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Part-Time Daycare in North Carolina

Daycares that offer part-time care in North Carolina, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

daycares that offer part-time care listed
171
towns
76
towns have their own part-time daycare page
13
of all North Carolina daycares
3%

Map of North Carolina: each dot is a town with daycares that offer part-time care, sized by how many are listed

Part-time
What puts a daycare on this listIt says it offers part-time care: half days or some days a week.A daycare not on this list may still offer part-time care; ask.

North Carolina

Largest towns for part-time daycare in North Carolina

Durham15 offer part-timeRaleigh13 offer part-timeCharlotte12 offer part-timeGreensboro10 offer part-timeWilmington9 offer part-timeWinston-Salem7 offer part-timeApex6 offer part-timeAsheville5 offer part-timeConcord5 offer part-timeCary4 offer part-timeMooresville4 offer part-timeChapel Hill3 offer part-time

Programs

Programs in North Carolina

Counts come from the state record and what each daycare says it offers. A daycare without a tag may still offer the program; ask.

ProgramListed
All daycares6,565
Take infants3,301
Child care centers5,566
Accept subsidy3,210
In-home daycares999
Christian & church daycares605
Montessori schools132
Preschools & pre-K5,228
Early morning daycare970
Part-time daycare171
Drop-in daycare37
After-school care4,110
Bilingual daycare13
Head Start412

The North Carolina state record

North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education licenses daycares in North Carolina.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
The ages on each license
Inspections
Every visit the state publishes back to 2023
Cited rules
Each cited rule, in the state's own wording
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the North Carolina state records

Before you enroll

Choosing part-time care in North Carolina

  1. 1

    Ask which days

    Ask whether part-time means set days each week or half days, and whether you can change them.

  2. 2

    Ask about cost

    Ask how part-time tuition compares with full time, and whether you pay for holidays and sick days.

  3. 3

    Ask about the group

    Ask whether part-time children join the same room each time.

  4. 4

    Check the license record

    Open a listing for its state license and, where the state publishes it, the inspection record.

North Carolina

Cost, inspections and ratios in North Carolina

Daycare cost in North CarolinaWeekly prices by age and countyWhat North Carolina inspectors citeThe rules cited most, and what they meanStaff-to-child ratios in North CarolinaHow many children each adult may care forTour checklist for North CarolinaQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 76 North Carolina towns with part-time daycare, A to Z

A5 towns
B4 towns
C9 towns
D3 towns
F4 towns
G4 towns
H7 towns
I1 town
J2 towns
K1 town
L3 towns
M8 towns
N3 towns
O1 town
R4 towns
S10 towns
W6 towns
Z1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Virginia342 offer part-timeGeorgia216 offer part-timeTennessee128 offer part-timeSouth Carolina103 offer part-time

Questions

Questions about part-time daycare in North Carolina

How many daycares that offer part-time care are in North Carolina?

171 daycares that offer part-time care are listed in 76 North Carolina towns. A daycare not on this list may still offer part-time care; ask.

Which North Carolina town has the most daycares that offer part-time care?

Durham, with 15 listed. Next are Raleigh (13) and Charlotte (12).

What counts as part-time daycare?

Care for less than a full week: half days, or two or three days a week. Each daycare sets its own options, so ask which days and hours it offers part-time and whether a half-day spot costs less than a full day.

Who licenses daycares in North Carolina?

North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education licenses daycares in North Carolina. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.