St. Philip the Apostle Preschool Day Care Center
St. Philip the Apostle Preschool Day Care Center is a licensed child care center in San Francisco, CA, licensed for up to 30 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2006. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 2 citations, none of them Type A. None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #234 of 344 centers in San Francisco and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.
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The facilites own investigation including video surveillance reviewed regarding the incident where a staff member violates the personal rights of children in care. 8 The staff member that violated the child's personal rights recieved a written warning on March 6, 2025 for this behavior and the staff member resigned the same day.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in testing for lead water before Janurary 1st,2023 which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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About this center
Common questions
Does St. Philip the Apostle Preschool Day Care Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has St. Philip the Apostle Preschool Day Care Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
How does St. Philip the Apostle Preschool Day Care Center compare with other daycares in San Francisco?
It is tied for #234 of 344 centers in San Francisco by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was St. Philip the Apostle Preschool Day Care Center last inspected?
Feb 24, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does St. Philip the Apostle Preschool Day Care Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask St. Philip the Apostle Preschool Day Care Center 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. Philip the Apostle Preschool Day Care Center?
The licensee is Roman Catholic Archbishop Of San Francisco, The, and the administrator listed with the state is Mery Skef.
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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 384001548 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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