Mercer Island · Licensed center
Country Village Day School
At a glance
- Large center, licensed for 119 children.
- Hours 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
From their website, read September 2026:
“The teacher/student ratio for our preschoolers is 1:10.”
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
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 December 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this center.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Oct 2, 20261 citation
Food allergies and special dietary needsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Medication and corresponding medication individual care plan were observed to be expired for several children.”
WAC 110-300-0186(2)
Aug 27, 20256 citations
Food allergies and special dietary needsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“One child's individula care plan was not signed by the health care provider. One child had an expired individual care plan. One child with a documented allergy had no individual care plan and medication authorization.”
WAC 110-300-0186(1)
Food allergies and special dietary needsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“One child with a documented allergy had no medication or documentation on file prior to attending school. One child’s EpiPen was missing, although it was listed in the individual care plan issued by the doctor. One child had medication and documentation that were expired.”
WAC 110-300-0186(2)
MedicationSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“One child had medication without a prescription label/sticker.”
WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(i)
Training requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“15+ employees were missing documentation/record of completed child care basic training.”
WAC 110-300-0106(3)
Safety requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“Water temperature in multiple sinks across the building was recorded at 123.3°F, exceeding the maximum allowed.”
WAC 110-300-0165(4)(e) · Rule: “All water accessible to enrolled children must not be hotter than 120 degrees Fahrenheit.”
Fire safetyShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“A copy of the fire inspection report was not available for review.”
WAC 110-300-0170(2)
Apr 10, 20251 citation
MedicationSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Medication authorization forms were missing for children with allergies and other medciation.”
WAC 110-300-0215(3)
Dec 7, 20233 citations
Food allergies and special dietary needsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Child E-allergy to raw eggs, no individual care plan. Child BB- idividual care plan missing a list of appropriate substitute foods.”
WAC 110-300-0186(1), WAC 110-300-0186(2)
Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning spaceSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“There was less than an inch of bark under climbing equipment.”
WAC 110-300-0146(1)(a)(b)
Safety requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Classroom 7 had garbage bags accessible in the bathroom and classroom 8 water temperature above 120F.”
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d)
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
- October 2, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since December 2023 — all of them cited findings
- Most serious
- Serious —
Medication and corresponding medication individual care plan were observed to be expired for several children.
· October 2, 2026
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Oct 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · October 2, 2026
Food allergies and special dietary needs
WAC 110-300-0186(2) · Serious
Medication and corresponding medication individual care plan were observed to be expired for several children.
Aug 2025 Licensing visit 6 findings
Licensing visit · August 27, 2025
WAC 110-300-0106(3) · Short Term
15+ employees were missing documentation/record of completed child care basic training.
WAC 110-300-0165(4)(e) · Short Term
Water temperature in multiple sinks across the building was recorded at 123.3°F, exceeding the maximum allowed.
WAC 110-300-0170(2) · Short Term
A copy of the fire inspection report was not available for review.
Food allergies and special dietary needs
WAC 110-300-0186(1) · Serious
One child's individula care plan was not signed by the health care provider. One child had an expired individual care plan. One child with a documented allergy had no individual care plan and medication authorization.
Food allergies and special dietary needs
WAC 110-300-0186(2) · Serious
One child with a documented allergy had no medication or documentation on file prior to attending school. One child’s EpiPen was missing, although it was listed in the individual care plan issued by the doctor. One child had medication and documentation that were expired.
WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(i) · Serious
One child had medication without a prescription label/sticker.
Apr 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · April 10, 2025
WAC 110-300-0215(3) · Serious
Medication authorization forms were missing for children with allergies and other medciation.
Dec 2023 Licensing visit 3 findings
Licensing visit · December 7, 2023
Food allergies and special dietary needs
WAC 110-300-0186(1) / 110-300-0186(2) · Serious
Child E-allergy to raw eggs, no individual care plan. Child BB- idividual care plan missing a list of appropriate substitute foods.
Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning space
WAC 110-300-0146(1)(a)(b) · Serious
There was less than an inch of bark under climbing equipment.
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d) · Serious
Classroom 7 had garbage bags accessible in the bathroom and classroom 8 water temperature above 120F.
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What it costs
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A day here
6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week
Meals, sleep, diapers and two more
- Meals
- Infants: parents provide bottles, formula and food. Waddlers: parents provide finger foods.
- Sleep
- Infants sleep on an individual schedule; Waddlers transition to one nap per day; CVDS provides bedding
- Diapers
- Parents provide diapers (infant program)
- Updates for parents
- ClassDojo, mass notification system, FlashAlert, Facebook and website for delays and closures
- Schedule
- Full-day; full-week (Monday-Friday); part-week (Monday/Wednesday/Friday or Tuesday/Thursday)
Details
- Phone
- (206) 236-2417
- Address
- 9423 SE 36th St, Mercer Island, 98040
- License
- PL-14858
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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.
Children per adult
- Children per adult — Checked September 2026 countryvillagedayschool.org
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
- Meals, Sleep, Diapers, Hours — Checked September 2026 countryvillagedayschool.org
- Updates for parents — Checked June 2026 countryvillagedayschool.org/…/6c966d_5addd863151a43a08eedadb33e3ce436.pdf
- Schedule — Checked June 2026 countryvillagedayschool.org/…/6c966d_b430d51831b848b4b45dd52beb54ec9f.pdf
Details
- Phone — Checked April 2026 countryvillagedayschool.org
- Website — Checked July 2026 countryvillagedayschool.org
- Address — Checked June 2026 data.wa.gov
- License — Checked April 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Ages they serve — Checked September 2026 countryvillagedayschool.org
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 projects.propublica.org
Large means the biggest quarter of Seattle-area’s 855 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 116 to 323 children. Small is 6 to 40; medium is 41 to 115.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.