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Licensed daycares in 81224Crested Butte, CO

There are 5 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 81224, with a combined licensed capacity of 240 children. Together they have been cited for 108 violations across 31 inspections in the past three years, an average of 3.48 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Crested Butte average of 3.79.

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 health and medication (22 citations), followed by recordkeeping (21). 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

1 provider.

Crested Butte Community School - Preschool

Center · Capacity 36 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 818 Red Lady Avenue · Last inspected Apr 1, 2026

0 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Little Red Schoolhouse

Center · Capacity 49 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 49 Gillaspey · Last inspected Sep 10, 2025

45 violationsProbation
Paradise Place

Center · Capacity 54 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 404 Maroon AVE · Last inspected Sep 22, 2025

39 violationsActive
Stepping Stones

Center · Capacity 76 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 705 7th ST · Last inspected Dec 17, 2025

20 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 81224

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

Walk me through how children are supervised during outdoor time and transitions between rooms.

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