by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).

When was Hearts Leap Icri Preschool last inspected?

Mar 27, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Hearts Leap Icri Preschool cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Hearts Leap Icri Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Alameda County, which includes Berkeley, was $1,547 a month for preschoolers (about $1,950 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Hearts Leap Icri Preschool?

The licensee is International Child Resource Institute, and the administrator listed with the state is Gretchen Stizel.

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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 013416236 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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