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Licensed daycares in 28144Salisbury, NC

There are 20 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 28144 — 16 licensed centers and 4 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 218 violations across 176 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.24 violations per inspection, which is above the Salisbury average of 0.57.

2 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 (218 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 20 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

2 providers.

Purposed Childcare

Family day home · Capacity 8 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 210 N Railroad Ave ES · Last inspected Jun 3, 2026

0 violationsActive
Wot Fleming Early Head Start

Center · Capacity 27 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 412 W 15Th Street · Last inspected May 13, 2026

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Always Ready Little People's Day Care

Family day home · Capacity 8 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 1708 S Martin Luther King JR AVE · Last inspected Feb 12, 2026

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Kiddie Land Kindergarten, Inc.

Center · Capacity 197 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 1000 S Long Street E S · Last inspected May 14, 2026

39 violationsActive
Kids 1St Childcare Academy

Center · Capacity 99 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 305 S. Link AVE · Last inspected Jul 8, 2026

38 violationsActive
A Mother's Choice Childcare Center

Center · Capacity 100 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 1319 Standish Street · Last inspected Feb 12, 2026

15 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 28144

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