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Licensed daycares in 80525Fort Collins, CO

There are 62 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 80525 — 50 licensed centers and 12 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 966 violations across 348 inspections in the past three years, an average of 2.78 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Fort Collins average of 2.88.

11 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 (239 citations), followed by health and medication (219). 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 62 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

11 providers.

Alphabest @ Kruse Elementary

Center · Capacity 200 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 4400 McMurray Ave · Last inspected Jan 29, 2026

0 violationsActive
Alphabest @ Linton-Prek

Center · Capacity 30 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 4100 Caribou Drive · Last inspected Apr 29, 2026

0 violationsActive
Cottonwood Plains Early Learning Childhood

Center · Capacity 34 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 525 Turman DR · Last inspected Feb 9, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Gina Williams

Family day home · Capacity 9 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Mar 24, 2026

1 violationActive
Alphabest@ Axis

Center · Capacity 60 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 2700 S Lemay Ave · Last inspected May 4, 2026

3 violationsActive
Funzone

Center · Capacity 30 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 2000 South Lemay Avenue · Last inspected Sep 9, 2025

3 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Bright Horizons Children's Centers, Llc

Center · Capacity 112 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 2815 Iowa DR · Last inspected Jun 5, 2026

50 violationsActive
Primrose School Of Fort Collins

Center · Capacity 175 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 2117 bighorn dr · Last inspected May 11, 2026

48 violationsProbation
Kindercare Learning Centers Llc #1650

Center · Capacity 171 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 4703 McMurry AVE · Last inspected Jun 23, 2026

43 violationsProbation

Questions to ask when you tour in 80525

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