Renton · Licensed center
Shooting Star Preschool and CC
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 63 children.
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 4 licensing inspections since January 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this center.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jul 13, 20261 citation
Emergency preparation and exitingSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“The doorknob on the exit door leading out of the classroom required special knowledge to open. The doorknob located from the outside rather than from inside the classroom.”
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a)
- Apr 27, 2026Nothing cited
- Jul 8, 2024Nothing cited
Jan 3, 20241 citation
MedicationSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“The prescription medicaton has expired.”
WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(i)
The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 4 inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times had more: 62% of 272 had rules cited at 3 or more.
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%This center
- 3 of 433%
- All 429%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- July 13, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since January 2024 — 2 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
The doorknob on the exit door leading out of the classroom required special knowledge to open. The doorknob located from the outside rather than from inside the classroom.
· July 13, 2026
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Jul 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · July 13, 2026
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) · Serious
The doorknob on the exit door leading out of the classroom required special knowledge to open. The doorknob located from the outside rather than from inside the classroom.
Jan 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · January 3, 2024
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What it costs
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Details
- Phone
- (425) 254-1346
- Address
- 483 Duvall Ave NE, Renton, 98059
- License
- PL-77615
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Level 3
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Sources and dates
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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
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Address, License — Checked June 2026 data.wa.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.wa.gov
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.