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Mount Valley Montessori

1481 Mowry Avenue, Fremont, CA 94538 · Alameda County
2 substantiated complaintsChild care center (single license, multiple age groups)

Mount Valley Montessori is a licensed child care center in Fremont, CA, licensed for up to 120 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2024. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time and investigated 2 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.

Inspection record

Not enough historyCalifornia has inspected this center 1 time since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.
1Type A citations
1Type B citations
1Inspections
2 of 2Complaints substantiated
2 citations from 7 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Oct 17, 2025

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Oct 17, 2025 · Inspection · no citationOct 21, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation foundJun 13, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citationMay 9, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citationMay 8, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation foundMay 8, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citationNov 20, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Staff ratios1
Other standards1

Citations, newest first

Type BOct 21, 2024Complaint investigationStaff ratios
Teacher-child ratio §101216.3(a)
Based on LPA observations during previous visit on 10/10/24, LPA observed 13 preschool age children and 1 staff member present in the Ant classroom, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Plan of correction due Nov 4, 2024
Type AMay 8, 2024Complaint investigationOther standards
Child day care facilities, licenses §1596.40
No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation shall operate, establish, manage, conduct, or maintain a child day care facility in this state without a current valid license, therefore as provided in this act. 1 Applicant has a pending application and is being processed. Notice of Operation In Violation of Law was given. The deficiency has been corrected. Based on observation and interview, Applicant did not comply with section stated above as it was determined that unlicensed child care is being provided, which poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care. 8
Plan of correction due May 8, 2024

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedOct 21, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Oct 2, 2024
Substantiated allegation:
Ratio - Facility is out of ratio.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
SubstantiatedMay 8, 2024Complaint investigationreceived May 7, 2024
Substantiated allegation:
Unlicensed Care - Unlicensed Care is being provided.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity120 children
License typeChild care center (single license, multiple age groups)
License statusLicensed
Licensed sinceJul 26, 2024
LicenseeArora Education, INC.
AdministratorPushpa Rani
Phone(408) 718-9911
State facility #015700625

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Common questions

Has Mount Valley Montessori had any serious violations?

California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on May 8, 2024, for child day care facilities, licenses. Each citation is listed in full above.

Have there been complaints about Mount Valley Montessori?

California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

When was Mount Valley Montessori last inspected?

Oct 17, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Mount Valley Montessori cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Mount Valley Montessori for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Alameda County, which includes Fremont, was $1,874 a month for infants (about $2,360 today), $1,547 a month for preschoolers (about $1,950 today) and $798 a month for school-age children (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Mount Valley Montessori?

The licensee is Arora Education, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Pushpa Rani.

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 015700625 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.