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St. Joseph School Early Learning Center
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- Medium developmental center, licensed for 62 children.
- Ages on the license: 3 months to 6 years 1 month.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 2 licensing inspections since October 2025. It lists no valid complaint about this center.
Of the 79 Seattle-area centers with 2 licensing inspections, 30% had no rules cited at any of them, as this center did. 32% had rules cited at both.
Licensing inspections
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State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- May 13, 2026
- On file
- 2 visits since October 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, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
How they teach
Developmental and faith-based
“the guiding philosophy of St. Joseph School is to provide a student-centered learning environment committed to the development of the whole child”
What it costs
$3,450 a month for an infant
Seattle-area comparison hidden until they say whether these are full-time prices.
- Siblings
- Per year, per student: $500 with 2 students enrolled, $1,575 with 3, $2,200 with 4 or more (counts siblings across the ELC and K-8)
A day here
- Hours
- 7:00 AM to 5:30 PM, 5 days a week, year round
- Closed
- Infant & toddler follow the K-8 calendar for holidays and breaks, plus a two-week summer closure
Details
- Website
- stjosephsea.org
- Address
- 815 E. Edgar Street
- License
- PL-85946, active
- Ages they serve
- Waddler through Pre-K
Nearby
- Bertschi SchoolSmall center · 0.4 miLast state visit Sep 17, 2026 · nothing cited
- Harvard Avenue SchoolMedium center · 1.7 miLast state visit Oct 3, 2025 · 1 citation
- International Montessori AcademyMedium center · 1.7 miLast state visit Nov 18, 2025 · nothing cited
- Seattle Amistad SchoolLarge center · 2.0 miLast state visit Nov 20, 2025 · 3 citations
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 stjosephsea.org
What it costs
- Infant, Toddler, Preschool, Sibling discount — Checked September 2026 stjosephsea.org
State record
From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
A day here
- Hours, Closed — Checked September 2026 stjosephsea.org
- Calendar — Checked July 2026 stjosephsea.org
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Website — Checked July 2026 stjosephsea.org
- Address, License — Checked June 2026 data.wa.gov
- Ages they serve — Checked September 2026 stjosephsea.org
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 9, 2026.