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Licensed daycares in 80221Denver, CO

There are 20 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 80221 — 17 licensed centers and 3 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 113 violations across 112 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.01 violations per inspection, which is below the Denver average of 1.86.

2 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 physical safety (29 citations), followed by health and medication (23). 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

2 providers.

Fairview Elementary

Center · Capacity 40 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 7826 Fairview AVE · Last inspected Feb 3, 2026

0 violationsActive
Valley View Innovation School

Center · Capacity 36 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 6951 Fox Way · Last inspected Dec 10, 2025

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Colorado Sports Leadership Academy

Center · Capacity 40 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · 7001 Lipan Street · Last inspected Feb 3, 2026

1 violationActive
Dps Discovery Link At Beachcourt

Center · Capacity 60 · Ages 5 yr – 13 yr · 4950 Beach Ct · Last inspected Mar 16, 2026

1 violationActive
Scholars Unlimited @ Sherrelwood

Center · Capacity 45 · 8095 Kalamath St · Last inspected Sep 22, 2025

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Mary Downing

Family day home · Capacity 6 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Jun 11, 2026

23 violationsActive
Sarah Cox

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 13 yr · NA · Last inspected Apr 6, 2026

18 violationsActive
Dps Ece Beach Ct Elementary

Center · Capacity 80 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 4950 Beach CT · Last inspected Mar 16, 2026

13 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 80221

Physical safety is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by health and medication. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?

2

How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?

3

What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?

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