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Icare Children's House Montessori Preschool

2555 Moorpark Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128 · Santa Clara County
Child care center (preschool)

Icare Children's House Montessori Preschool is a licensed child care center in San Jose, CA, licensed for up to 83 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2024. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it once. The state issued 6 citations, none of them Type A, most often for staff ratios (2 of 6). None of them came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.

Inspection record

Not enough history California has inspected this center once since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.
0 Type A citations
6 Type B citations
1 Inspections
0 Complaints investigated
6 citations from 4 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · none in the last 12 months · last inspected May 9, 2025

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) May 9, 2025 · Inspection · citation found Mar 15, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation found Dec 14, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citation Sep 27, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Staff ratios 2
Building & playground safety 1
Training & qualifications 1
Health & medication 1
Food & feeding 1

Citations, newest first

Type B May 9, 2025 Inspection Building & playground safety
Outdoor activity space §101238.2(d)(2)
Based on observations, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, as LPAs noted exposed nails, a broken ladder on children's equipment, and an insufficient amount of tan barks under the children's slide, all of which pose a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due May 16, 2025
Type B May 9, 2025 Inspection Training & qualifications
Staff health screening and personnel requirements §101216(g)(1)
Based on a record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, as one teacher (S1) did not have a LIC 503 Health Screening form on file, and the director was unable to provide immunization records for another teacher (S2) during the visit. This poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jun 2, 2025
Type B May 9, 2025 Inspection Health & medication
Children's medical assessments §101220(a)
Based on a records review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, as 3 of the 6 children's files reviewed by LPAs did not contain medical assessments (physician reports), which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due May 23, 2025
Type B Mar 15, 2024 Case management visit (deficiencies) Food & feeding
Food service §101227(a)(6)
The facility did not provide the food stated on the menu. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care.
Plan of correction due Mar 29, 2024
Type B Mar 15, 2024 Case management visit (deficiencies) Staff ratios
Teacher-child ratio §101216.3(a)
The facility did not have a fully qualified teacher at all time observing and supervising children. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care.
Plan of correction due Mar 29, 2024
Type B Mar 15, 2024 Case management visit (deficiencies) Staff ratios
Preschool program with toddler component §101216.4(a)(2)
The facility did not physically separate from physical areas and activities with preschool and toddler groups. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care.
Plan of correction due Mar 29, 2024

About this center

Licensed capacity 83 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Licensed
Licensed since Jan 5, 2024
Licensee Icare Children's House LLC
Administrator Yan Gong
Phone (408) 398-2033
State facility # 434417124
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Common questions

Does Icare Children's House Montessori Preschool take infants?

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

Has Icare Children's House Montessori Preschool had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021. It has 6 Type B citations, listed above.

When was Icare Children's House Montessori Preschool last inspected?

May 9, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.

How much does Icare Children's House Montessori Preschool cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Icare Children's House Montessori Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Clara County, which includes San Jose, was $1,599 a month for preschoolers (about $2,020 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Icare Children's House Montessori Preschool?

The licensee is Icare Children's House LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Yan Gong.

Licensed centers nearby

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 434417124 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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