Licensed center
Country Dawn Kindergarten
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- Medium center, licensed for 49 children.
- Ages on the license: 5 years to 13 years.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 1 of its 2 licensing inspections since May 2025. It lists no valid complaint about this center.
Of the 81 Seattle-area centers with 2 licensing inspections, 37% had rules cited at 1 of them, as this center did. 33% had rules cited at both, 30% at neither.
Licensing inspections
May 28, 20251 citation
“Secondary exit from playground has been closed off by chain link fencing. 0145 (8) Licensor observed the bottom of the fencing has gaps of more than 3.5 inches.”
WAC 110-300-0145(8)
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State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- December 22, 2025
- On file
- 2 visits since May 2025 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Short Term —
Secondary exit from playground has been closed off by chain link fencing. 0145 (8) Licensor observed the bottom of the fencing has gaps of more than 3.5 inches.
· May 28, 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.
May 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · May 28, 2025
Outdoor early learning program space
WAC 110-300-0145(8) · Short Term
Secondary exit from playground has been closed off by chain link fencing. 0145 (8) Licensor observed the bottom of the fencing has gaps of more than 3.5 inches.
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Details
- Address
- 1816 S Lake Stevens Drive
- License
- PL-23996, active
Nearby
- Country Dawn PreschoolLarge center · under 0.1 miLast state visit Mar 19, 2026 · complaint investigation
- Kids N Us Lake StevensLarge center · 0.9 miLast state visit May 21, 2026 · 1 citation
- Lake Stevens Day CareSmall center · 2.1 miLast state visit Aug 21, 2025 · 2 citations
- Kids Way Child Care & Early Learning Center IncSmall center · 2.8 miLast state visit Sep 30, 2025 · nothing cited
- Lake Stevens Christian AcademyMedium center · 3.2 miLast state visit May 13, 2026 · 1 citation
- Columbia Crest Montessori Lake StevensLarge centerLast state visit Sep 9, 2026 · nothing cited
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All checked September 2026.
State record
From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license findchildcarewa.org
- Address, License data.wa.gov
Medium means the middle half of Seattle-area’s 859 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 6 to 40; large is 115 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.
Nearby
The other centers’ visit lines are from Washington DCYF’s published reports as Shortlist read them on October 10, 2026.