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Soundview School

soundview.org

At a glance

  • Medium center, licensed for 44 children.
  • Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.

From their website, read September 2026:

“"description": "<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">9:1 student to teacher ratio<\/p>",”

The state’s rule

Washington sets the most children one adult may care for by age, and the largest group size, in WAC 110-300-0356(5).

Infants (birth through 11 months): one adult for every four.

Toddlers (12 through 29 months): one adult for every seven.

Preschoolers (30 months through 6 years, not in kindergarten): one adult for every ten.

School-age children: one adult for every fifteen.

What to know

License: 3 years to 13 years (state). They serve: Multiage Early Childhood classroom for three- and four-year-olds, followed by Kindergarten (their website).

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 3 of its 4 licensing inspections since February 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Oct 7, 20261 citation
    • Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “Missing the food cards for staff MH, AS, and CT.”

        WAC 110-300-0106(12)

  • Nov 4, 2025Nothing cited
  • Oct 8, 20241 citation
    • Individual care planShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.

      • “ICPs are missing for the children with a known allergy.”

        WAC 110-300-0300(1)(a)

  • Feb 5, 20242 citations
    • First-aid—CPR certification and suppliesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “The first-aid kit in EC classroom is accessible to children.”

        WAC 110-300-0230(2)(b)

    • Storage of hazardous and maintenance suppliesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “Toilet plungers are accessible to children.”

        WAC 110-300-0260(5)

The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 4 inspections. Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times split about evenly: about a third had fewer, a third the same, and a third more (272 centers).

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%
  • 3 of 433%This center
  • All 429%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
October 7, 2026
On file
4 visits since February 2024 — 1 cited nothing
Most serious
Serious — 110-300-0106(12) Missing the food cards for staff MH, AS, and CT. · October 7, 2026

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

Oct 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · October 7, 2026

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

110-300-0106(12) Missing the food cards for staff MH, AS, and CT.

Report (PDF)

Nov 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Oct 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · October 8, 2024

Individual care plan

WAC 110-300-0300(1)(a) · Short Term

110-300-0300(1)(a) ICPs are missing for the children with a known allergy.

Report (PDF)

Feb 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · February 5, 2024

First-aid—CPR certification and supplies

WAC 110-300-0230(2)(b) · Serious

110-300-0230(2)(b) The first-aid kit in EC classroom is accessible to children.

Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies

WAC 110-300-0260(5) · Serious

110-300-0260(5) Toilet plungers are accessible to children.

Report (PDF)

Shortlist replaces people’s names in the state’s text with initials. This is done by rule, not by hand, so it can miss a name or shorten a word that isn’t one. The state’s report, linked on each row, has the original.

What it costs

Application fee
$60

Details

Phone
(425) 778-8572
Address
6515 - 196th Street SW, Lynnwood, 98036
License
PL-23374

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Children per adult

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).

Details

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.

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