Chapel Grove Elementary Pre-Kindergarten

Center · Gastonia · 5201 Lewis Road

What kind of place is this?

Size 72 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 5 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?

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

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Five Star License
License status Active

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
April 22, 2026
On file
5 visits since January 2024 — 2 cited nothing, 2 of those unannounced
Fixed?
All 6 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.

Apr 2026 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · April 22, 2026

The health assessment did not include a vision screening. The vision screening for one (1) child, enrolled on August 20, 2025, was conducted on March 11, 2026.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/30/2026

The health assessment did not include a hearing screening. The health assessment for one (1) child, enrolled on August 20, 2025, did not include a hearing screening.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/30/2026

DCDEE facility lookup

Nov 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
May 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · May 13, 2025

Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. The most recent shelter-in-place/lockdown drill documented was conducted on August 23, 2025.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/21/2025

DCDEE facility lookup

Aug 2024 Unannounced visit 3 findings

Unannounced visit · August 27, 2024

When medication was administered, documentation was not completed or maintained for 6 months and/or the documentation did not include the required information. Administration of a prescription medication (Creon), which has been administered daily, was not documented.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/6/2024

Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. No playground inspection was conducted in April 2024 or May 2024.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/6/2024

Child care providers, including the director, uncompensated providers, substitute providers, and volunteers did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file on or before the first day of work, which included all the required information and/or the information on the form was not updated as changes occur and at least annually. The Emergency Information Form on file for the Administrator was last updated on August 10, 2023.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/6/2024

DCDEE facility lookup

Jan 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited

Before you tour

Chapel Grove Elementary Pre-Kindergarten 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.

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 Chapel Grove Elementary Pre-Kindergarten? 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.