Wheat Ridge Learning Academy is a child daycare & preschools daycare located at 7300 W 38th Ave, Wheat Ridge, Colorado CO. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
Wheat Ridge Learning Academy receives mixed reviews. Parents with children enrolled praise the curriculum, attentive staff, clean facilities, and age-appropriate academics. However, multiple prospective parents report severe communication issues, including weeks-long delays in responses to inquiries and unresolved deposit disputes.
This little school has gone way above our expectations. The academics and age appropriate creative learning is impressive, along with a genuinely present, individually attentive group of caregivers. The kids are always clean, cared for, curious, and diversely well fed.
3 week gap between inquiry and response. I am confident the daycare center is adequate, I am less confident that if a problem were to arise (or a question), that effective communication would ensue. I do not have a child here and for that, discount my rating accordingly. Because of the poor communication, which was no call backs or email responses for weeks, that when things are busy they triage responses to levels of importance. Reliable communication is a table stake not a perk. My family and I choose Highlands Academy.
The curriculum WRLA uses is outstanding. The teachers are great and we've had an overall positive experience. The only downfall is a lack of outside space for the children to play. I also want to speak to the review above regarding the deposit. Every daycare or school that you apply to requires a deposit which is non-refundable.
There should be a "0" to rate this daycare. My fiance put a deposit down to take my daughter there and didn't sign ANYTHING stating that they can keep it if I chose not to take her there. The owner refused to give me back the $100 back to us because she said we had to hold a spot for my daughter..after a couple phone calls the owner decided just to hang up. Probably because I was making a point and she was upset with herself for taking our money. I reported also to the BBB. She kept saying it was pretty much our loss that we GAVE the daycare money. STILL to this day I haven't received my $100 back. If we didn't sign anything holding a spot, nothing with my daughters name (or ours) than maybe the daycare needs it more than we do considering the owner isn't friendly and it's a new company?
Absolutely horrible. I tried 3 different times to get in touch to inquire about the day care even stopped in and spoke directly with someone about how to best get ahold of them and did as she requested still didn't get a single reply. It's one thing to not have space available but just let me know it's been a full month since my last try still nothing. With yhe lack of communication it makes me very nervous if something happened would I even be notified.
Colorado Shines
Level 1 out of 5
Level 1
This rating is part of the state's Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS). Trained evaluators assess staff qualifications, learning environment, curriculum, and family engagement — standards that go beyond basic licensing requirements.
Level 1: Meets basic licensing standards.
Level 2: Exceeds licensing with some quality improvements in place.
Level 3: Demonstrates strong practices in curriculum and staff development.
Level 4: High quality across most assessed areas.
Level 5: Highest quality — excels in all areas of assessment.