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Licensed daycares in 80012Aurora, CO

There are 30 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 80012 — 23 licensed centers and 7 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 485 violations across 148 inspections in the past three years, an average of 3.28 violations per inspection, which is above the Aurora average of 2.84.

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 physical safety (120 citations), followed by health and medication (90). 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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Clean record — no violations in 3 years

3 providers.

Ccsd Highline Ecs

Center · Capacity 100 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 11000 E Exposition AVE · Last inspected Jan 9, 2026

0 violationsActive
Ccsd Village East Ecs

Center · Capacity 100 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 1433 S Oakland ST · Last inspected Oct 14, 2025

0 violationsActive
Gina Craig

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Jul 14, 2025

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Ccsd Ponderosa Ecs

Center · Capacity 150 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 1885 S Lima · Last inspected Feb 11, 2026

1 violationActive
Hadassah Brofman

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Feb 20, 2026

1 violationActive
Highline Elementary Preschool

Center · Capacity 34 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 11000 E. Exposition Ave · Last inspected Apr 1, 2026

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Happy Day Learning Center Of Aurora Inc.

Center · Capacity 111 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 15071 E Mississippi · Last inspected May 13, 2026

83 violationsProbation
Angels Of God Early Learning Center

Center · Capacity 86 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 13674 E Alameda AVE · Last inspected Nov 14, 2025

58 violationsProbation
Codeplay Kids Center

Center · Capacity 93 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 12455 E Mississippi Ave Suite 104 · Last inspected Apr 30, 2026

56 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 80012

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

What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?

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