Absolute Learning Academy

Center · Charlotte · 4111 Freedom Drive

What kind of place is this?

Size 61 children licensed In the middle half for Charlotte centers, where the middle half licenses 50–162. Measured across 598 Charlotte centers, 2026-08-17.

How this compares

North Carolina DCDEE cited something at 3 of the 8 visits below. Across Charlotte centers it cites something at about 57% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Charlotte with Charlotte and never with another state.

Will it fit our family?

Accepts subsidy Yes

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Four Star License
License status Active

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
May 11, 2026
On file
8 visits since October 2023 — 5 cited nothing, 3 of those unannounced
Fixed?
All 7 record a correction, in the licensor’s own words.
Most serious
North Carolina DCDEE does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.

North Carolina DCDEE describes every citation in the licensor’s own words and records the correction in that same text — the only one of the six states that publishes whether a violation was fixed. It attaches no rule number and no report document.

May 2026 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Oct 2025 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · October 23, 2025

A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. Space five did not have the current lesson plan posted.

Violation corrected during visit

Bed, cribs, playpens, cots or mats were not placed at least 18" apart or separated by partitions when in use. Cots in space 1, space 2, and space 4 had cots placed 16 inch apart or less in some areas.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Jun 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Oct 2024 Unannounced visit 4 findings

Unannounced visit · October 24, 2024

The center did not maintain records as required in rule, and/or were not made available to the Division for review. The Outdoor playground inspection could not be located but there was a trend that it was done the same day as the fire drill.

Violation corrected during visit

Equipment and furnishings not meeting the requirements outlined in child care .0601(b) and (c) were not removed or made inaccessible. Cardboard blocks in the three year old classroom had holes in them and tattered.

Violation corrected during visit

Medications including prescription and non-prescription items were not stored in a locked cabinet or other locked container. A large bottle of Pain medication was stored in an container under the desk in the open office area.

Violation corrected during visit

Plastic bags, materials that could be torn apart and toy parts small enough to be swallowed were accessible to children under three years of age. In the two year old classroom there were a plastic bag of face mask in the cubbies.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Sep 2024 Announced visit nothing cited
Aug 2024 Announced visit nothing cited
Mar 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · March 28, 2024

Plastic bags, materials that could be torn apart and toy parts small enough to be swallowed were accessible to children under three years of age. Plastic bags with pull-ups and or brown cardboard rolls were located in the children's cubbies.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Oct 2023 Unannounced visit nothing cited

Before you tour

Absolute Learning Academy hasn’t published

Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

Ask which of these findings were serious.North Carolina DCDEE records the correction in its own words, but never says how serious it was.

Sources and dates

Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.

All checked July 2026.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Will it fit our family

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

Licensing and contact

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

Do you run Absolute Learning Academy? Shortlist has no tuition, hours or ratios for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.