Golden · Licensed center
JA/Coal Creek Canyon K-8
At a glance
- Small play-based center, licensed for 15 children.
- Ages They list: 4 years old (by October 1st), fully potty trained.
- Hours 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
From their website, read July 2026:
“Limited to 20 children (1:10 ratio)”
What the state has found
The state lists 2 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
- December 15, 2025
- On file
- 2 visits since February 2025
- Fixed?
- Shortlist has not read Colorado Department of Early Childhood’s reports for this provider, so what they cited is not known.
- Most serious
- Shortlist has not read the reports Colorado Department of Early Childhood published for these visits, so nothing here says what they found.
Colorado’s Department of Early Childhood lists each program’s complaints on its Colorado Shines page, with the department’s verdict on each and, where it publishes one, 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.
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 November 8, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in November 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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A day here
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Schedule
- Schedule
- Full-day, half-day
How they teach
Play-based
“A structured, academic, play-based curriculum that fosters curiosity and learning.”
Details
- Address
- 11719 Ranch Elsie Rd, Golden, 80403
- License
- 1783668
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
- Ages they serve
- 4 years old (by October 1st), fully potty trained
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, cost, a typical day, sick and biting policies, and who owns it. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
Children per adult
- Children per adult — Checked July 2026 coalcreekcanyon.jajags.com
How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 coalcreekcanyon.jajags.com
A day here
- Hours, Schedule — Checked July 2026 coalcreekcanyon.jajags.com
Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 coalcreekcanyon.jajags.com
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 coalcreekcanyon.jajags.com
Small means the smallest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,145 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 114; large is 115 to 320.