Bellevue · Licensed center
Bellevue Discovery Center
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 49 children.
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at all 4 of its licensing inspections since February 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this center.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Dec 3, 20252 citations
Safety requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“(2)(b) The back door in the Drangonflies 2 classroom had window blinds that had a pulling cord that was accessible to the children. Short 110-300-0165(2)(c) Term”
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(b)
Storage of hazardous and maintenance suppliesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“(5) There were multiple leaf rakes and two garden rakes by the exit gate in the playground that were accessible to the children.”
WAC 110-300-0260(5)
Dec 17, 20242 citations
Safety requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“(2)(c) There were multiple cords that were accessible to children in the Grasshoppers 2, Dragonflies 1 (christmas tree and air purifier cords), and Dragonflies 2 classrooms (air purifier cord). (2)(d) There were plastic bags in the bathroom of the Grasshoppers 2 classroom that were accessible to the children. (3)(a) There was a pair of adult scissors in the Dragonflies 1 classroom that were accessible to children.”
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d)
Storage of hazardous and maintenance suppliesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“(5) There was a vacuum and swiffer wet jet that were accessible to the children in the Dragonflies 2 classroom. There was swiffer wet jet that was accessible to the children in the Grasshoppers 2 classroom.”
WAC 110-300-0260(5)
Jan 5, 20242 citations
Training requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15. Serious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“L. needs BBP and a Food Handlers card.”
WAC 110-300-0106(10), WAC 110-300-0106(12)
Safety requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“In Dragonflies 2, wall needs cleaning by the sink garbage”
WAC 110-300-0165(3)(g)
Feb 8, 20232 citations
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“K. needs BBP, First Aid/CPR, Food H.E. needs First Aid/CPR, Food Handlers A. needs BBP, First Aid/CPR, Food Handlers E. needs CCB, BBP, First Aid/CPR, Food Handlers R. needs BBP, First Aid/CPR, Food Handlers S., C. need Food Handlers Pael needs First Aid/CPR and Food Handlers R. needs First Aid/CPR and Food Handlers”
WAC 110-300-0106(12), WAC 110-300-0106(4)
Preservice requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“B.K., A.E., R. need TB tests”
WAC 110-300-0105(3)
The state cited rules at all 4 of this center's inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times had fewer: 71% of 272.
How all 272 Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times compare
Of the 272 Seattle-area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None7%
- 1 of 415%
- 2 of 417%
- 3 of 433%
- All 429%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- December 3, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since February 2023 — all of them cited findings
- Most serious
- Serious —
(2)(b) The back door in the Drangonflies 2 classroom had window blinds that had a pulling cord that was accessible to the children. Short 110-300-0165(2)(c) Term
· December 3, 2025
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Dec 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · December 3, 2025
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(b) · Serious
(2)(b) The back door in the Drangonflies 2 classroom had window blinds that had a pulling cord that was accessible to the children. Short 110-300-0165(2)(c) Term
Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies
WAC 110-300-0260(5) · Serious
(5) There were multiple leaf rakes and two garden rakes by the exit gate in the playground that were accessible to the children.
Dec 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · December 17, 2024
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d) · Serious
(2)(c) There were multiple cords that were accessible to children in the Grasshoppers 2, Dragonflies 1 (christmas tree and air purifier cords), and Dragonflies 2 classrooms (air purifier cord). (2)(d) There were plastic bags in the bathroom of the Grasshoppers 2 classroom that were accessible to the children. (3)(a) There was a pair of adult scissors in the Dragonflies 1 classroom that were accessible to children.
Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies
WAC 110-300-0260(5) · Serious
(5) There was a vacuum and swiffer wet jet that were accessible to the children in the Dragonflies 2 classroom. There was swiffer wet jet that was accessible to the children in the Grasshoppers 2 classroom.
Jan 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · January 5, 2024
WAC 110-300-0165(3)(g) · Short Term
In Dragonflies 2, wall needs cleaning by the sink garbage
WAC 110-300-0106(10) / 110-300-0106(12) · Short Term / Serious
L. needs BBP and a Food Handlers card.
Feb 2023 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · February 8, 2023
WAC 110-300-0106(12) / 110-300-0106(4) · Serious
K. needs BBP, First Aid/CPR, Food H.E. needs First Aid/CPR, Food Handlers A. needs BBP, First Aid/CPR, Food Handlers E. needs CCB, BBP, First Aid/CPR, Food Handlers R. needs BBP, First Aid/CPR, Food Handlers S., C. need Food Handlers Pael needs First Aid/CPR and Food Handlers R. needs First Aid/CPR and Food Handlers
Shortlist replaces people’s names in the state’s text with initials. This is done by rule, not by hand, so it can miss a name or shorten a word that isn’t one. The state’s report, linked on each row, has the original.
What it costs
We couldn’t find it, so if you know, please share. We’ll publish it and work to confirm it with the provider directly too.
Details
- Phone
- (425) 362-6919
- Address
- 1804 136th Pl. NE, Ste. 1, Bellevue, 98005
- License
- PL-82224
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, Working Connections subsidy, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies, and who owns it. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
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.
State record
From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked November 3, 2026.
Washington’s four risk levels, highest first: Immediate, Serious, Short Term, Long Term. Deadlines from DCYF procedure PRO 10.1.21.
Ages
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Address, License — Checked June 2026 data.wa.gov
Medium means the middle half of Seattle-area’s 855 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 115 children. Small is 6 to 40; large is 116 to 323.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.