Lowell · Licensed center
Lowell Elementary Pre-K
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 18 children.
- Hours 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Run by a school district, which holds the license.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 7 licensing inspections since September 2025.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Sep 1, 2026Nothing cited
- Feb 17, 2026Nothing cited
- Feb 16, 2026Nothing cited
- Jan 8, 2026Nothing cited
- Nov 4, 2025Nothing cited
- Oct 8, 2025Nothing cited
- Sep 18, 2025Nothing cited
The state cited no rules at any of this center's 7 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 7 times had at least one: 95% of 86.
How all 86 Charlotte-area centers inspected 7 times compare
Of the 86 Charlotte-area centers the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None5%This center
- 1 of 78%
- 2 of 73%
- 3 of 719%
- 4 of 721%
- 5 of 726%
- 6 of 716%
- All 72%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- September 1, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since September 2025 — all of them cited nothing, 5 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
- Most serious
- Nothing was cited at any visit on file.
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.
A day here
7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Meals and updates for parents
- Meals
- Free breakfast (7:00–7:30 a.m.) and free lunch daily for all students; home lunch permitted
- Updates for parents
- Weekly Sunday-evening Parent Link phone message plus ongoing communication via Class Dojo
Policies
- When a child is sick
- Excluded from school for fever over 100°F, vomiting, diarrhea, an untreated rash, or lice
Details
- Phone
- (704) 836-9118
- Address
- 1500 Power Drive, Lowell, 28098
- License
- 36000653
- Quality program
- Five Star License
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Sources and dates
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State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
A day here
- Meals, Updates for parents, Hours — Checked July 2026 lowell.gaston.k12.nc.us
Policies
- When a child is sick — Checked July 2026 lowell.gaston.k12.nc.us
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 36000653 under License Number, and open the result.
- Website — Checked July 2026 lowell.gaston.k12.nc.us
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 36000653 under License Number, open the result and expand Owner Information: the licensee is listed as Primary Owner.
Small means the smallest quarter of Charlotte-area’s 605 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 11 to 50 children. Medium is 51 to 162; large is 163 to 528.