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Licensed daycares in 81648Rangely, CO

There are 3 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 81648 — 2 licensed centers and 1 family day home. Together they have been cited for 57 violations across 9 inspections in the past three years, an average of 6.33 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Rangely average of 6.33.

No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is recordkeeping (21 citations), followed by health and medication (11). 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 3 providers

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Rangely Preschool

Center · Capacity 32 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 402 West Main · Last inspected Sep 8, 2025

25 violationsActive
Giant Step Preschool & Child Care Ctr

Center · Capacity 15 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 246 E Main ST · Last inspected Nov 17, 2025

21 violationsActive
Lynn Rusher

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Nov 17, 2025

11 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 81648

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

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