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Cooperative Children's Center

coopchild.org

At a glance

  • Medium emergent curriculum center, licensed for 48 children.
  • Hours 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week.

From their website, read September 2026:

“Moon/Comet Room Ages 3 to 5 years 8 to 1 child to teacher ratio” Washington allows up to 10 children per adult at this age.

“Star Room Ages 2 to 3.5 years 6 to 1 child to teacher ratio”

“Sun Room Ages 1 to 2.5 years 5 to 1 child to teacher ratio”

Staff only: parent volunteers work alongside them.

The state’s rule

Washington sets the most children one adult may care for by age, and the largest group size, in WAC 110-300-0356(5).

Infants (birth through 11 months): one adult for every four.

Toddlers (12 through 29 months): one adult for every seven.

Preschoolers (30 months through 6 years, not in kindergarten): one adult for every ten.

School-age children: one adult for every fifteen.

What to know

License: 12 months to 6 years (state). They serve: 12 months through 5 years (their website).

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 2 of its 3 licensing inspections since April 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Apr 27, 2026Nothing cited
  • May 22, 20252 citations
    • Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “F. and A. have expired food permit.”

        WAC 110-300-0106(12)

    • Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “A. did not complete the child care basics training.”

        WAC 110-300-0106(12)

  • Apr 23, 20242 citations
    • Preservice requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “1 staff missing a current background check.”

        WAC 110-300-0105(2)

    • Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

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

        WAC 110-300-0106(4)

The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 3 inspections. Seattle-area centers inspected 3 times split about evenly: about a third had fewer, a third the same, and a third more (364 centers).

How all 364 Seattle-area centers inspected 3 times compare

Of the 364 Seattle-area centers the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None12%
  • 1 of 321%
  • 2 of 335%This center
  • All 333%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
April 27, 2026
On file
3 visits since April 2024 — 1 cited nothing
Most serious
Serious — F. and A. have expired food permit. · May 22, 2025

Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.

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

F. and A. have expired food permit.

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

A. 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)

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What it costs

Application fee
$60
Deposit
$500, refundable

A day here

7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week

Meals, outdoors, diapers and one more
Meals
Tuition covers breakfast and two mid-day snacks; organic vegetarian menu, peanut-free; families pack lunch; post-nap mini-meal provided
Outdoors
Daily outdoor play in a large yard with slide, bikes/cars, sand/water table, sandbox, and playhouse
Diapers
Diapers are excluded from tuition
Schedule
Full-day only; part-week (2 to 4 days a week) or full-week (5 days a week)

How they teach

Emergent curriculum

“Our classrooms are guided by the principles of Emergent Curriculum.”

What staff are paid

Assistant Teacher
$22 to $24 an hourJob posting, seen October 2026

Policies

When a child is sick
Exclude child from care for fever ≥100.4°F, vomiting, diarrhea, or unresolved rash/sores/lice/ringworm/scabies until symptom-free
Enrollment
30 days written notice of withdrawal required, otherwise family is liable for tuition and missed work hours; fees not refundable after payment

Details

Phone
(206) 522-5388
Address
5315 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, 98105
License
PL-79531
Quality program
Early Achievers Level 3+
Established
1972

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Sources and dates

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Children per adult

Washington’s limits: WAC 110-300-0356(5)

How they teach

What it costs

What staff are paid

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

Age groups as Washington defines them: WAC 110-300-0005 (infant to 11 months, toddler 12 to 29 months, preschool 30 months to 6 years, school age 5 to 12 years).

A day here

Policies

Details

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.

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