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Licensed daycares in 81211Buena Vista, CO

There are 8 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 81211 — 5 licensed centers and 3 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 77 violations across 34 inspections in the past three years, an average of 2.26 violations per inspection, which is below the Buena Vista average of 5.26.

One provider has 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 health and medication (21 citations), followed by recordkeeping (20). 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 8 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

1 provider.

Young Life Frontier Ranch

Center · Capacity 453 · 22150 County Road 322 · Last inspected Aug 11, 2025

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Adventure Unlimited

Center · Capacity 170 · 18325 CR 366 · Last inspected Aug 1, 2025

3 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

The Grove - Bv School's Early Learning Program

Center · Capacity 126 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 205 N Court St · Last inspected May 21, 2026

18 violationsActive
Busy Bees Preschool

Center · Capacity 45 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 530 S. San Juan Ave · Last inspected Nov 13, 2025

17 violationsActive
Barbra Billings

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected May 22, 2026

14 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 81211

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

1

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

2

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

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