El Cuento Preschool

Center · Seattle · 501 19th Ave E

What kind of place is this?

Size 20 children licensed Smaller than the middle half of Seattle centers, where the middle half licenses 43–121. Measured across 576 Seattle centers, 2026-08-17.
Established 2007

How this compares

Washington DCYF cited something at 3 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?

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Early Achievers Level 3
License status Active

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
January 29, 2026
On file
4 visits since August 2023 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
SeriousCleaning and sanitizing products in the children's bathroom were in a location accessible to children. · January 29, 2026

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.

Jan 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · January 29, 2026

Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies

WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) · Serious

Cleaning and sanitizing products in the children's bathroom were in a location accessible to children.

Report (PDF)

Mar 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · March 28, 2025

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

1 staff needs to get current food worker card.

Safe food practices

WAC 110-300-0197(3) · Short Term

Some cheese for a child's snack after naptime was not refrigerated. The cheese was sitting on the table while children were still napping.

Report (PDF)

Feb 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · February 13, 2024

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(11) · Short Term

one staff needs to get first-aid/CPR cards.

Report (PDF)

Aug 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)

Before you tour

El Cuento Preschool hasn’t published

Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

Ask what changed after the two findings Washington DCYF ranked Serious, most recently in January 2026.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed. The rest carry its lower risk levels.

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.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: teaching approach.

Who will be with our child

Not yet reported: children per teacher.

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.

Do you run El Cuento Preschool? Shortlist has no tuition, hours or ratios for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.