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Licensed daycares in 80017Aurora, CO

There are 22 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 80017 — 12 licensed centers and 10 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 120 violations across 70 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.71 violations per inspection, which is below the Aurora average of 6.05.

8 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 (25 citations), followed by recordkeeping (24). 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

8 providers.

Aliquest Education

Center · Capacity 45 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 450 S. Chambers Rd · Last inspected Jun 4, 2026

0 violationsActive
Alphabest @ Axl

Center · Capacity 60 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 450 S Chambers Road · Last inspected May 13, 2026

0 violationsActive
Arkansas Elementary Preschool

Center · Capacity 20 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 17301 E Arkansas AVE · Last inspected Dec 2, 2025

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.

Dawn Stubblefield

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Dec 16, 2025

2 violationsActive
Innovation Learning At Tollgate

Center · Capacity 65 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 701 S. Kalispell Way · Last inspected Aug 4, 2025

2 violationsActive
Shannon Devanney

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Nov 20, 2025

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.

First Step Infant And Toddler Cntr

Center · Capacity 56 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 406 S Chambers RD · Last inspected Mar 2, 2026

30 violationsActive
Triple R Academy

Center · Capacity 44 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 1770 S Buckley Rd UT #7 · Last inspected Jun 25, 2026

22 violationsActive
Il @ Global Village West

Center · Capacity 40 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 16401 E Alameda Drive · Last inspected May 18, 2026

12 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 80017

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

1

When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?

2

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

3

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

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