North Hills Montessori Academy / Gifted Learners
North Hills Montessori Academy / Gifted Learners is a licensed child care center in San Francisco, CA, licensed for up to 24 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2025. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have not made a routine inspection and investigated 1 complaint, and it was substantiated. The state issued 1 citation, and it was Type A (the most serious). It came more than 12 months ago. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility owner did not comply with the section cited above. LPA concluded that the facility is operating without a license for a child care center, which poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care. 8 The facility must apply for an emergency child care center license by the
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Unlicensed care is being provided.
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Common questions
Has North Hills Montessori Academy / Gifted Learners had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jun 20, 2025, for child day care facilities, licenses. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about North Hills Montessori Academy / Gifted Learners?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How much does North Hills Montessori Academy / Gifted Learners cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask North Hills Montessori Academy / Gifted Learners for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Francisco County, which includes San Francisco, was $2,084 a month for infants (about $2,630 today), $1,735 a month for preschoolers (about $2,190 today) and $792 a month for school-age children (about $1,000 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs North Hills Montessori Academy / Gifted Learners?
The licensee is North Hills Montessori Academy / Gifted Learners, and the administrator listed with the state is Shelley Leshin.
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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 384005036 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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