Licensed center
Kids Way Child Care & Early Learning Center Inc
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- Small center, licensed for 26 children.
- Ages on the license: 12 months to 6 years.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 2 licensing inspections since March 2025. It lists no valid complaint about this center.
Of the 81 Seattle-area centers with 2 licensing inspections, 30% had no rules cited at any of them, as this center did. 33% had rules cited at both.
Licensing inspections
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State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- September 30, 2025
- On file
- 2 visits since March 2025 — both cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
- Most serious
- Nothing was cited at any visit on file.
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.
Openings, Working Connections subsidy, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
A day here
- Updates for parents
- Email digital daily reports with curriculum activities and photos, plus video web monitoring of the classroom
Details
- Website
- kidsway.org
- Address
- 12211 20th St NE
- License
- PL-11043, active
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Level 3
Nearby
- Lake Stevens Christian AcademyMedium center · 1.7 miLast state visit May 13, 2026 · 1 citation
- Lake Stevens Day CareSmall center · 2.3 miLast state visit Aug 21, 2025 · 2 citations
- Country Dawn KindergartenMedium center · 2.8 miLast state visit Dec 22, 2025 · nothing cited
- Country Dawn PreschoolLarge center · 2.9 miLast state visit Mar 19, 2026 · complaint investigation
- Kids N Us Lake StevensLarge center · 3.7 miLast state visit May 21, 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.
A day here
- Updates for parents kidsway.org
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license findchildcarewa.org
- Website kidsway.org
- Address, License, Quality program data.wa.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Seattle-area’s 859 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 6 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 114; 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.