Licensed center

Little Doves Preschool

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What the state has found

The state cited no rules at any of its 3 licensing inspections since September 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

Of the 405 Seattle-area centers with 3 licensing inspections, 11% had no rules cited at any of them, as this center did. 33% had rules cited at all 3.

Licensing inspections

May 19, 2026No rules cited
May 28, 2025No rules cited
Sep 22, 2023No rules cited
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State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
May 19, 2026
On file
3 visits since September 2023 — all of them 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.

May 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
May 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Sep 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)

Openings, Working Connections subsidy, and ratios and staff aren’t on this page.

How they teach

Faith-based

“Little Doves Preschool is a faith-based program for young children. Religious stories are shared during the school day and used as part of our instructional activities and chapel times.”

What it costs

$245 a month for a preschooler

Preschool$245

Seattle-area comparison hidden: this is a half-day price, and only full-time prices are compared.

Application fee
$195
Siblings
10% tuition discount for a second child and 50% discount for a third child enrolled

A day here

Meals
Parents provide a daily snack and drink; the school does not supply food (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Outdoors
Daily outdoor play/closing time is built into the schedule and outdoor activity is treated as integral to the program (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Updates for parents
Daily check-in/out, billing, and school messages run through the Brightwheel app, plus a public Facebook group (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Calendar
School year
Schedule
half-day (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Closed
9 holidays and breaks a year
DatesClosed for Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving (Nov 26-27), Christmas Break (Dec 16-Jan 3), Martin Luther King Day, Semester Break, Presidents Weekend (Feb 12-15), Spring Break (Apr 5-9), and Memorial Weekend (May 28-31), plus parent-teacher conference days (the brand’s policy for all its schools)

Policies

When a child is sick
Excludes for fever 100°F+ with symptoms, repeated vomiting/diarrhea, pinkeye until 24h of antibiotic treatment, lice/scabies, or any COVID-19 screening symptom (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Enrollment
30-day written notice required to withdraw a child; tuition owed for all months attended; withdrawal not permitted after March 31 (full remaining-year tuition due after that date); enrollment assumed for the full school year with a waitlist once a class fills (the brand’s policy for all its schools)

Details

(360) 794-7230

Website
littledovespreschool.com
Address
202 Dickinson St
License
PL-26765, active
Quality program
Early Achievers Enrolled
Ages they serve
ages 2 through 6

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All checked September 2026.

How they teach

What it costs

State record

From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

A day here

Policies

Details

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.

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The other centers’ visit lines are from Washington DCYF’s published reports as Shortlist read them on October 9, 2026.