Bellevue · Licensed center
Pikake School
At a glance
- Medium Montessori center, licensed for 98 children.
- Hours 8:55 a.m. to 3 p.m., 5 days a week, school year.
- Tuition Preschool $2,550 a month, full time. See costs
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 2 of its 3 licensing inspections since May 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this center.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Mar 17, 2026Nothing cited
Nov 21, 20242 citations
Safety requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Plastic bags under sinks accessible to children.”
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d)
Storage of hazardous and maintenance suppliesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Clearning supplies under sink accessible to children.”
WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a)
May 3, 20247 citations
First-aid—CPR certification and suppliesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Emergency bag with first aid kit accessible to children in the playground area.”
WAC 110-300-0230(2)(b)
Storage of hazardous and maintenance suppliesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Storage room unlocked and door open.”
WAC 110-300-0260(2)(a)(b)
Preservice requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Vendor JS working with children unsupervised without a background check.”
WAC 110-300-0105(2)
Food allergies and special dietary needsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Child TS no individula care plan for nut and sesame seed allergy. Child AK missing subsitute foods and doctor signature on the allergy plan. Child RM missing individual care plan for this year. Child BB allergic to eggs and peacans- no individula care plan.”
WAC 110-300-0186(1)
Food allergies and special dietary needsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Child AD allergic to nuts, missing epi-pen.”
WAC 110-300-0186(2)
Safety requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Window blinds loose in classroom room#1.”
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(b)
Safety requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Garbage bags accessible to children in room #3 and room#4”
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d)
The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 3 inspections. Seattle-area centers inspected 3 times split about evenly: about a third had fewer, a third the same, and a third more (364 centers).
How all 364 Seattle-area centers inspected 3 times compare
Of the 364 Seattle-area centers the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None12%
- 1 of 321%
- 2 of 335%This center
- All 333%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- March 17, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since May 2024 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
Plastic bags under sinks accessible to children.
· November 21, 2024
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Nov 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · November 21, 2024
Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies
WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) · Serious
Clearning supplies under sink accessible to children.
May 2024 Licensing visit 7 findings
Licensing visit · May 3, 2024
First-aid—CPR certification and supplies
WAC 110-300-0230(2)(b) · Serious
Emergency bag with first aid kit accessible to children in the playground area.
Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies
WAC 110-300-0260(2)(a)(b) · Serious
Storage room unlocked and door open.
WAC 110-300-0105(2) · Serious
Vendor JS working with children unsupervised without a background check.
Food allergies and special dietary needs
WAC 110-300-0186(1) · Serious
Child TS no individula care plan for nut and sesame seed allergy. Child AK missing subsitute foods and doctor signature on the allergy plan. Child RM missing individual care plan for this year. Child BB allergic to eggs and peacans- no individula care plan.
Food allergies and special dietary needs
WAC 110-300-0186(2) · Serious
Child AD allergic to nuts, missing epi-pen.
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d) · Serious
Garbage bags accessible to children in room #3 and room#4
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What it costs
Pikake SchoolMost Seattle-area prices (middle 80%)
Monthly, full time. The band is the middle 80% of Seattle-area full-time prices for that age; 113 preschool programs publish one.
- Part time
- $2,250 to $2,400 a month
- Application fee
- $250
- Siblings
- 5% applied to student with lowest tuition rate
A day here
8:55 a.m. to 3 p.m., 5 days a week, school year
Outdoors, updates for parents, schedule and one more
- Outdoors
- Daily outdoor playground time with play structures, sand, soccer, and tricycles
- Updates for parents
- Uses the Brightwheel app for enrollment/payment contracts
- Schedule
- Full-day, half-day
- Closed
- Closed on holidays, professional development days, winter, mid-winter, and spring breaks
How they teach
Montessori and bilingual
“We have immersion programs for Japanese and English languages.”
Policies
- Enrollment
- Offer or waiting pool depending on space; 14 days to accept an offer and pay the enrollment fee and school year deposit to guarantee placement; waiting pool kept in order received
Details
- Phone
- (425) 590-9320
- Address
- 16007 NE 8th St, Suite 200, Bellevue, 98008
- License
- PL-81096
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Sources and dates
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked October 2026 pikakeschool.com
What it costs
- Preschool, Second price, Application fee, Sibling discount — Checked June 2026 pikakeschool.com/…/7057a9_afe7730760c24d1fba933ea28acbb82a.pdf
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
- Outdoors — Checked August 2026 pikakeschool.com
- Updates for parents — Checked August 2026 pikakeschool.com/…/7057a9_afe7730760c24d1fba933ea28acbb82a.pdf
- Hours, Calendar — Checked June 2026 pikakeschool.com/…/7057a9_afe7730760c24d1fba933ea28acbb82a.pdf
- Schedule — Checked September 2026 pikakeschool.com
- Closed — Checked September 2026 pikakeschool.com
Policies
- Enrollment — Checked September 2026 pikakeschool.com
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Website — Checked July 2026 pikakeschool.com
- Address — Checked June 2026 data.wa.gov
- License — Checked April 2026 data.wa.gov
- Ages they serve — Checked September 2026 pikakeschool.com
Medium means the middle half of Seattle-area’s 855 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 115 children. Small is 6 to 40; 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.