Daycares in Forest City, NC

All 11 licensed child care facilities in Forest City, ranked by their real state inspection record — not ads. Every rating below comes from official licensing and violation data.

Typical cost in North Carolina: about $1,006/month for infant care at a center (federal median) — see daycare costs in North Carolina →

11licensed daycares

3.8average safety rating

45%with a clean record

6with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY, INC.171 TROUT STREET	4.4★	None	45
2	CHOICE CARE QUEST1288 WEST MAIN STREET	4.4★	1	55
3	HARRIS ELEMENTARY PRESCHOOL3330 US HIGHWAY 221 SOUTH	4.3★	None	36
4	SUCCESSFUL START CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER872 HARRIS HENRIETTA ROAD	4.3★	None	60
5	THE LEARNING TREE205 MCDONALD ROAD	4.3★	None	130
6	WNCSOURCE FOREST CITY CHILDREN'S CENTER483 SOUTH BROADWAY STREET	4.3★	None	24
7	FORREST HUNT PRESCHOOL100 FORREST HUNT DRIVE	4.2★	1	36
8	ALEXANDER BAPTIST DAY CARE CENTER1053 SOUTH BROADWAY	3.6★	1	75
9	FOREST CITY-DUNBAR PRESCHOOL286 LEARNING PARKWAY	3.2★	10 · 1 high-risk	40
10	TINY TOTS DAY CARE353 MOUNTAIN VIEW ST	3.0★	4 · 3 high-risk	8
11	LITTLE RED SCHOOL319 S BROADWAY	1.6★	15 · 3 high-risk	84

Ranked by DaycareAlert's violations-based safety rating (recency-weighted state inspection findings), then by fewest recent violations. "Violations (2 yr)" counts citations in the last two years so cities and facilities are comparable regardless of how far back a state's records go. Data comes directly from state licensing agencies — always open a facility's full record before deciding.

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