Daycares in Kinston, NC

All 23 licensed child care facilities in Kinston, 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 →

23licensed daycares

3.6average safety rating

22%with a clean record

18with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	BANKS ELEMENTARY PRESCHOOL2148 FALLING CREEK ROAD	4.5★	None	18
2	MISS LINDSEY'S CHILDCARE & AFTER SCHOOL LLC3157 HIGHWAY 258 N	4.4★	None	53
3	CONTENTNEA-SAVANNAH SCHOOL PRESCHOOL3400 FERRELL ROAD	4.4★	1	18
4	Adventure Land of Learning1748 Hill Farm Road	4.3★	None	80
5	MISS CHARLIE'S CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER III1503 WEST VERNON AVENUE	4.3★	None	42
6	SONSHINE CHRISTIAN CHILD CARE2701 CAREY ROAD	4.3★	None	8
7	Southwood Elementary Preschool1245 NC Hwy 58	4.3★	1	18
8	M&E WONDERLAND ACADEMY PRE-K701 NORTH ADKIN STREET	4.3★	2 · 1 high-risk	46
9	KIDS INCORPORATED LEARNING CENTER2837 BANKS SCHOOL ROAD	3.9★	1	64
10	SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY PRESCHOOL201 MCDANIELS STREET	3.9★	1	68
11	GREENE LAMP HEAD START / CONTENTNEA2909 GRANGER STATION ROAD	3.8★	2	120
12	FARMER-N-DELL LEARNING CENTER, LLC1320 AIRPORT ROAD	3.7★	2 · 1 high-risk	234
13	EMBRACING KIDS CHILD CARE CENTER, LLC1802 OLD SNOW HILL ROAD	3.6★	4	60
14	ALPHA AND OMEGA CHRISTIAN DAY CARE CENTER410 EAST WASHINGTON AVENUE	3.6★	6 · 1 high-risk	45
15	NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY PRESCHOOL1002 EAST HIGHLAND AVENUE	3.5★	1	18
16	GRAINGER-HILL HEAD START309 SUMMIT AVE	3.3★	5	117
17	MEMORABLE MOMENTS807 SYCAMORE AVENUE	3.2★	2 · 2 high-risk	8
18	MARVIN B. SPENCE HEAD START CENTER305 SIMON BRIGHT COURT	3.1★	3 · 2 high-risk	80
19	GREENE LAMP HEAD START HIGHLAND CENTER1001 EAST HIGHLAND AVENUE	3.0★	5	82
20	LITTLE PEOPLE'S DAY CARE 2122 OLD SECOND STREET	2.8★	8 · 3 high-risk	25
21	LOVING ARMS603 HERBERT DRIVE	2.6★	12 · 2 high-risk	8
22	KINSTON CHILD CARE CENTER710 ROSEANNE DRIVE	2.3★	10 · 3 high-risk	199
23	LITTLE PEOPLE'S DAY CARE108 OLD SECOND STREET	1.8★	12 · 3 high-risk	58

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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