Pike Market Child Care and Preschool

Center · Seattle · 1501 Pike Place, Unit 222

What kind of place is this?

Size 74 children licensed In the middle half for Seattle centers, where the middle half licenses 43–121. Measured across 576 Seattle centers, 2026-08-17.

How this compares

Washington DCYF cited something at 3 of the 4 visits below. Across Seattle centers it cites something at about 67% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Seattle with Seattle and never with another state.

Will it fit our family?

Hours 7:45 AM – 5:45 PM
Days / week 5
Holiday closures Closed Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving + Day After (National Day of Mourning), Winter Break (Dec 22-31), MLK Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, 4th of July, plus an August staff in-service closure week
Accepts subsidy Yes

What will it cost us?

Infant $3,218/mo about $15/hr

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Early Achievers Level 3+
License status Active

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
April 8, 2026
On file
4 visits since January 2023 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
SeriousLicensor observed plastic bags accessible to children. Date Disputed Date Disputed · April 8, 2026

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.

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. Date Disputed Date Disputed

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)

Before you tour

Pike Market Child Care and Preschool hasn’t published

Sick and biting policies.

Ask what changed after the three findings Washington DCYF ranked Serious, most recently in April 2026.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed. The rest carry its lower risk levels.

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.

Will it fit our family

Not yet reported: ages served, schedule.

What will it cost us

Pricing per provider website, checked July 2026.

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.

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