Eastside Children's Academy

Center · Bellevue · 1535 116th Ave NE

What kind of place is this?

Size 184 children licensed Larger than the middle half of Seattle centers, where the middle half licenses 43–121. Measured across 576 Seattle centers, 2026-08-17.
Established 2019
Approach creative-curriculum, bilingual

In the program’s own words

“Our curriculum provides for full integration of the Creative Curriculum, with an emphasis on language arts and mathematics, as well as on the social emotional, cognitive, language and physical growth of the child.” eastsidechildrensacademy.com, August 2026
“Your child will be exposed to a one-of-a-kind, high-quality bilingual curriculum based on early learning standards that address the multiple domains of development, including but not limited to academic, social-emotional, and physical.” eastsidechildrensacademy.com, August 2026

How this compares

Washington DCYF cited something at 4 of the 4 visits below. Across Seattle centers it cites something at about 67% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Seattle with Seattle and never with another state.

Who will be with our child?

Will it fit our family?

Ages served 6 weeks through Pre-Kindergarten
Days / week 5
Schedule full-day (M-F), half-day (M-F 9:00-3:00), and part-week (M/W/F or T/TH) schedules

What will it cost us?

Infant $3,690/mo
Preschool $2,850/mo
Part-time $1,675–$2,650/mo
Application fee $250
Sibling discount 5% sibling discount on lesser tuition when both children are enrolled

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Early Achievers Enrolled
License status Active

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
December 11, 2025
On file
4 visits since June 2023 — all of them cited findings · 1 complaint investigation
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
Serious(2)(d) There was a roll of plastic garbage bags and other bags in a cupboard under the sink of Classroom 5/Early Preschool that were accessible to the children. Completed Date Disputed Date Disputed · December 11, 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.

Dec 2025 Licensing visit 3 findings

Licensing visit · December 11, 2025

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(2)(c) · Short Term

(2)(c) There were two charger cords accessible to the children in Classroom 1/Pre-K 3. Completed Date Disputed Date Disputed

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d) · Serious

(2)(d) There was a roll of plastic garbage bags and other bags in a cupboard under the sink of Classroom 5/Early Preschool that were accessible to the children. Completed Date Disputed Date Disputed

Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies

WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) · Serious

(1)(a) There was a bottle of Windex in a cupboard under the sink of Classroom 4/Pre-K that was accessible to the children.

Report (PDF)

Mar 2025 Complaint 1 valid issue

Complaint · March 3, 2025 · Resolved April 28, 2025

The state lists this complaint on the provider’s record, but the state’s published report includes no citation detail.

Report (PDF)

Nov 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · November 7, 2024

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(2)(c) · Short Term

Multiple classrooms had phone cords hanging off that were accessible to children.

License and program location

WAC 110-300-0410(4) · Serious

The director was unable to show Licensor the most recent water testing results.

Report (PDF)

Mar 2024 Licensing visit 5 findings

Licensing visit · March 25, 2024

Food allergies and special dietary needs

WAC 110-300-0186(2) · Serious

There was no record of staff medication training for children with epi-pens.

Medication

WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(ii) · Serious

There were diaper creams in several of the rooms without full names on the containers and some without names on them at all.

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(2)(a) · Serious

There were outlet plug ins in the infant room and toddler room that could be a choke hazard. There is a tall teacher's cabinet in room 8 that is not secured to the wall and there are objects on top of it that could fall.

Emergency preparation and exiting

WAC 110-300-0166(3)(c) · Serious

There is a gate that is blocking the exit in the infant room. In classroom 2 the second exit is blocked by stuff that is in room one by the door.

Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies

WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) · Serious

The bleach bottle was accessible to children in room #9.

Report (PDF)

Jun 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · June 9, 2023

Infant safe sleep practices

WAC 110-300-0291(1)(g) · Serious

There was a blanket in the crib of a sleeping infant. This was addressed the day of visit 6/9/27with a safe sleep violation letter signed by director and was posted for parents, verbal notification to director and in person notification of violation to office manager. Director also will go over safe sleep WAC again with all infant room teachers.

Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Ask what changed after the nine findings Washington DCYF ranked Serious, most recently in December 2025.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed. The rest carry its lower risk levels.

Sources and dates

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What kind of place is this

Who will be with our child

Not yet reported: children per teacher.

Will it fit our family

Not yet reported: hours, holiday closures.

What will it cost us

Pricing per provider website, checked July 2026.

Licensing and contact

State record

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

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