Lowell · Licensed center
Lowell Elementary Pre-K
- Small center, licensed for 18 children.
- 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.
Of the 86 Charlotte-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 3% had no rules cited at any of them, as this center did. 2% had rules cited at all 7.
Licensing inspections
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.
Openings, child care subsidies, cost, teaching approach, and ratios and staff aren’t on this page.
A day here
- Hours
- 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM
- 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
- Website
- lowell.gaston.k12.nc.us
- Address
- 1500 Power Drive
- License
- 36000653, active
- Quality program
- Five Star License
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State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked October 10, 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 September 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 591 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 11 to 50 children. Medium is 51 to 162; large is 163 to 528.