Charlotte · Licensed center
Pleasant Grove Child Development Center
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 95 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 11 licensing inspections since September 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- May 1, 2026Nothing cited
- Jan 16, 2026Nothing cited
- Oct 16, 2025Nothing cited
Jul 9, 20251 citation
Citation
“All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. In space #2, there was torn padding on a teacher's chair.”
Violation corrected during visit
Jan 21, 20252 citations
Citation
“A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date. In space #6, a child's medication has expired permission to give dates.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. There was no documentation on file that a staff member completed the training within the required timeframe.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/24/2025
- Jul 23, 2024Nothing cited
- Mar 21, 2024Nothing cited
- Feb 15, 2024Nothing cited
Jan 23, 20241 citation
Citation
“Equipment and furnishings not meeting the requirements outlined in child care .0601(b) and (c) were not removed or made inaccessible. There were 3 trikes on the toddler/twos playground with torn seats.”
Violation corrected during visit
- Jan 5, 2024Nothing cited
- Sep 19, 2023Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 11 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 10 or more times had rules cited at some but not all of theirs, as this center did: more than 99% of 271.
How all 271 Charlotte-area centers inspected 10 or more times compare
Of the 271 Charlotte-area centers the state inspected 10 or more times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- Someover 99%This center
- Allunder 1%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- May 1, 2026
- On file
- 11 visits since September 2023 — 8 cited nothing, 8 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.
Jul 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · July 9, 2025
All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. In space #2, there was torn padding on a teacher's chair.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60000859 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jan 2025 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · January 21, 2025
A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date. In space #6, a child's medication has expired permission to give dates.
Violation corrected during visit
The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. There was no documentation on file that a staff member completed the training within the required timeframe.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/24/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60000859 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jan 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · January 23, 2024
Equipment and furnishings not meeting the requirements outlined in child care .0601(b) and (c) were not removed or made inaccessible. There were 3 trikes on the toddler/twos playground with torn seats.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60000859 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (704) 391-0835
- Address
- 1915 Oakdale Road, Charlotte, 28216
- License
- 60000859
- Quality program
- Five Star License
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Sources and dates
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All checked July 2026.
State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Quality program ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 60000859 under License Number, and open the result.
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.