Primrose School Of Cornelius

Center · Cornelius · 19640 Jetton Road

What kind of place is this?

Size 172 children licensed Larger than the middle half of Charlotte centers, where the middle half licenses 50–162. Measured across 598 Charlotte centers, 2026-08-17.

Who runs it

Chain Primrose Schools
Owner Taurus Capital Partners Owned by private-equity firm Taurus Capital Partners, which acquired Primrose Schools from Roark Capital (Roark held it 2015-2025 and explored a sale in 2024). primroseschools.com

Primrose Schools runs 9 licensed locations in Charlotte.

How this compares

North Carolina DCDEE cited something at 2 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?

Accepts subsidy Yes

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating One Star License
License status Active

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
February 10, 2026
On file
5 visits since February 2024 — 3 cited nothing, 3 of those unannounced
Fixed?
All 3 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.

Feb 2026 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Aug 2025 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · August 21, 2025

All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean, free of visible fungal growth, and in good repair. In space D1, there is peeling paint on a wall.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/26/2025

Staff did not model appropriate eating behaviors by consuming food or beverages that meet the nutritional requirements specified in the Meal Patterns for Children in Child Care Programs in the presence of children in care. In space A2, there was a teacher's iced coffee drink on the counter.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Feb 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Aug 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · August 7, 2024

All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. The fence between the preschool and older children's outdoor learning environment had a hole with protruding wires with sharp edges large enough for a child to crawl through. The fence gate between the ones (1) and twos (2) outdoor learning environments had gaps with sharp edges in the bottom of the gate that need to be addressed.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/14/2024

DCDEE facility lookup

Feb 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited

Before you tour

Primrose School Of Cornelius 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.

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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 Primrose School Of Cornelius? 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.