Sea Mar Child Development Center

Center · Seattle · 1040 S. Henderson Street

What kind of place is this?

Size 99 children licensed In the middle half for Seattle centers, where the middle half licenses 43–121. Measured across 576 Seattle centers, 2026-08-17.
Established 1994
Approach bilingual

In the program’s own words

“The Child Development Center upholds and celebrates cultural diversity, focusing on a bilingual Spanish/English curriculum.” seamar.org, August 2026

Who will be with our child?

Will it fit our family?

Ages served one month to twelve years
Hours 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Days / week 5

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Early Achievers Level 4
License status Active
Website seamar.org

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
August 20, 2025
On file
3 visits since August 2023 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
SeriousSome employees have expired trainings and or non entered at all. Please be sure to come into complaince with the WAC for required trainings. · September 4, 2024

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.

Aug 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Sep 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · September 4, 2024

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

Some employees have expired trainings and or non entered at all. Please be sure to come into complaince with the WAC for required trainings.

Report (PDF)

Aug 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · August 16, 2023

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious · No longer displayed by the state

Few staff members have expired food handlers permit, although director had current copies of them they were not entered into Merit.

Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Sea Mar Child Development Center hasn’t published

Cost, sick and biting policies.

Ask what changed after the two findings Washington DCYF ranked Serious, most recently in September 2024.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed.

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

Who will be with our child

Not yet reported: children per teacher.

Will it fit our family

  • Ages served, Hours, Days / week — Checked July 2026 · seamar.org

Not yet reported: schedule, holiday closures.

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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