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Licensed daycares in 81505Grand Junction, CO

There are 8 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 81505 — 7 licensed centers and 1 family day home. Together they have been cited for 91 violations across 33 inspections in the past three years, an average of 2.76 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Grand Junction average of 3.22.

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 (28 citations), followed by physical safety (17). 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 8 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

1 provider.

Appleton Extended Hours

Center · Capacity 56 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 2358 H RD · Last inspected Feb 9, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Appleton D51 Preschool

Center · Capacity 15 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 2358 H RD · Last inspected Oct 30, 2025

2 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Sylvia Porter

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Mar 11, 2026

35 violationsActive
City Of Grand Junction Child Care Facility

Center · Capacity 89 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 545 25 1/2 RD · Last inspected Jun 22, 2026

19 violationsActive
Adventure Academy

Center · Capacity 106 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 2373 Adventure Lane · Last inspected Aug 6, 2025

12 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 81505

Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by physical safety. 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

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

3

How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?

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