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California · San Francisco · 94110

Sf Tikes Academy

1218 South Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110 · San Francisco County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Mar 27, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Sf Tikes Academy was a licensed child care center in San Francisco, CA, licensed for up to 117 children. Its license closed around March 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times and investigated 2 complaints, 1 substantiated, and issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations
2Type B citations
2Inspections
1 of 2Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Jan 31, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citationJun 20, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citationJun 13, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citationApr 23, 2024 · Inspection · no citationSep 27, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationDec 13, 2022 · Inspection · no citationNov 15, 2021 · Report/investigation · citation foundNov 15, 2021 · Report/investigation · no citationNov 3, 2021 · Report/investigation · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Training & qualifications1
Staff ratios1

Citations, newest first

Type BNov 15, 2021Complaint investigationTraining & qualifications
Teacher aide qualifications §101216.2(d)(2)
Based on interviews, observations and record review, LPA confirmed teachers aide, left alone, without proper qualification. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
Plan of correction due Nov 15, 2021
Type BNov 3, 2021Case management visit (deficiencies)Staff ratios
Teacher-child ratio §101216.3(a)
Based on observations and interviews, LPA confirmed Koala classroom was not in proper Teacher- Child Ratio. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care. 8 Proof of correction will be submitted to LPA via email.
Plan of correction due Nov 5, 2021

Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedSep 27, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Jul 25, 2023
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
SubstantiatedNov 15, 2021Complaint investigationreceived Sep 16, 2021
At least one allegation was substantiated. The state’s report lists which.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity117 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceDec 19, 2016
ClosedMar 27, 2025
LicenseeSf Tikes Academy, INC.
Last administratorSarah Shimkunas
State facility #384002757

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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 384002757 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.