Hughes Early Learning Program
Hughes Early Learning Program is a licensed child care center in Santa Clara, CA, licensed for up to 12 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #19 of 46 centers in Santa Clara and better than 46% of licensed centers statewide.
Inspection record
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101212 Reporting Requirements (b) The... child care center director, and any fully qualified teacher(s) designated to act in the child care center director's absence, shall be reported to the Department within 10 days of a change of child care center director or designee(s). LPA Morales received Site Director's packet during the course of this visit. POC is cleared. Any future Director changes shall be reported to the Department within 10 days. Based on interview, the facility did not report change of director to Community Care Licensing (CCL) for review within 10 days of a change of director. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care. 8
About this center
Common questions
Does Hughes Early Learning Program take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Hughes Early Learning Program had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does Hughes Early Learning Program compare with other daycares in Santa Clara?
It is tied for #19 of 46 centers in Santa Clara by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 46% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Hughes Early Learning Program last inspected?
Feb 3, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Hughes Early Learning Program cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Hughes Early Learning Program for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Clara County, which includes Santa Clara, was $1,940 a month for infants (about $2,450 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Hughes Early Learning Program?
The licensee is Santa Clara Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Jennifer Ta.
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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 434417104 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.