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Licensed daycares in 28501Kinston, NC

There are 11 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 28501 — 10 licensed centers and 1 family day home. Together they have been cited for 145 violations across 98 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.48 violations per inspection, which is above the Kinston average of 1.25.

No provider in this ZIP code has a completely clean three-year record. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is supervision (145 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 11 providers

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Marvin B. Spence Head Start Center

Center · Capacity 80 · Ages 3 yr – 5 yr · 305 Simon Bright Court · Last inspected May 13, 2026

3 violationsActive

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.

M&E Wonderland Academy Pre-K

Center · Capacity 46 · Ages 12 mo – 12 yr · 701 North Adkin Street · Last inspected Jun 30, 2026

53 violationsActive
Loving Arms

Family day home · Capacity 8 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 603 Herbert Drive · Last inspected Mar 4, 2026

14 violationsActive
Greene Lamp Head Start / Contentnea

Center · Capacity 120 · Ages 12 mo – 5 yr · 2909 Granger Station Road · Last inspected Jun 3, 2026

13 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 28501

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