St. Nicholas Day Care and Preschool
St. Nicholas Day Care and Preschool is a licensed child care center in San Francisco, CA, licensed for up to 70 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1987. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 4 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 8 citations, 3 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #338 of 344 centers in San Francisco and has more citations per inspection than 91% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed the Honeybees classroom to have 13 children without any qualified staff. LPA also observed the Rainbows classroom to have 16 children with 1 qualified staff, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care. 8 LPA provided new director with teacher to child ratio sheet and staff qualifications chart. LPA to conduct a follow up visit.
Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed one qualified teacher and three assistants with 15 children in the Honeybees classroom. LPA also observed one qualified teacher and 2 assistants with 18 children in the Sunshine classroom. Assistants present do not qualify as aides and are not counted towards ratio, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to children in are. 8 Director stated they will place their qualified staff in each classroom appropriately with the appropriate ratios. LPA to conduct a follow up visit.
Based on observation, interview and record review, S1 picked C1 from their armpits, sits C1 down in a chair and pushes C1's chair into a table without speaking to C1. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on observation and interview, the “outdoor” atrium used by both preschool and infant children had a leak in the ceiling. Tape on flooring of atrium was observed to be coming off and padding on poles in atrium were observed to be ripped. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risks to children in care.
Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed one teacher and one assistant with 22 children in the Sunshine classroom. LPA also observed one teacher and one assistant with 20 children in the Rainbow classroom, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview,record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in no enrolled children were properly signed into facility with authorized representatives' written signatures, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in water fixture tested for lead exceed 5.5 ppb threshold, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation and interview, the facility did not comply with the section cited above in having multiple, accessible broken/cracked toilet tanks in children's bathroom, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Day care is in disrepair.
Staff handled day care child in a rough manner.
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About this center
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Common questions
Does St. Nicholas Day Care and Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has St. Nicholas Day Care and Preschool had any serious violations?
California issued 3 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Aug 4, 2025, for teacher-child ratio. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about St. Nicholas Day Care and Preschool?
California investigated 4 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does St. Nicholas Day Care and Preschool compare with other daycares in San Francisco?
It is tied for #338 of 344 centers in San Francisco by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 91% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was St. Nicholas Day Care and Preschool last inspected?
Apr 29, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does St. Nicholas Day Care and Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask St. Nicholas Day Care and Preschool 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 St. Nicholas Day Care and Preschool?
The licensee is St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, and the administrator listed with the state is Nermin Askandafi.
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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 380504369 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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