Child care in King County
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898 child care providers in King County, Washington.
From the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF): DCYF Licensed Childcare Center and School Age Program Providers. The record lists 2,516 child care providers in Washington.
What Washington’s list coversCenters and programs only
Licensed child care centers, school-age programs and outdoor nature-based programs only. Washington shows its licensed family home child care only in its Child Care Check search, which this site can’t read, so those homes aren’t here yet.
What we’ve asked for
We asked Washington’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families on Oct 19, 2026 whether we may show its child care inspection records; we’re waiting for an answer. Until then, they’re on Child Care Check.
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What the words on these cards mean9
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- The state’s most serious level
- Each state grades findings on its own scale and in its own words, so the record counts a state’s findings at that state’s top level. Two states’ top levels aren’t the same thing, so the counts aren’t compared across states. Source: How this site reads each state’s scale.
- Not read
- The file this site reads doesn’t carry what inspectors found, so nothing is counted here. It doesn’t mean the place has a clean record: the state’s own site may have its reports. Source: How this site reads each source.
- Quality rating
- Many states rate child care in a quality rating system that goes past the licensing rules, such as Texas Rising Star or Kentucky All STARS. Taking part is often voluntary, so a program with no rating hasn’t been rated low. Source: Each state’s quality rating system.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- None on record
- The source lists nothing of this kind for the place, over the years its file covers. That is what the record holds, not proof that nothing ever happened. Source: How this site reads each source.
- Not published
- The source has no such field for this place. It isn’t a zero, and it isn’t a clean record. Source: How this site reads each source.
The list
- Child care center The Goddard School of Central Seattle Seattle, Washington 98104 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it169children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center The Goddard School of Federal Way Federal Way, Washington 98003 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it196children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingEarly Achievers: 5 of 5
- Child care center The Goddard School of North Queen Anne Seattle, Washington 98109 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it123children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center The Goldfinch School Seattle, Washington 98105 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it36children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center The Growing Tree Playcare & Preschool Bellevue, Washington 98005 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it88children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center The Happy Zone Early Learning & Child Dev Center 2 Tukwila, Washington 98168 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it35children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center The Learning Center Sammamish, Washington 98074 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it135children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center The Learning Experience Maple Valley Maple Valley, Washington 98038 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it175children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center The Learning Nest Preschool 1 Issaquah, Washington 98027 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it32children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingEarly Achievers: 3 of 5
- Child care center The Learning Nest Preschool 2 Issaquah, Washington 98027 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it28children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingEarly Achievers: 3 of 5
- Child care center The Lighthouse Auburn LLC Auburn, Washington 98002 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it85children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingEarly Achievers: 3 of 5
- Child care center The Meridian School Prek Seattle, Washington 98103 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it20children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center The Mermaids Lagoon Seattle, Washington 98134 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it200children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center The Rainbow School Issaquah, Washington 98029 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it113children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center The Shyne School Woodinville, Washington 98072 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it64children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingEarly Achievers: 3 of 5
- Child care center The Valley School Daycare Seattle, Washington 98112 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it46children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center Three Bears Daycare Kent, Washington 98032 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it38children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingEarly Achievers: 3 of 5
- Child care center Three Tree Montessori Burien, Washington 98166 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it234children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingEarly Achievers: 3 of 5
- Child care center Timberlake Christian Preschool Redmond, Washington 98053 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it150children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center Tiny Tots Development Center Helen Hicks Building Seattle, Washington 98118 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it40children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingEarly Achievers: 5 of 5
- Child care center Tiny Tots Development Center Main Seattle, Washington 98118 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it85children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingEarly Achievers: 5 of 5
- Child care center Tiny Tots Development Center Othello Seattle, Washington 98118 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it80children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingEarly Achievers: 5 of 5
- Child care center Trettin Early Learning Center Seattle, Washington 98105 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it85children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingEarly Achievers: 3 of 5
- Child care center University Child Development School North Campus Seattle, Washington 98105 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it135children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center University Child Development School the Studio Seattle, Washington 98105 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it23children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center University Cooperative School Seattle, Washington 98105 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it16children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center University District Childrens Center Seattle, Washington 98105 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it60children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingEarly Achievers: 3 of 5
- Child care center University Temple Childrens School Seattle, Washington 98105 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it52children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingEarly Achievers: 3 of 5
- Child care center Uw Medical Center Children’s Center at Northwest Seattle, Washington 98133 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it64children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center Valley Christian Ministries Daycare Auburn, Washington 98002 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it96children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingEarly Achievers: 3 of 5
- School-age program Van Asselt Community Center Seattle, Washington 98108 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it50children, its licensed capacity TypeSchool-Age ProgramFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- School-age program Vashon Youth and Family Services/Vashon Kids Vashon, Washington 98070 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it45children, its licensed capacity TypeSchool-Age ProgramFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center Villa Academy Preschool and Before and After School Care Seattle, Washington 98105 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it135children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center Voices of Tomorrow Child and Family Center Seattle, Washington 98118 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it40children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- School-age program Wallingford Bg Club-Bfd Seattle, Washington 98103 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it74children, its licensed capacity TypeSchool-Age ProgramFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- School-age program Wallingford Bg Club-Vrs Seattle, Washington 98115 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it76children, its licensed capacity TypeSchool-Age ProgramFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center Wallingford Child Care Center Seattle, Washington 98103 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it58children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingEarly Achievers: 3 of 5
- Child care center Wallingford Kindercare Seattle, Washington 98105 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it276children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center Washington International School - Seattle Seattle, Washington 98133 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it60children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center Wedgwood Montessori North Seattle, Washington 98125 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it36children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center Wee Are the World Right Start Seattle, Washington 98118 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it28children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingEarly Achievers: 3 of 5
- Child care center Wee Wacs Child Seattle, Washington 98101 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it17children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center West African Community Council Seattle, Washington 98118 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it34children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingEarly Achievers: 4 of 5
- Child care center West Seattle Bright Horizons Seattle, Washington 98126 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it159children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center West Seattle Montessori School Building 2 Seattle, Washington 98146 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it15children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center West Seattle Montessori School Inc. Seattle, Washington 98146 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it115children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center West Seattle YMCA Preschool at Hallows Church Seattle, Washington 98126 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it40children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingEarly Achievers: 3 of 5
- Child care center Westside School Seattle, Washington 98146 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it63children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
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Source:
Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), DCYF Licensed Childcare Center and School Age Program Providers. Released Oct 5, 2026. Updated monthly.
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