Alliance Center For Education - Archdale

Center · Charlotte · 1901 Archdale Drive

What kind of place is this?

Size 75 children licensed In the middle half for Charlotte centers, where the middle half licenses 50–162. Measured across 598 Charlotte centers, 2026-08-17.
Established 1940
Approach bilingual, play-based

In the program’s own words

“Archdale Center 1901 Archdale Drive Charlotte, NC 28210 📍 Programs offered: Early Head Start, He ad Start, Dual-language Pre-K” ac4ed.org, July 2026
“The strengths of the program include building relationships, learning through creative play, and structured lessons that build on each child's needs and abilities.” ac4ed.org, July 2026

How this compares

North Carolina DCDEE cited something at 2 of the 6 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.

Who will be with our child?

Will it fit our family?

Ages served ages birth to 5 years old (Early Head Start birth–3; Head Start & Pre-K 3–5)

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Five Star License
License status Active
Website ac4ed.org

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
August 25, 2026
On file
6 visits since August 2025 — 4 cited nothing, 2 of those unannounced
Fixed?
All 4 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.

Aug 2026 Unannounced visit 3 findings

Unannounced visit · August 25, 2026

A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. The activity plan in group one (1) was dated for July 2026.

Violation corrected during visit

Menus for all meals and snacks were not planned at least 1 week ahead and dated. A current menu was not posted.

Violation corrected during visit

Potentially hazardous items including but not limited to power tools, nails, chemicals, propane stoves, lawn mowers, gasoline, or kerosene were not stored in locked areas, removed from the premises, or made inaccessible to children. A rack and shovel was observed accessible to children in the hallway leading to the outdoor play area.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Feb 2026 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Dec 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Oct 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · October 9, 2025

All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. One staff members annual health questionnaire expired 8-24-25.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Aug 2025 Announced visit nothing cited
Aug 2025 Announced visit nothing cited

Before you tour

Alliance Center For Education - Archdale 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

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What kind of place is this

Who will be with our child

Not yet reported: children per teacher.

Will it fit our family

  • Ages served — Checked July 2026 · ac4ed.org

Not yet reported: 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.

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