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Pike Market Child Care and Preschool

pikemarketkids.org

At a glance

  • Medium center, licensed for 74 children.
  • Hours 7:45 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., 5 days a week, school year.
  • Tuition Infant $3,443, preschool $2,611 a month, full time. See costs
  • Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
Also changed: infant price

Infant: now $3,443 a month; was $3,218 (+$225, +7.0%). Seen in September 2026.

Is this normal? 8 of 42 Seattle centers we checked this summer and again this fall raised their prices. Too few to say how much a typical rise is.

Based on 42 Seattle centers whose own websites listed a price this summer and again this fall.

Why this happens

Across the country, child care prices rise most at the start of the school year. In federal price data from 2007 to 2025, August and September carried about half of a typical year’s increase.

Ask them: when the new price takes effect, whether it applies to families already enrolled, and when the next increase is planned.

Is this out of date?

What to know

License: 1 month to 6 years (state). They serve: Infancy through age 5 (their website).

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 January 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Apr 8, 20262 citations
    • Safety requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “Licensor observed plastic bags accessible to children.”

        WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d)

    • Emergency preparedness planShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.

      • “Licensor observed earthquake, lockdown or shelter in place drill have not been completed every three months. Fire drills are done by each classroom and the fire drill document is not up to date.”

        WAC 110-300-0470(4)(b)

  • Apr 29, 20251 citation
    • Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “Some staff need to renew the food worker card. Some staff need to renew safe sleep training.”

        WAC 110-300-0106(12)

  • Mar 18, 2024Nothing cited
  • Jan 13, 20231 citation
    • MedicationSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “One epi pen medication is missing the prescription box. 2 epi pen prescription's are expired.”

        WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(ii), WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(i)

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
April 8, 2026
On file
4 visits since January 2023 — 1 cited nothing
Most serious
Serious — Licensor observed plastic bags accessible to children. · April 8, 2026

Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.

Apr 2026 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · April 8, 2026

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d) · Serious

Licensor observed plastic bags accessible to children.

Emergency preparedness plan

WAC 110-300-0470(4)(b) · Short Term

Licensor observed earthquake, lockdown or shelter in place drill have not been completed every three months. Fire drills are done by each classroom and the fire drill document is not up to date.

Report (PDF)

Apr 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · April 29, 2025

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

Some staff need to renew the food worker card. Some staff need to renew safe sleep training.

Report (PDF)

Mar 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Jan 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · January 13, 2023

Medication

WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(ii) / 110-300-0215(3)(a)(i) · Serious

One epi pen medication is missing the prescription box. 2 epi pen prescription's are expired.

Report (PDF)

Shortlist replaces people’s names in the state’s text with initials. This is done by rule, not by hand, so it can miss a name or shorten a word that isn’t one. The state’s report, linked on each row, has the original.

What it costs

Infant$3,443
Preschool$2,611

Pike Market Child Care and PreschoolBefore the changeMost Seattle-area prices (middle 80%)

Monthly, full time. The band is the middle 80% of Seattle-area full-time prices for that age; 56 infant and 113 preschool programs publish one.

A day here

7:45 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., 5 days a week, school year

Meals, updates for parents and closed
Meals
Healthy, home-cooked meals and snacks (breakfast through snacks) served family-style, always included with tuition
Updates for parents
Brightwheel Messaging system and email
Closed
Two-week winter break and one week before school starts in September for professional development; early close the first Wednesday of each month for staff meeting

Policies

When a child is sick
Children with COVID-19 symptoms must stay home; children should stay home if ill regardless of COVID-19 test results (guidelines dated 10/4/2022)
Enrollment
When matching a family to an opening, priority goes to children needing full-time care, siblings of enrolled children, and families who work in the Market; up to 65% of enrollment held for sliding-fee/voucher/subsidy families

Details

Phone
(206) 625-0842
Address
1501 Pike Place, Unit 222, Seattle, 98101
License
PL-1237
Quality program
Early Achievers Level 3+

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Sources and dates

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What it costs

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

Age groups as Washington defines them: WAC 110-300-0005 (infant to 11 months, toddler 12 to 29 months, preschool 30 months to 6 years, school age 5 to 12 years).

A day here

What changed

pikemarketkids.org/enrollment, saved between June 16 and July 10, 2026, and again September 26, 2026

Day care and preschool prices, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2007 to 2025, read October 9, 2026

Policies

Details

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.

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