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Licensed daycares in 80542 — Mead, CO
There are 4 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 80542 — 3 licensed centers and 1 family day home. Together they have been cited for 42 violations across 14 inspections in the past three years, an average of 3.00 violations per inspection, which is above the Mead average of 1.81.
No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.
The most-cited issue here is recordkeeping (9 citations), followed by caregiver-to-child ratio (7). 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.
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4 or more violations in 3 years
4 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
Questions to ask when you tour in 80542
Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by caregiver-to-child ratio. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?
How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
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