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Licensed daycares in 27546Lillington, NC

There are 11 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 27546 — 8 licensed centers and 3 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 38 violations across 85 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.45 violations per inspection, which is above the Lillington average of 0.30.

4 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 (28 citations), followed by caregiver-to-child ratio (10). 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 11 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

4 providers.

Lady Bug's Day Care

Family day home · Capacity 8 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 246 Longleaf Drive · Last inspected Jul 8, 2026

0 violationsActive
Spring Hill Child Care Center # 2

Center · Capacity 20 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 2559 Spring Hill Church Road · Last inspected Jan 14, 2026

0 violationsActive
Spring Hill Child Care Center #1

Center · Capacity 40 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 2559 Springhill Church RD · Last inspected Jan 14, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Growing Giggles Home Daycare

Family day home · Capacity 8 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 1275 Peach Farm Road · Last inspected Jan 13, 2026

1 violationActive
Butterfly Garden Home Child Care

Family day home · Capacity 10 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 541 Clark Road · Last inspected Feb 10, 2026

2 violationsActive
Lillington-Shawtown Elementary Preschool

Center · Capacity 45 · Ages 2 yr – 12 yr · 855 OLD US 421 · Last inspected Jan 28, 2026

2 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

First Steps Learning Center, Inc.

Center · Capacity 53 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 942 Joel Johnson RD · Last inspected May 1, 2026

15 violationsActive
Kidds Place Cdc

Center · Capacity 54 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 1310 S 10Th ST · Last inspected Mar 31, 2026

12 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 27546

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