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Rooster Valley Farm School

roostervalleyfarmschool.org

At a glance

  • Small play-based center, licensed for 20 children.
  • Hours 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 5 days a week, school year.
  • Tuition Preschool $1,320 a month, full time. See costs

What to know

License: 2 years 6 months to 5 years (state).

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 September 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Apr 22, 2026Nothing cited
  • Feb 26, 20251 citation
    • Clean and healthy environmentShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.

      • “Program had a fragrance room mister. Program is not using bleach and do not have a waiver for this.”

        WAC 110-300-0240(2)(f)

  • Sep 4, 20241 citation
    • Safety requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “There are window blinds in the bathroom The backdoor handrail to the outside has a gap of more than 3 1/2 inches under the horizontal rail. The rails are farther apart than 3 1/2 inches on the back step rail. The outlets by the sink in the kitchen are not GFCI.”

        WAC 110-300-0165(2)(b), WAC 110-300-0165(5)(b)

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
April 22, 2026
On file
3 visits since September 2024 — 1 cited nothing
Most serious
Serious — There are window blinds in the bathroom The backdoor handrail to the outside has a gap of more than 3 1/2 inches under the horizontal rail. The rails are farther apart than 3 1/2 inches on the back step rail. The outlets by the sink in the kitchen are not GFCI. · September 4, 2024

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

Apr 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Feb 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · February 26, 2025

Clean and healthy environment

WAC 110-300-0240(2)(f) · Short Term

Program had a fragrance room mister. Program is not using bleach and do not have a waiver for this.

Report (PDF)

Sep 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · September 4, 2024

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(2)(b) / 110-300-0165(5)(b) · Serious

There are window blinds in the bathroom The backdoor handrail to the outside has a gap of more than 3 1/2 inches under the horizontal rail. The rails are farther apart than 3 1/2 inches on the back step rail. The outlets by the sink in the kitchen are not GFCI.

Report (PDF)

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What it costs

Preschool$1,320

Rooster Valley Farm 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.

Half day (afternoon)
$630 to $805 a month
Application fee
$150
Siblings
10% discount on the tuition of the child with the lowest payment

A day here

9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 5 days a week, school year

Schedule
Schedule
Half-day (morning or afternoon) and full-day sessions

How they teach

Play-based

“It is a time for both play and learning, two facets in which there is a great deal of overlap.”

Who cares for your child

Jennifer Ward (Founder & Director Financials & Teacher) since 2012 and Tricia Benson (Founder & Director Admissions & Teacher) since 2012.

14 years · Seattle-area median 13, among 77 that publish

Details

Phone
(425) 837-2362
Address
38973 SE Alpha Street, Snoqualmie, 98065
License
PL-84551
Established
2012

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How they teach

Who cares for your child

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

Details

Small means the smallest quarter of Seattle-area’s 855 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 6 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 115; 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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