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Licensed daycares in 80923Colorado Springs, CO

There are 20 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 80923 — 11 licensed centers and 9 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 76 violations across 112 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.68 violations per inspection, which is below the Colorado Springs average of 3.56.

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 health and medication (28 citations), followed by recordkeeping (14). 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.

Abigail Burris

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Jul 9, 2025

0 violationsActive
Freedom Adventure Club

Center · Capacity 60 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 5280 Butterfield · Last inspected Feb 6, 2026

0 violationsActive
Katie Richardson

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Nov 3, 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.

Carlton Academy Cos

Center · Capacity 244 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 6030 Article Drive · Last inspected May 22, 2026

1 violationProbation
Cheryl Carter

Family day home · Capacity 9 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Apr 20, 2026

1 violationActive
Leah Woolley

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Apr 20, 2026

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Gateway Preschool And Child Care

Center · Capacity 74 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 5605 N Marksheffel RD · Last inspected Mar 20, 2026

13 violationsActive
Meadow Oaks Academy

Center · Capacity 111 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 6464 Peterson Road · Last inspected Mar 9, 2026

12 violationsActive
The Learning Experience - Banning Lewis Ranch

Center · Capacity 186 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 6585 Issaquah Dr · Last inspected May 21, 2026

11 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 80923

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