Elyria Swansea · Licensed center
DPS ECE Swansea Elementary
- Medium center, licensed for 80 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 3 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
- February 11, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since April 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was February 11, 2026. 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.
Feb 2026 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · February 11, 2026
2.217.A.14 · Correction due February 11, 2026
Classrooms 149, 150, 152, 153 in the cafeteria for lunch time, each class sitting at their own table. Observed SM#6 alone with 13 mixed age preschool children from Room 153, SM#1 alone with 17 mixed age preschool children from Room 150, and SM#3 alone with 15 mixed age preschool children from Room 152.
Required correction: Maintain proper ratios at all times. Submit plan of action for covering staff breaks during children's lunch times with written response to specialist. Correct by 02/11/2026
Mar 2025 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · March 4, 2025
2.120.I · Correction due March 4, 2025
Reviewed 6 staff files and observed no current documentation of Trails clearance letter for staff member C. G.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member C. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS Clearance Letters for staff member C. with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 03/04/2025
2.121.D.5
Reviewed 6 staff files and observed no current documentation of FBI clearance letter for staff member C. G.
Apr 2024 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · April 11, 2024
2.217.A.14 · Correction due April 11, 2024
Staff member M. alone in room 152 with 13 children ages 3-4 years.
Required correction: Maintain proper staff to child ratio at all time. CORRECTED AT TIME OF INSPECTION - staff member P. came back to the classroom. No response required. Correct by 04/11/2024
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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Details
- Address
- 4650 Columbine St
- License
- 85164, 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
Medium means the middle half of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 10 to 40; large is 115 to 402.