Hilltop · Licensed center
DPS ECE Steck Elementary
- Small center, licensed for 20 children.
- A public school program, per Colorado's licensing records.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state lists 4 visits below. Shortlist has not read the reports behind them, so there is no share of visits that cited something to set beside other providers yet.
State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood
- Last visit
- March 26, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since October 2023
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 22, 2025. Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish whether it was made.
- Most serious
- Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.
Colorado’s Department of Early Childhood lists each program’s complaints on its Colorado Shines page, with the department’s verdict on each and a report behind it, going back about three years. Older complaints are released only on request. The department does not rank complaints by severity in either place.
Apr 2025 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · April 22, 2025
2.229.C · Correction due April 22, 2025
A bottle of hand sanitizer labeled "keep out of reach of children" accessible to children on a bookshelf near the classroom door.
Required correction: Immediately (4/22/25) ensure all items labeled Keep out of reach of children" are in accessible to children at all times. The bottle of sanitizer was moved to a shelf out of reach of children at the time of the inspection. NO RESPONSE Required. Correct by 04/22/2025
2.230.B · Correction due April 22, 2025
A black and yellow plastic storage bin with a cracked lid and a blue and green slide with a broken handle accessible to children on the preschool playground posing a possible hazard.
Required correction: Immediately (4/22/25) ensure all indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings are sturdy, safe, and free of hazards. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 04/22/2025
May 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · May 22, 2024
2.237.H · Correction due May 22, 2024
An uncovered electrical outlet on the wall near restroom and a power strip with three uncovered outlets and on the floor near the teachers desk.
Required correction: Immediately (5/22/24) ensure electrical outlets have protective covers. Provider covered all of the uncovered outlets at the time of the inspection. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 05/22/2024
2.217.A.14 · Correction due May 22, 2024
17 children and 1 staff member on the preschool playground at the time of the inspection.
Required correction: Immediately (5/22/24) ensure staff-child ratio is in compliance with the appropriate child to staff ratios. Provide a written plan of action, along with a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 05/22/2024
Oct 2023 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · October 3, 2023
7.702.71.C · Correction due October 3, 2023
A bottle of sunscreen accessible to children on top of a set of plastic drawer organizers in the restroom of the classroom.
Required correction: Immediately (10/3/2023) ensure that all items labeled "keep out of reach of children" are inaccessible to children at all times. Staff moved the sunscreen to a higher shelf at the time of the inspection making it inaccessible. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 10/03/2023
Where this record comes from
The Department of Early Childhood keeps about three years of complaints on a program’s public page. Anything older is released only on request, as a single file covering the whole state. Shortlist asked for that file under the Colorado Open Records Act and renews it yearly; it is what this page shows for complaints older than the department’s own window.
The file this page is built from arrived on October 10, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in October 2027.
The department publishes a report for each of these visits. Shortlist has not read those reports yet, so this page shows when the state came and not what it found.
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Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Address
- 450 Albion Street
- License
- 8025, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
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Details
- Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 data.colorado.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 10 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 114; large is 115 to 402.