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UW Children's Center at Laurel Village

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At a glance

  • Medium Montessori center, licensed for 70 children.
  • Hours 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week, year round.
  • Tuition Infant $2,388, toddler $2,087, preschool $1,857 a month, full time. See costs

What to know

License: 3 months to 6 years (state). They serve: 3 months - 5 years (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 1 of its 3 licensing inspections since November 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Nov 6, 20252 citations
    • Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “Director needs to update food handler card.”

        WAC 110-300-0106(12)

    • Training requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.

      • “Director needs to update safe sleep training.”

        WAC 110-300-0106(8)

  • May 22, 2025Nothing cited
  • Nov 15, 2023Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 3 inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected 3 times had more: 68% of 364 had rules cited at 2 or more.

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%This center
  • 2 of 335%
  • All 333%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
November 6, 2025
On file
3 visits since November 2023 — 2 cited nothing
Most serious
Serious — Director needs to update food handler card. · November 6, 2025

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

Nov 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · November 6, 2025

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(8) · Short Term

Director needs to update safe sleep training.

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

Director needs to update food handler card.

Report (PDF)

May 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Nov 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)

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What it costs

Infant$2,388
Toddler$2,087
Preschool$1,857

UW Children's Center at Laurel VillageMost Seattle-area prices (middle 80%)

Monthly, full time. The band is the middle 80% of Seattle-area full-time prices for that age; 56 infant, 82 toddler and 113 preschool programs publish one.

Application fee
$35

A day here

7 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week, year round

Meals, schedule and closed
Meals
Morning and afternoon snack plus a hot lunch served daily for all age groups
Schedule
Full-time (5-day, all-day)
Closed
Holidays, five in-service days, and two one-week closures at the end of August and December

How they teach

Montessori and HighScope

“Our Preschool and Toddler programs are based on the Montessori curriculum.”

Policies

Enrollment
Priority given to families affiliated with the University per UW APS 51.1

Details

Phone
(206) 525-5122
Address
3735 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, 98105
License
PL-86077
Quality program
Early Achievers Level 3
Established
1976

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How they teach

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

Policies

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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