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Licensed daycares in 28504 — Kinston, NC
There are 12 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 28504 — 10 licensed centers and 2 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 123 violations across 116 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.06 violations per inspection, which is below the Kinston average of 2.70.
3 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 (123 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 12 providers
Clean record — no violations in 3 years
3 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
1 provider. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
8 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
Questions to ask when you tour in 28504
Supervision is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by inspection follow-up. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
Walk me through how children are supervised during outdoor time and transitions between rooms.
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