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Licensed daycares in 80720Akron, CO

There are 5 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 80720 — 3 licensed centers and 2 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 76 violations across 15 inspections in the past three years, an average of 5.07 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Akron average of 5.07.

No provider in this ZIP code has a completely clean three-year record. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is recordkeeping (18 citations), followed by health and medication (15). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) and links back to the state's own document.

Compare all 5 providers

4 or more violations in 3 years

5 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Akron Balanced Child Development Center

Center · Capacity 82 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 481 Ash AVE · Last inspected Jan 15, 2026

44 violationsActive
Akron Umc Head Start

Center · Capacity 37 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 902 E 1st St · Last inspected Mar 24, 2026

13 violationsActive
Akron Elementary School

Center · Capacity 16 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 600 Elm AVE · Last inspected Mar 24, 2026

7 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 80720

Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by health and medication. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?

2

How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?

3

When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?

A note on Colorado records

Colorado does not publish a severity classification for violations, so we can't tell you which citations were most serious — only what was cited and whether it was corrected. Colorado does publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.

Data synced from Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) on Jul 9, 2026. Source records · Report an error