Justice Kids Academy

Center · Charlotte · 9137 Sharonbrook Drive

What kind of place is this?

Size 56 children licensed In the middle half for Charlotte centers, where the middle half licenses 50–162. Measured across 598 Charlotte centers, 2026-08-17.

Who runs it

Ownership For-profit North Carolina DCDEE names a limited company as the licensee, and it is not in the IRS register of tax-exempt organisations. ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov

How this compares

North Carolina DCDEE cited something at 2 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 Five Star License
License status Active

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
July 14, 2026
On file
8 visits since February 2024 — 6 cited nothing, 5 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.

Jul 2026 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Jun 2026 Unannounced visit 3 findings

Unannounced visit · June 30, 2026

Children between 12 and 24 months of age were grouped with children 3 years of age or older. A three (3) year old was grouped in children between 12 and 24 months of age in space four (4).

Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 7/14/2026

Vehicles used to transport children enrolled in the child care center did not comply with all applicable State and federal laws and regulations. The vehicle used to transport children enrolled in the child care center's current insurance information was not available.

Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 7/14/2026

A child was yelled at, shamed, humiliated, frightened, threatened or bullied. A child was yelled at "I said stop", and told that they "would sit in time out until lunch".

Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 7/14/2026

DCDEE facility lookup

Jan 2026 Announced visit nothing cited
Jul 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Jan 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Oct 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Jul 2024 Unannounced visit 3 findings

Unannounced visit · July 16, 2024

Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. One (1) child care provider's medical report was older than 12 months.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/30/2024

On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. One (1) staff person's TB test or screening was older than 12 months.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/30/2024

All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. Two (2) staff did not complete an annual health questionnaire on or before the first day of work.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Feb 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited

Before you tour

Justice Kids 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.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

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 Justice Kids 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.