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YMCA @ Almond Elementary

550 Almond Avenue, Los Altos, CA 94024 · Santa Clara County
School-age child care center

YMCA @ Almond Elementary is a licensed child care center in Los Altos, CA, licensed for up to 80 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2010. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 23 centers in Los Altos and tied for the best record statewide (no citations).

Inspection record

No citationssince Feb 8, 2021. Tied for the best record with the 34% of 10,948 ranked California centers that have no citations. No citations
Tied for #1 of 23 centers in Los Altos
0Type A citations
0Type B citations
4Inspections
0 of 0Complaints substantiated
0 citations from 4 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Feb 26, 2026

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Feb 26, 2026 · Inspection · no citationOct 11, 2024 · Inspection · no citationMay 26, 2023 · Inspection · no citationAug 24, 2022 · Inspection · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

About this center

Licensed capacity80 children
License typeSchool-age child care center
License statusLicensed
Licensed sinceApr 13, 2010
LicenseeYMCA Of The Silicon Valley
AdministratorNikita Patel
Phone(650) 941-8102
State facility #434411576

Common questions

Does YMCA @ Almond Elementary take infants?

Not under this license, which covers school-age children.

Has YMCA @ Almond Elementary had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

How does YMCA @ Almond Elementary compare with other daycares in Los Altos?

It is tied for #1 of 23 centers in Los Altos by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations) (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).

When was YMCA @ Almond Elementary last inspected?

Feb 26, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does YMCA @ Almond Elementary cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask YMCA @ Almond Elementary for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Clara County, which includes Los Altos, was $724 a month for school-age children (about $910 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs YMCA @ Almond Elementary?

The licensee is YMCA Of The Silicon Valley, and the administrator listed with the state is Nikita Patel.

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 434411576 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.