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Licensed daycares in 80002Arvada, CO

There are 14 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 80002 — 13 licensed centers and 1 family day home. Together they have been cited for 152 violations across 72 inspections in the past three years, an average of 2.11 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Arvada average of 2.34.

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 health and medication (36 citations), followed by recordkeeping (33). 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 14 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

3 providers.

Alphabest @ Lawrence

Center · Capacity 100 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 5611 Zephyr St · Last inspected Sep 2, 2025

0 violationsActive
Foster Preschool

Center · Capacity 40 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 5300 Saulsbury CT · Last inspected Dec 2, 2025

0 violationsActive
Foundations Early Childhood Education

Center · Capacity 74 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 12401 W 58th Ave · Last inspected Nov 19, 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.

Lake Arbor Center

Center · Capacity 15 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 7451 W 83rd PL · Last inspected Feb 3, 2026

2 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Colorado Christian Montessori

Center · Capacity 71 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 9236 W 57th Avenue · Last inspected May 26, 2026

29 violationsActive
7 Steps Academy - Arvada South

Center · Capacity 84 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 6711 Grandview Street · Last inspected May 14, 2026

23 violationsProbation
Goddard School Arvada - Ward Road

Center · Capacity 186 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 12720 W 54th Drive · Last inspected Feb 20, 2026

23 violationsProbation

Questions to ask when you tour in 80002

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