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Licensed daycares in 27530Goldsboro, NC

There are 24 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 27530 — 21 licensed centers and 3 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 151 violations across 209 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.72 violations per inspection, which is above the Goldsboro average of 0.19.

5 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 (100 citations), followed by caregiver-to-child ratio (51). 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

5 providers.

Best Enrichment Child Development Center

Center · Capacity 90 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 209 W Pine Street · Last inspected May 6, 2026

0 violationsActive
Little Tykes Daycare

Family day home · Capacity 8 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 901 South Best Street · Last inspected Apr 28, 2026

0 violationsActive
Rosewood Elementary School

Center · Capacity 18 · Ages 3 yr – 5 yr · 126 Charlie Braswell Road · Last inspected Apr 1, 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.

Antioch Child Care Academy

Center · Capacity 110 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 601 West ELM Street · Last inspected Jan 21, 2026

1 violationActive
Ms. Dana's Sunshine Academy

Family day home · Capacity 9 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 221 Ingram Fields Drive · Last inspected Mar 25, 2026

1 violationActive
Wages Belfast Center

Center · Capacity 64 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 3100 N HWY 117 · Last inspected Nov 10, 2025

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Wee Are The World Child Care Center 2

Center · Capacity 82 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 2206 North William Street · Last inspected Jun 4, 2026

20 violationsActive
Playmates Child Care And Dev Center Of Rosewood

Center · Capacity 95 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 836 Rosewood RD · Last inspected Mar 3, 2026

14 violationsActive
Little Bulldogs Child Development Center

Center · Capacity 100 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 3353 US HWY 13 South · Last inspected Apr 29, 2026

13 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 27530

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