How many licensed daycares are in 28697?

There are 7 licensed providers — with capacity for 474 children.

Are there any daycares in 28697 with a revoked or suspended license?

No facilities in 28697 currently have a revoked or suspended license.

Which daycares in 28697 have no violations?

Thrive Early Learning Center — based on the past three years of inspection records.

How does 28697 compare to the rest of Wilkesboro?

Providers in this ZIP average 1.26 violations per inspection, roughly in line with the Wilkesboro average of 1.26.

Where does this data come from?

North Carolina's child care licensing agency child care licensing records, last synced Jul 9, 2026. Every claim on this page links to its source document.

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Daycares in 28697 (Wilkesboro, NC): Inspection Records | KinderFax

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Licensed daycares in 28697 — Wilkesboro, NC

There are 7 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 28697.

Every record below comes from North Carolina's child care licensing agencyand links back to the state's own document.

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 (54 citations). Worth knowing before you tour.

Compare all 7 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

1 provider.

Thrive Early Learning Center

Center · Capacity 36 · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 707 Walker Street · Last inspected Jun 9, 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.

Wilkes Developmental Day School

Center · Capacity 83 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 1021 Welborn Avenue · Last inspected Jan 14, 2026

2 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Way Makers Preschool

Center · Capacity 98 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 374 Lincoln Heights Road Ste A · Last inspected Jan 8, 2026

16 violationsActive

Harvest Time Christian Academy

Center · Capacity 48 · Ages 12 mo – 12 yr · 400 Winston Street · Last inspected Jan 6, 2026

15 violationsActive

Wilkesboro Elementary School Pre-K

Center · Capacity 36 · Ages 3 yr – 6 yr · 1248 School Street · Last inspected Feb 10, 2026

10 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 28697

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

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