Seattle · Licensed center
Chelsea House Montessori
“We have have two spots for this year”
The program told Shortlist 2 days ago (November 2, 2026)
The program last told Shortlist 2 days ago (November 2, 2026).
At a glance
- Small Montessori center, licensed for 18 children.
- Hours 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., 5 days a week, school year.
- Tuition Preschool $2,059 a month, full time. See costs
- Run by a for-profit business.
All ages: 1 teacher for every 5 children.
The program told Shortlist on October 9, 2026.
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 1 of its 5 licensing inspections since June 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this center.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Oct 15, 2026Nothing cited
- Feb 25, 2026Nothing cited
- Apr 22, 2025Nothing cited
May 7, 20241 citation
Emergency preparation and exitingSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“The front emergency exit was locked from the inside when licensor arrived for visit.”
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a)
- Jun 1, 2023Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 5 inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected 5 times had more: 96% of 77 had rules cited at 2 or more.
How all 77 Seattle-area centers inspected 5 times compare
Of the 77 Seattle-area centers the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None1%
- 1 of 53%This center
- 2 of 59%
- 3 of 526%
- 4 of 539%
- All 522%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- October 15, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since June 2023 — 4 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
110-300-0166(3)(a) The front emergency exit was locked from the inside when licensor arrived for visit.
· May 7, 2024
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
May 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · May 7, 2024
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) · Serious
110-300-0166(3)(a) The front emergency exit was locked from the inside when licensor arrived for visit.
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
Chelsea House MontessoriMost Seattle-area prices (middle 80%)
Monthly, full time. The band is the middle 80% of Seattle-area full-time prices for that age; 113 preschool programs publish one.
- Half day (morning)
- $1,559 a month
- Application fee
- $250
- Deposit
- $0
- Siblings
- $200 off for the second child. Friends and family: a $200 tuition credit to each family when two friends enroll together, applied after six months.
A day here
9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., 5 days a week, school year
A typical day, meals, outdoors and four more
- A typical day
- 9:00 doors open, children build with blocks · 9:20–9:50 circle time: yoga, a good morning song in languages from around the world, calendar, poem of the month, letter of the week, theme of the week · 10:00 snack · 10:15–11:30 work time · 11:30–12:00 outside · 12:10–1:00 lunch · 1:00–2:00 outside · 2:00–3:00 circle and work time · 3:00 snack and story time · 3:30 dismissal
- Meals
- Snacks provided at 10:00 am and 3:00 pm. Lunch is brought from home.
- Outdoors
- Outside twice a day, in a large backyard with a slide, a yurt and a climbing structure, shaded by large trees.
- Sleep
- Naps for children who need them, typically starting at 1:00 pm.
- Screens
- No screens at school.
- Schedule
- Full-day, half-day
- Closed
- 9 holidays and breaks a year
Dates
Veteran's Day, New Year's Day, President's Day, Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday, Martin Luther King Day, Spring Break, Winter Break, Mid-Winter Break, Memorial Day; also 2 parent conference days per year and 1 teacher/staff training day every 3 months
How they teach
Montessori
“The Montessori classroom is a child-sized world.”
Who cares for your child
Christine Amaratunge (Lead Teacher), 20 years in early childhood, Jaisri Gangadharan (Director), 10 years in early childhood and Marissa Biltucci (Teacher), 10 years in early childhood.
Policies
- When a child is sick
- Children stay home when they are sick. The school follows Washington health guidelines.
- Enrollment
- Parent and child tour the school, then fill out the registration form and pay the registration fee to hold a spot. Tuition is collected monthly from August 1 to May 1.
Details
- Phone
- (206) 363-5212
- Address
- 13742 30th Ave NE, Seattle, 98125
- License
- PL-21094
- Established
- 1985
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Sources and dates
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Children per adult
Children per adult: the program told Shortlist on October 9, 2026.
How they teach
- Approach — Checked October 2026 chelseahousemontessori.com
Who cares for your child
What it costs
- Preschool, Second price, Deposit, Sibling discount — Checked October 2026
- Application fee — Checked July 2026 chelseahousemontessori.com/…/5c45bf_a8fc7f4854ab45eaa1e2c7c0643dadef.pdf
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
A day here
- A typical day, Meals, Outdoors, Sleep, Screens — Checked October 2026
- Hours, Schedule — Checked September 2026 chelseahousemontessori.com
- Calendar — Checked September 2026 chelseahousemontessori.com/…/5c45bf_a8fc7f4854ab45eaa1e2c7c0643dadef.pdf
- Closed — Checked July 2026 chelseahousemontessori.com/…/5c45bf_a8fc7f4854ab45eaa1e2c7c0643dadef.pdf
Policies
- When a child is sick, Enrollment — Checked October 2026
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Website — Checked July 2026 chelseahousemontessori.com
- Address, License — Checked June 2026 data.wa.gov
- Openings — Checked November 2026
- Established — Checked September 2026 chelseahousemontessori.com
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 data.seattle.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Seattle-area’s 855 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 6 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 115; 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.