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Licensed daycares in 80481Ward, CO

There are 6 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 80481, with a combined licensed capacity of 918 children. Together they have been cited for 73 violations across 12 inspections in the past three years, an average of 6.08 violations per inspection, which is above the Ward average of 1.81.

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 physical safety (19 citations), followed by health and medication (13). 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 6 providers

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Royal Family Kids Arvada

Center · Capacity 64 · 8748 Overland Rd · Last inspected Jun 27, 2025

2 violationsActive

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.

Duncan Park

Center · Capacity 24 · 2992 James Basin RD · Last inspected Jun 17, 2025

22 violationsActive
Glacier View Ranch

Center · Capacity 120 · 8748 Overland RD · Last inspected Jun 24, 2026

20 violationsActive
Ymca Camp Lake Tumbleson

Center · Capacity 450 · 173 County Road 96 · Last inspected Jun 23, 2025

16 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 80481

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

1

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

2

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

3

Walk me through how children are supervised during outdoor time and transitions between rooms.

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