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Licensed daycares in 80530Frederick, CO

There are 9 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 80530 — 6 licensed centers and 3 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 184 violations across 95 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.94 violations per inspection, which is below the Frederick average of 3.00.

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 physical safety (56 citations), followed by recordkeeping (30). 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 9 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

1 provider.

Aimee Ramsey

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Jun 15, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Miss Amy's Neighborhood Preschool

Center · Capacity 30 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 157 Fifth Street · Last inspected May 13, 2026

2 violationsActive
Carbon Valley Park And Rec District

Center · Capacity 55 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 701 Fifth Street · Last inspected Jun 1, 2026

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 Children's Courtyard

Center · Capacity 184 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 6501 Frederick WAY · Last inspected Jun 17, 2026

123 violationsProbation
Thunder Valley K-8

Center · Capacity 75 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 600 5th Street · Last inspected Sep 8, 2025

17 violationsActive
Spark Discovery Preschool

Center · Capacity 312 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 555 8th Street · Last inspected Mar 5, 2026

14 violationsProbation

Questions to ask when you tour in 80530

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 maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?

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