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.
Medium center. Medium means the middle half of Seattle-area’s 859 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 6 to 40; large is 115 to 323.
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 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.
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.
Mar 2024 Licensing visit 4 findings
Licensing visit · March 14, 2024
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.
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.
A day here
Not published
Details
- Website
- greenacrespreschool.org
- Address
- 27428 72nd Ave NW
- License
- PL-10230, active
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Level 3
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Sources and dates
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Who cares for your child
- Staff — greenacrespreschool.org
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
Details
- Website — Checked September 2026 · greenacrespreschool.org
- Address, License, Quality program — Checked September 2026 · data.wa.gov