Licensed center
Americas Best Childcare
A center, licensed for 49 children. The state cited something at 3 of 4 routine visits (Seattle-area centers: about 2 in 3). No complaint investigation has found a violation here, true of 182 of 210 similar-size Seattle-area centers. Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Medium center. Medium means the middle half of Seattle-area’s 859 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 6 to 40; large is 115 to 323.
How they teach
Not published
Who cares for your child
Not published
What it costs
Not published
Shortlist can ask Americas Best Childcare for what it has not published: how they teach, who is with the children and for how long, what it costs, hours and late pickup, a typical day and sick and biting policies. The answer will go on this page.
What the state has found
No complaint investigation has found a violation since February 2023
182: none28: one to four0: five or more
The 210 Seattle-area centers licensed for 41 to 70 children, the size band this one falls in, as of September 26, 2026.
Larger centers have more complaint investigations, so Americas Best Childcare (49 children) is compared with centers its size.
Routine visits: 3 of 4 cited something
Across Seattle-area centers, the state cites something at about 2 in 3 routine visits (1,966 visits).
From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked September 26, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- July 22, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since September 2023 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
- Most serious
- Short Term —
door in toddler classroom does not have a working chime to alert when the door is opened.
· July 22, 2026
Washington DCYF publishes the licensor’s own observation and a risk level for every citation it issues at a licensing visit, with the inspection report attached as a PDF.
Jul 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · July 22, 2026
WAC 110-300-0345(5)(b) · Short Term
door in toddler classroom does not have a working chime to alert when the door is opened.
Aug 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · August 15, 2025
Routine care, play, learning, relaxation, and comfort
WAC 110-300-0135(2)(a) · Short Term
Shelves in toddler room have exposed wood making then not cleanable.
Sep 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · September 26, 2023
WAC 110-300-0165(3)(g) · Short Term
Diaper changing table in toddler room has chipping paint. The mat in the reading area of the toddler room is peeling with loose parts and needs to be removed.
A day here
Not published
Details
- Address
- 2427 132nd Street SE
- License
- PL-7765, active
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Level 3
Do you run Americas Best Childcare? Shortlist has no tuition, hours or ratios for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.
Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
All checked September 2026.
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
Details
- Address, License, Quality program — data.wa.gov