Charlotte · Licensed center
Alliance Center For Education - Archdale
At a glance
- Medium play-based center, licensed for 75 children.
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 2 of its 6 licensing inspections since August 2025.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Aug 25, 20263 citations
Citation
“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
Citation
“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
Citation
“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
- Feb 5, 2026Nothing cited
- Dec 2, 2025Nothing cited
Oct 9, 20251 citation
Citation
“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
- Aug 25, 2025Nothing cited
- Aug 13, 2025Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 6 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 6 times had more: 65% of 79 had rules cited at 3 or more.
How all 79 Charlotte-area centers inspected 6 times compare
Of the 79 Charlotte-area centers the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None10%
- 1 of 65%
- 2 of 620%This center
- 3 of 619%
- 4 of 620%
- 5 of 615%
- All 610%
Read every record and the state’s reports
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 On that page, enter license number 60004411 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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 On that page, enter license number 60004411 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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How they teach
Play-based and bilingual
“Archdale Center 1901 Archdale Drive Charlotte, NC 28210 📍 Programs offered: Early Head Start, He ad Start, Dual-language Pre-K”
Who cares for your child
Jared Keaton (Chief Executive Officer) since 1998 and Brian Luckadoo (Chief Financial Officer) since 2007.
28 years · Charlotte-area median 22, among 32 that publish
Details
- Phone
- (704) 621-8699
- Address
- 1901 Archdale Drive, Charlotte, 28210
- License
- 60004411
- Quality program
- Five Star License
- Established
- 1940
- Ownership
- Non-profit
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, and sick and biting policies. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
Sources and dates
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 ac4ed.org/locations
- Approach — Checked July 2026 ac4ed.org/programs
Who cares for your child
- Staff ac4ed.org
State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 60004411 under License Number, and open the result.
- Website — Checked July 2026 ac4ed.org
- Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 ac4ed.org
- Established — Checked July 2026 ac4ed.org
- Ownership — Checked October 2026 usaspending.gov
Medium means the middle half of Charlotte-area’s 605 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 51 to 162 children. Small is 11 to 50; large is 163 to 528.