Licensed center

Tiny Tots Development Center Helen Hicks Building

A center, licensed for 40 children. Helen Hicks (Founder) has been there since 1969. No complaint investigation has found a violation here, true of 207 of 218 similar-size Seattle-area centers.

How they teach

Not published

Who cares for your child

Ratio not published

Helen Hicks (Founder) since 1969.

Of 2,391 Seattle-area providers, 61 publish how long a named staff member has been there; the longest tenure at each of those has a median of thirteen years.

What it costs

Not published

Shortlist can ask Tiny Tots Development Center Helen Hicks Building for what it has not published: how they teach, what it costs, hours and late pickup and sick and biting policies. The answer will go on this page.

What the state has found

No complaint investigation has found a violation since February 2023

207: none11: one to four0: five or more

The 218 Seattle-area centers licensed for 6 to 40 children, the size band this one falls in, as of September 26, 2026.

Larger centers have more complaint investigations, so Tiny Tots Development Center Helen Hicks Building (40 children) is compared with centers its size.

Routine visits: 1 of 3 cited something

Across Seattle-area centers, the state cites something at about 2 in 3 routine visits (1,966 visits). Three visits are too few to read as a pattern.

From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked September 26, 2026.

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
January 13, 2026
On file
3 visits since November 2023 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
Serious — Rope swing on climber was less than 6 ft from water control box on ground. · April 9, 2025

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.

Jan 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Apr 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · April 9, 2025

Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning space

WAC 110-300-0146(1)(a)(b) · Serious

Rope swing on climber was less than 6 ft from water control box on ground.

Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies

WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) · Serious

Kitchen was unlocked and accessible to children that had dishwashing tablets labeled keep out of reach of children in unlocked cabinet

Report (PDF)

Nov 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)

A day here

Meals
Breakfast, lunch, and a snack provided per USDA Food and Nutrition Services program (the brand’s policy for all its schools)

Details

Website
tinytotsdc.com
Address
8318 Renton Ave S
License
PL-13007, active
Quality program
Early Achievers Level 5
Ages
Infants up to 11 months of age through school-age children (kindergarten to 6th grade)
Established
1969
Ownership
Non-profit

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Sources and dates

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Who cares for your child

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

A day here

Details