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Licensed daycares in 28054Gastonia, NC

There are 13 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 28054 — 12 licensed centers and 1 family day home. Together they have been cited for 187 violations across 148 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.26 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Gastonia average of 1.31.

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 (186 citations), followed by caregiver-to-child ratio (1). 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 13 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

1 provider.

E Maries Home Childcare Development Center

Family day home · Capacity 10 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 2415 Mclean Street · Last inspected Jul 1, 2026

0 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

First Wesleyan Day Care

Center · Capacity 134 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 208 South Church Street · Last inspected Jul 8, 2026

38 violationsActive
Childcare Network #240

Center · Capacity 199 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 1750 Oak Hollow Road · Last inspected Jun 10, 2026

32 violationsActive
Learning Jungle Gastonia

Center · Capacity 199 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 740 COX Road · Last inspected May 27, 2026

26 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 28054

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