Licensed center

Green Acres Stanwood

A center, licensed for 85 children. No complaint investigation has found a violation here, true of 150 of 203 similar-size Seattle-area centers.

How they teach

Not published

Who cares for your child

Ratio not published

Three staff are named on their site, with no start years given.

What it costs

Not published

Shortlist can ask Green Acres Stanwood for what it has not published: how they teach, what it costs, hours and late pickup, a typical day and sick and biting policies. The answer will go on this page.

What the state has found

No complaint investigation has found a violation since February 2023

150: none52: one to four1: five or more

The 203 Seattle-area centers licensed for 71 to 114 children, the size band this one falls in, as of September 26, 2026.

Larger centers have more complaint investigations, so Green Acres Stanwood (85 children) is compared with centers its size.

Routine visits: 2 of 3 cited something

Across Seattle-area centers, the state cites something at about 2 in 3 routine visits (1,966 visits). Three visits are too few to read as a pattern.

From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked September 26, 2026.

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
December 1, 2025
On file
3 visits since March 2024 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
Serious — Playground not observed to have 9 inches of ground cover under toddler swing. · December 23, 2024

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 nothing cited Report (PDF)
Dec 2024 Licensing visit 3 findings

Licensing visit · December 23, 2024

Outdoor early learning program space

WAC 110-300-0145(11) · Short Term

Not all playground emergency exit gates were observed to be self-closing and self-latching.

Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning space

WAC 110-300-0146(1)(a)(b) · Serious

Playground not observed to have 9 inches of ground cover under toddler swing.

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(3)(f) · Short Term

Some items observed to not be secured, being at risk of falling, including highchair on a table, one unsecured cabinet multiple stacked items stored on top of cabinets.

Report (PDF)

Mar 2024 Licensing visit 4 findings

Licensing visit · March 14, 2024

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(3)(g) · Short Term

Plastic drawers used as barriers in preschool #1 and art shelf in pre-K room are not secured and posed safety concern if fall on children.

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(3)(g) · Short Term

Observed flaking paint on diaper changing tables. Preschool #1 room: area rugs curled on edges posing tripping hazard. Pre-K room: white shelf wood rotted on the bottom with flaking paint on both sides of the shelf. Pre-K room: a hand washing sink has chipped corner exposing bare rotten wood.

Emergency preparation and exiting

WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) · Serious

On the day of inspection, the gate close to the toddler yard was considered the playground emergency gate. The wooden gate leading children out of premises from the emergency gate was pad locked.

Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies

WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) · Serious

Diaper ointment and other items labeled "keep out of reach of children" were accessible to children in the drawers under the diaper changing tables.

Report (PDF)

A day here

Not published

Details

Address
27428 72nd Ave NW
License
PL-10230, active
Quality program
Early Achievers Level 3

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Who cares for your child

State record

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