Seattle · Licensed center
PRLC Preschool (Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church)
At a glance
- Medium Reggio Emilia center, licensed for 73 children.
- Hours 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week, year round.
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 October 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this center.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Feb 10, 2026Nothing cited
Jan 15, 20252 citations
Food allergies and special dietary needsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“1 child file needs to have DR. sign individual care plan instructions.”
WAC 110-300-0186(1)
Fire safetyShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“Need to locate fire safety inspection form form local fire department done in 2024 or conduct own inspection using state fire marshal form.”
WAC 110-300-0170(2)
Oct 4, 20231 citation
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“some staff need food handlers training some staff need child abuse/neglect training.”
WAC 110-300-0106(12), WAC 110-300-0106(4)
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
- February 10, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since October 2023 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
1 child file needs to have DR. sign individual care plan instructions.
· January 15, 2025
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Jan 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · January 15, 2025
WAC 110-300-0170(2) · Short Term
Need to locate fire safety inspection form form local fire department done in 2024 or conduct own inspection using state fire marshal form.
Food allergies and special dietary needs
WAC 110-300-0186(1) · Serious
1 child file needs to have DR. sign individual care plan instructions.
Oct 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · October 4, 2023
WAC 110-300-0106(12) / 110-300-0106(4) · Serious
some staff need food handlers training some staff need child abuse/neglect training.
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What it costs
- Application fee
- $200
- Deposit
- $200, not refundable
A day here
7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week, year round
Closed
- Closed
- Closed the last week in August and several days between Christmas Eve and New Years day
How they teach
Reggio Emilia and play-based
“At PRLC Preschool, we embrace the Reggio Emilia Approach”
Policies
- Enrollment
- Spot is secured with a non-refundable $200 enrollment fee; families get about 2 weeks from the placement offer to accept and pay before the spot is offered to others
Details
- Phone
- (206) 789-8244
- Address
- 7500 Greenwood Ave N., Seattle, 98103
- License
- PL-7847
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Level 3
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, Working Connections subsidy, tuition, ratios and staff, a typical day, and who owns it. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
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.
How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 prlcpreschool.com
What it costs
- Application fee, Deposit — Checked September 2026 prlcpreschool.com
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
- Hours, Calendar, Closed — Checked September 2026 prlcpreschool.com
Policies
- Enrollment — Checked September 2026 prlcpreschool.com
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Website — Checked July 2026 prlcpreschool.com
- Address — Checked June 2026 data.wa.gov
- License, Quality program — Checked March 2026 data.wa.gov
- Ages they serve — Checked September 2026 prlcpreschool.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.