Seattle · Licensed center
Epiphany School
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 35 children.
- Hours 8:30 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
From their website, read September 2026:
“Our student/teacher ratio across the school is approximately 6:1.”
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 3 of its 4 licensing inspections since March 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this center.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Mar 3, 20263 citations
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Licensor observed staff that work directly with children do not have food handlers card documented.”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
Preservice requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Licensor observed during the visit there is one teacher working that does not have a cleared background check.”
WAC 110-300-0105(2)
Safety requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Licensor observed plastic bags are accessible to children.”
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d)
- Mar 26, 2025Nothing cited
Mar 28, 20241 citation
Storage of hazardous and maintenance suppliesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Laundry room with contents inside, observed unlocked and accessible to children.”
WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a)
Mar 6, 20233 citations
Food allergies and special dietary needsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“No health care plan or written instruction for food substitution observed for 2 students with food allergies (epi pen) in the classroom for staff to follow. No written health care plan in the classroom accessible to staff to use and follow.”
WAC 110-300-0186(1)
MedicationSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“An epi pen was observed with no prescription box to indicate who the prescription was for. No medication authorization form was accompanied with the medication or information that would indicate possible side effects of the medication or how to give the medication. The child's first and last name was written on a zippy bag only. No date observed when the prescription was filled or contact info of the prescribing health care professional. No written consent signed consent observed with an epi pen medication observed in the classroom. No medication label as the medication box was missing.”
WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(i), WAC 110-300-0215(3)
Preservice requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“G.J. has not completed a portable background check, shows withdrawn in Merit.”
WAC 110-300-0105(2)
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 4 inspections. Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times split about evenly: about a third had fewer, a third the same, and a third more (272 centers).
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%This center
- All 429%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- March 3, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since March 2023 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
Licensor observed staff that work directly with children do not have food handlers card documented.
· March 3, 2026
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Mar 2026 Licensing visit 3 findings
Licensing visit · March 3, 2026
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
Licensor observed staff that work directly with children do not have food handlers card documented.
WAC 110-300-0105(2) · Serious
Licensor observed during the visit there is one teacher working that does not have a cleared background check.
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d) · Serious
Licensor observed plastic bags are accessible to children.
Mar 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · March 28, 2024
Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies
WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) · Serious
Laundry room with contents inside, observed unlocked and accessible to children.
Mar 2023 Licensing visit 3 findings
Licensing visit · March 6, 2023
Food allergies and special dietary needs
WAC 110-300-0186(1) · Serious
No health care plan or written instruction for food substitution observed for 2 students with food allergies (epi pen) in the classroom for staff to follow. No written health care plan in the classroom accessible to staff to use and follow.
WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(i) / 110-300-0215(3) · Serious
An epi pen was observed with no prescription box to indicate who the prescription was for. No medication authorization form was accompanied with the medication or information that would indicate possible side effects of the medication or how to give the medication. The child's first and last name was written on a zippy bag only. No date observed when the prescription was filled or contact info of the prescribing health care professional. No written consent signed consent observed with an epi pen medication observed in the classroom. No medication label as the medication box was missing.
WAC 110-300-0105(2) · Serious
G.J. has not completed a portable background check, shows withdrawn in Merit.
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What it costs
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A day here
8:30 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.
Details
- Phone
- (206) 323-9011
- Address
- 3611 E Denny Way, Seattle, 98122
- License
- PL-12848
- Established
- 1958
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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 epiphanyschool.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
- Hours — Checked September 2026 epiphanyschool.org
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Website — Checked July 2026 epiphanyschool.org
- Address, License — Checked June 2026 data.wa.gov
- Ages they serve, Established — Checked September 2026 epiphanyschool.org
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 data.seattle.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Seattle-area’s 855 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 6 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 115; 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.