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Licensed daycares in 27502Apex, NC

There are 16 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 27502 — 12 licensed centers and 4 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 47 violations across 142 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.33 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Apex average of 0.30.

6 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 supervision (31 citations), followed by caregiver-to-child ratio (16). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from North Carolina's child care licensing agency and links back to the state's own document.

Compare all 16 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

6 providers.

Apex Friendship Elementary

Center · Capacity 36 · Ages 4 yr – 5 yr · 7901 Humie Olive RD · Last inspected Jun 4, 2026

0 violationsActive
Apex Peak Schools, Inc.

Center · Capacity 60 · Ages 12 mo – 12 yr · 432 E Williams Street · Last inspected Jan 6, 2026

0 violationsActive
Happy Tots Day Care

Family day home · Capacity 10 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 2733 Hunter Woods Dr · Last inspected Jun 17, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Bright Start Child Care Llc

Family day home · Capacity 8 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 1910 White Dogwood Road · Last inspected May 7, 2026

1 violationActive
Children's Lighthouse Of Apex

Center · Capacity 198 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 2001 Apex Peakway · Last inspected Apr 8, 2026

1 violationActive
Everbrook Academy

Center · Capacity 138 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 1001 Olive Chapel Road · Last inspected Jun 2, 2026

2 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Kindercare Education

Center · Capacity 150 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 1815 Olive Chapel RD · Last inspected May 20, 2026

14 violationsActive
The Learning Experience Apex

Center · Capacity 199 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 560 Evening Star Dr · Last inspected Jul 1, 2026

7 violationsActive
The Growing Years Learning Center - Apex

Center · Capacity 130 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 470 W Williams ST · Last inspected Jul 7, 2026

6 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 27502

Supervision is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by caregiver-to-child ratio. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

Walk me through how children are supervised during outdoor time and transitions between rooms.

2

How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?

3

Can I see your most recent inspection report and what you changed afterward?

A note on North Carolina records

North Carolina 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. North Carolina does not publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.

Data synced from North Carolina's child care licensing agency on Jul 9, 2026. Source records · Report an error