Hearth Record

Four Oaks Elementary

A child care center in Four Oaks, North Carolina 27524

180 Hatcher St, Four Oaks, North Carolina 27524. (919) 963-2165.

  • administrative action in the last three years
North Carolina’s own record, on ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov

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The short answer

The last 24 months 6 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Every month

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What these words mean5
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Quality rating
Many states rate child care in a quality rating system that goes past the licensing rules, such as Texas Rising Star or Kentucky All STARS. Taking part is often voluntary, so a program with no rating hasn’t been rated low. Source: Each state’s quality rating system.
Licence status
Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

11 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on May 6, 2026.

6 violations cited in the last three years, 6 of them marked corrected.

Source:

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

6 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.

6 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each violation, in its source’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.

Source:

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

May 6, 2026: unannounced1 violation

  • Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements.

    “A playground inspection was last completed on 11-10-25.”

    Rule Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: May 6, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

Sep 19, 2024: unannounced1 violation

  • Safe pick-up and delivery procedures were not communicated to parents and/or were not posted where they can be seen by the parents.

    “Safe pick up and delivery procedures was not posted in space 108.”

    Rule Safe pick-up and delivery procedures were not communicated to parents and/or were not posted where they can be seen by the parents.. Corrected during the inspection.

May 16, 2024: unannounced2 violations

  • A minimum of two staff members were not on site at all times while children were present at the facility.

    “One teacher stepped into the hallway leaving only one teacher in the classroom.”

    Rule A minimum of two staff members were not on site at all times while children were present at the facility.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: May 31, 2024. Correction verified: at a follow-up visit by DCDEE.

  • Certified developmental day center staff/child ratios and group sizes were not met.

    “A teacher stepped into the hallway leaving seven children with one teacher inside the classroom.”

    Rule Certified developmental day center staff/child ratios and group sizes were not met.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: May 31, 2024. Correction verified: at a follow-up visit by DCDEE.

Apr 25, 2024: unannounced2 violations

  • Child was handled roughly.

    “A staff member spanked a child on the buttocks, slammed the child onto the changing table, and forcefully held the child’s leg, resulting in red marks.”

    Rule Child was handled roughly.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Nov 15, 2024. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

  • Each child was not attended to in a nurturing and appropriate manner, or in keeping with the child’s developmental needs.

    “A staff member grabbed and shook a child’s wrist, while yelling at the child.”

    Rule Each child was not attended to in a nurturing and appropriate manner, or in keeping with the child's developmental needs.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Nov 15, 2024. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

All 11 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
May 6, 2026Unannounced visit1 violation cited
Dec 2, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
May 15, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Mar 31, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Feb 10, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Sep 25, 2024Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Sep 19, 2024Unannounced visit1 violation cited
May 31, 2024Unannounced visitNo violations cited
May 28, 2024Unannounced visitNo violations cited
May 16, 2024Unannounced visit2 violations cited
Apr 25, 2024Unannounced visit2 violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Child Care Center, holding a Five Star Center License since May 6, 2026.
  • Licensed for 54 children, ages 3 through 5.
  • Not enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
  • North Carolina’s licence number: 51000760.
  • Restriction: Other - Developmental Day Certified.
Source:

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

Has North Carolina acted against it?

  • DCDEE says it has issued one or more administrative actions for this facility in the past three years; North Carolina’s page doesn’t say what they were, and shows one only after its 30-day appeal period.
Source:

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

  • North Carolina’s page gives a staff-to-child ratio policy as the provider reports it, unverified by DCDEE, so it isn’t shown.

Who owns it?

  • Owner, as North Carolina lists it: Johnston County Schools.
Source:

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

How is it rated?

  • Star Rated License: 5 stars of five.
Source:

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 88 child care providers in Johnston County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 10; this one had 6.
Source:

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 88 in Johnston County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Kidz Konnection of Four Oaks12
Adventures Under the Sun, Inc. III24
Kidz Konnection of Four Oaks II21
Four Oaks Elementary This child care provider6
Little Gifts From Above13
Little Connections Child Care Center, Inc.20
Princeton Head Start1
Clayton Head Start4
Shepherd’s Day Care Home10
Johnston Community College Child Development Cente12
Miss Wendy’s Play House5
Two By Two Day Care Development Center5

What the record doesn’t say

  • North Carolina doesn’t show a visit summary tied to an open child maltreatment investigation while the case is active, and shows an administrative action only after its 30-day appeal period, without saying what it was.
  • DCDEE’s descriptions of violations are shown in its own words; a description that names or may name a person isn’t shown. Visit summaries, the consultants’ full reports, aren’t read.
  • North Carolina’s page lists the provider’s own features (transport, ratios) as furnished by the provider and unverified by DCDEE, so they aren’t shown.

Sources

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE). North Carolina’s own record is on ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 3, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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