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Licensed daycares in 28080Iron Station, NC

There are 4 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 28080 — 3 licensed centers and 1 family day home. Together they have been cited for 34 violations across 25 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.36 violations per inspection, which is above the Iron Station average of 0.97.

No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is supervision (34 citations). 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 4 providers

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Kenlin Academy Preschool

Center · Capacity 25 · Ages 12 mo – 12 yr · 1796 HWY 73 · Last inspected Jun 10, 2026

2 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Iron Station Elementary Ymca Childcare

Center · Capacity 60 · Ages 5 yr – 12 yr · 4207 Highway 27 East · Last inspected May 6, 2026

17 violationsActive
Iron Station Elementary Pre-K

Center · Capacity 36 · Ages 3 yr – 5 yr · 4207 Highway 27 · Last inspected Apr 23, 2026

11 violationsActive
Forney's Fun House Family Childcare Home

Family day home · Capacity 10 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 900 Spring Lake Drive · Last inspected Nov 5, 2025

4 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 28080

Supervision is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by inspection follow-up. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

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

2

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