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Licensed daycares in 28043 — Forest City, NC
There are 11 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 28043 — 10 licensed centers and 1 family day home. Together they have been cited for 161 violations across 95 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.69 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Forest City average of 1.69.
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 supervision (159 citations), followed by caregiver-to-child ratio (2). 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
1 provider.
4 or more violations in 3 years
10 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
Questions to ask when you tour in 28043
Supervision is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by caregiver-to-child ratio. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
Walk me through how children are supervised during outdoor time and transitions between rooms.
How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?
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