Hope Lutheran School Preschool

Center · Seattle · 4456 42nd Ave SW

What kind of place is this?

Size 80 children licensed In the middle half for Seattle centers, where the middle half licenses 43–121. Measured across 576 Seattle centers, 2026-08-17.

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

License status Active

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
September 10, 2025
On file
3 visits since October 2023 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
SeriousStaff BBP expired in August 2024. Some staff do not have food permits entered into Merit same as First aid/cpr. · September 18, 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.

Sep 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Sep 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · September 18, 2024

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(11) / 110-300-0106(12) · Short Term / Serious

Staff BBP expired in August 2024. Some staff do not have food permits entered into Merit same as First aid/cpr.

Report (PDF)

Oct 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · October 13, 2023

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

Provider's Merit page reflects some employee's have first aid/cpr, food handlers that are expired and TB test not entered into Merit. Employee's need to come into compliance and Merit page needs to be updated.

Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Hope Lutheran School 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 September 2024.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed.

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: established, teaching approach.

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 Hope Lutheran School 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.