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Licensed daycares in 80212Denver, CO

There are 14 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 80212, with a combined licensed capacity of 1,237 children. Together they have been cited for 161 violations across 80 inspections in the past three years, an average of 2.01 violations per inspection, which is below the Denver average of 2.63.

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 health and medication (41 citations), followed by recordkeeping (33). 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 14 providers

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Nina Bees Nature Explorers Elc

Center · Capacity 45 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 3131 Osceola ST · Last inspected Nov 6, 2025

31 violationsActive
Midtown Montessori Academy At Sloan's Lake

Center · Capacity 193 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 3480 Ames St · Last inspected Mar 24, 2026

18 violationsActive
The Learning Nest

Center · Capacity 53 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 4433 W 29th Ave #205 · Last inspected Mar 12, 2026

18 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 80212

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

1

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

2

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

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