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Licensed daycares in 80917Colorado Springs, CO

There are 17 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 80917 — 13 licensed centers and 4 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 182 violations across 112 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.63 violations per inspection, which is below the Colorado Springs average of 3.45.

One provider has a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is recordkeeping (40 citations), followed by health and medication (37). 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 17 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

1 provider.

Vista Kids Preschool

Center · Capacity 54 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 5680 Stetson Hills BLVD · Last inspected Jan 27, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

7 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Carver Adventure Club

Center · Capacity 45 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 4740 Artistic CIR · Last inspected Dec 15, 2025

1 violationActive
Early Childhood Education / Rudy

Center · Capacity 16 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 5370 Cracker Barrel · Last inspected Mar 13, 2026

1 violationActive
Early Childhood Education/Penrose

Center · Capacity 32 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 4285 S Nonchalant CIR · Last inspected Dec 12, 2025

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Talent Kids Academy

Center · Capacity 98 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 3410 Parkmoor Village Dr · Last inspected Jun 15, 2026

44 violationsProbation
Little Peaks Preschool And Nursery

Center · Capacity 102 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 3819 North Academy Blvd · Last inspected Jun 16, 2026

21 violationsActive
Katrina Harnish

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Jun 15, 2026

19 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 80917

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