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Licensed daycares in 80018Aurora, CO

There are 17 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 80018 — 5 licensed centers and 12 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 66 violations across 68 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.97 violations per inspection, which is below the Aurora average of 5.00.

3 providers have 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 (19 citations), followed by health and medication (12). 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

3 providers.

Jennifer Barrientos

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Feb 26, 2026

0 violationsActive
Monica Bobb

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Jul 2, 2026

0 violationsActive
The Goddard School

Center · Capacity 167 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 21805 E Quincy AVE · Last inspected Mar 18, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Laurie Christensen

Family day home · Capacity 9 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Dec 8, 2025

1 violationActive
Alyssa Vargocko

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Nov 5, 2025

2 violationsActive
Amber Dyer

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Jan 26, 2026

3 violationsActive

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.

Andrea Martinez

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Nov 13, 2025

10 violationsActive
Innovation Learning At Vista Peak Explorat

Center · Capacity 60 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 24551 E. 1st Ave. · Last inspected Jun 18, 2026

8 violationsActive
Murphy Creek P-8 Preschool

Center · Capacity 32 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 1400 S Old Tom Morris RD · Last inspected Mar 16, 2026

7 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 80018

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