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Licensed daycares in 80126Highlands Ranch, CO

There are 38 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 80126 — 29 licensed centers and 9 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 248 violations across 170 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.46 violations per inspection, which is above the Highlands Ranch average of 0.87.

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 (66 citations), followed by recordkeeping (54). 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 38 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

3 providers.

Anna Lonigro

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Nov 19, 2025

0 violationsActive
Douglas Cty School Copper Mesa Elem Preschool

Center · Capacity 88 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 3501 Poston PKWY · Last inspected Apr 29, 2026

0 violationsActive
Highlands Ranch Comm Assoc Day Camp

Center · Capacity 30 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 9568 S University BLVD · Last inspected Jun 2, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Amy Yaw

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Dec 10, 2025

1 violationActive
Base Programs

Center · Capacity 106 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 3350 Summit View PKWY · Last inspected Feb 11, 2026

1 violationActive
Douglas Cty Schl Bear Canyon

Center · Capacity 20 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 9660 Salford LN · Last inspected Oct 20, 2025

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

The Nest Schools, Highlands Ranch

Center · Capacity 250 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 405 Dad Clark Drive · Last inspected May 19, 2026

26 violationsActive
Living Way Christian Preschool

Center · Capacity 102 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 345 E Wildcat Reserve PKWY · Last inspected Apr 16, 2026

26 violationsActive
Highlands Ranch Community Association

Center · Capacity 132 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 9568 S University BLVD · Last inspected Feb 11, 2026

18 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 80126

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