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Licensed daycares in 81006Pueblo, CO

There are 12 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 81006 — 4 licensed centers and 8 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 148 violations across 42 inspections in the past three years, an average of 3.52 violations per inspection, which is below the Pueblo average of 6.05.

2 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 (47 citations), followed by health and medication (41). 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

2 providers.

North Mesa Elementary

Center · Capacity 20 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 28881 Gale RD · Last inspected Dec 2, 2025

0 violationsActive
Vineland Elementary

Center · Capacity 20 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 35777 Iris RD · Last inspected Nov 19, 2025

0 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.

The Learning Tree - A Center For Childhood Development

Center · Capacity 94 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 1591 Taos Road · Last inspected Jan 27, 2026

53 violationsActive
Susan Durga

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Jan 7, 2026

19 violationsActive
Michelle Castleberry

Family day home · Capacity 9 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected May 11, 2026

17 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 81006

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