The International School of San Francisco
The International School of San Francisco is a licensed child care center in San Francisco, CA, licensed for up to 170 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2014. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 3 citations, none of them Type A. All 3 came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #260 of 344 centers in San Francisco and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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(m) All play equipment and materials used by children shall be age-appropriate. 1 Director will pause all field trips to Panhandle Playground until a plan is formed to ensure children are able to stay in age-appropriate areas only. Director will email LPA the plan by 12/5/2025.
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by allowing children to leave classrooms without direct visual supervision of teachers, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 17 out of 18 staff files reviewed which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
About this center
Common questions
Does The International School of San Francisco take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has The International School of San Francisco had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 3 Type B citations, listed above.
How does The International School of San Francisco compare with other daycares in San Francisco?
It is tied for #260 of 344 centers in San Francisco by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was The International School of San Francisco last inspected?
Oct 9, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does The International School of San Francisco cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask The International School of San Francisco 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 The International School of San Francisco?
The licensee is International School Of San Francisco, The, and the administrator listed with the state is Katy Wang.
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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 384002504 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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