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Licensed daycares in 27705Durham, NC

There are 24 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 27705 — 19 licensed centers and 5 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 169 violations across 218 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.78 violations per inspection, which is above the Durham average of 0.30.

One provider has 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 caregiver-to-child ratio (92 citations), followed by supervision (77). 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 24 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

1 provider.

Serenity Childcare Collective

Family day home · Capacity 10 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 2407 Shirley St · Last inspected Apr 13, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Broad Street Children's Cottage

Center · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 1413 Broad Street · Last inspected Mar 3, 2026

2 violationsActive
Hillandale Sac Club

Center · Capacity 191 · Ages 4 yr – 12 yr · 2730 Hillandale Road · Last inspected May 5, 2026

2 violationsActive
Kin, Too

Center · Capacity 17 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 1416 Broad Street · Last inspected Apr 27, 2026

2 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Legacy Child Enrichment Center

Center · Capacity 140 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 2601 Hillsborough Road · Last inspected Apr 9, 2026

15 violationsActive
Creative Care Early Learning Academy

Center · Capacity 38 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 2913 Guess Road · Last inspected Feb 20, 2026

15 violationsActive
Branches Community School

Center · Capacity 44 · Ages 0 mo – 6 yr · 903 Broad Street · Last inspected Mar 4, 2026

14 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 27705

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

1

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

2

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

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