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Licensed daycares in 28803Asheville, NC

There are 16 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 28803, with a combined licensed capacity of 1,346 children. Together they have been cited for 460 violations across 144 inspections in the past three years, an average of 3.19 violations per inspection, which is above the Asheville average of 2.40.

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 (456 citations), followed by caregiver-to-child ratio (4). 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 16 providers

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Discovery Montessori School

Center · Capacity 170 · Ages 12 mo – 12 yr · 104 Peachtree Road · Last inspected Mar 25, 2026

61 violationsActive
Mission Health Child Care Development Center

Center · Capacity 160 · Ages 0 mo – 6 yr · 20 Sterling Street · Last inspected Mar 27, 2026

53 violationsActive
Ymca W.W. Estes Afterschool

Center · Capacity 150 · Ages 5 yr – 12 yr · 275 Overlook Road · Last inspected Jun 4, 2026

53 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 28803

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