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El Centro De La Raza

elcentrodelaraza.org

At a glance

  • Medium center, licensed for 68 children.
  • Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.

What to know

License: 15 months to 6 years (state). They serve: 2.5-5 year olds (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 1 of its 4 licensing inspections since March 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Jul 16, 2026Nothing cited
  • Aug 21, 20251 citation
    • Safe food practicesShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.

      • “This license observed an open container with fruit.”

        WAC 110-300-0197(4)

  • Jan 29, 2025Nothing cited
  • Mar 26, 2024Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 4 inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times had more: 79% of 272 had rules cited at 2 or more.

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%This center
  • 2 of 417%
  • 3 of 433%
  • All 429%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
July 16, 2026
On file
4 visits since March 2024 — 3 cited nothing
Most serious
Short Term — This license observed an open container with fruit. · August 21, 2025

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

Jul 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Aug 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · August 21, 2025

Safe food practices

WAC 110-300-0197(4) · Short Term

This license observed an open container with fruit.

Report (PDF)

Jan 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Mar 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)

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Details

Phone
(206) 957-4653
Address
1015 NE 67th St., Seattle, 98115
License
PL-82298
Quality program
Early Achievers Level 4

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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).

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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