Total Enrollment (2018–2025)

Definition

Count of Children enrolled in Child Care Centers by license rating of facility from January of each year. Values do not include children enrolled in Family Child Care Homes.

• = Data suppressed when the enrollment value is less than 10

A rating of one star means that a child care program meets North Carolina’s minimum licensing standards for child care. Programs that choose to voluntarily meet higher standards can apply for a two to five star license. The star rating is comprised of a facility’s scores in three quality components: Staff Education, Program Standards and Compliance History. For more information on the Star Rated Licenses please refer to https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Services/Licensing/Star-Rated-License.

Data Source

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education.

Note from DCDEE: Our data is collected/updated at licensing visits in a rolling manner. At any point that the data is pulled it represents a snapshot from that date and the data for any individual facility can be anywhere from 1-364 days out of date. Duplicates may be included if a program offers 2nd and/or 3rd shift care. We also suppress enrollment data that is less than 10.

Notes

Data accessed December 2025.

Last Updated

2025-12