Cooperative Children's Center

Center · Seattle · 5315 Roosevelt Way NE

What kind of place is this?

Size 48 children licensed In the middle half for Seattle centers, where the middle half licenses 43–121. Measured across 576 Seattle centers, 2026-08-17.
Established 1972
Approach emergent

In the program’s own words

“Our classrooms are guided by the principles of Emergent Curriculum. This means that we encourage learning activities that emerge out of each child’s interests, actions, or serendipitous events.” coopchild.org, August 2026

Who will be with our child?

Toddler 1 teacher to 5–6 children Staff only — parent volunteers work alongside them
Preschool 1 teacher to 8 children Staff only — parent volunteers work alongside them

Will it fit our family?

Ages served 12 months through 5 years
Hours 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Days / week 5
Schedule full-day only; part-time (2-4 days/week) or full-time (5 days/week)
Accepts subsidy Yes

What will it cost us?

Application fee $60

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Early Achievers Level 3+
License status Active
Website coopchild.org

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
April 27, 2026
On file
3 visits since April 2024 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
SeriousFaye and Abigail have expired food permit. · May 22, 2025

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.

Apr 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
May 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · May 22, 2025

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

Faye and Abigail have expired food permit.

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

Alanna did not complete the child care basics training.

Report (PDF)

Apr 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · April 23, 2024

Preservice requirements

WAC 110-300-0105(2) · Serious

1 staff missing a current background check.

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(4) · Serious

1 staff needs to take child abuse/neglect training offered by the department.

Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Worth doing yourself

Ask what changed after each, and whether the state has been back.

On the visit: what you can only see — how the room smells, whether teachers are down on the floor with the children, how staff speak to each other. Those, and the 7 questions worth hearing answered out loud, are in the note below.

Sources and dates

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What kind of place is this

Who will be with our child

Will it fit our family

Not yet reported: holiday closures.

Licensing and contact

  • State quality rating — Checked March 2026 · data.wa.gov
  • License status — Checked March 2026
  • Phone — Checked April 2026 · coopchild.org
  • Website — Checked July 2026 · coopchild.org

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

Work at Cooperative Children's Center? Update this listing — it is free, and the program is the only source for what public records do not carry.