Ranked in the top 100 statewide across all North Carolina licensed childcare centers scored in our 2026 rankings.
Top 3 in Huntersville
Ranked in the top 3 overall across all 11 quality dimensions among every licensed childcare center in Huntersville.
Best Safety
Earned the highest safety score in Huntersville. This dimension evaluates facility maintenance, staff-to-child ratios, emergency preparedness, and parent-reported safety perceptions.
Best Arts & Enrichment
Earned the highest arts score in Huntersville. This dimension captures music, visual arts, creative play, and enrichment programming that goes beyond core academics.
Most Compassionate
Earned the highest compassion score in Huntersville. This dimension captures warmth, emotional attunement, and the degree to which parents feel their child is genuinely loved and seen.
Best Space & Comfort
Earned the highest space and comfort score in Huntersville. This dimension reflects classroom size, outdoor play areas, and whether parents feel the center is appropriately staffed and uncrowded.
Best Extras
Earned the highest extras score in Huntersville. This dimension captures standout features — specialty programs, extended hours, unique amenities, or community partnerships that set a center apart.
Full Ranking Detail
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The Goddard School of Huntersville is a Cognia-accredited franchise preschool at 9534 Kincey Ave serving infants through Pre-K with 134-child capacity and a 4.6 Google rating from 88 reviewers. Parents consistently praise the nurturing teachers, Tadpole communication app, and enrichment extras like STEAM/robotics and yoga, though its 3-star DCDEE license and a 2024 inspection with staffing and maintenance citations are worth noting.
Safety8.0
Curriculum8.0
Art / Music7.0
Infant care8.0
Kindergarten readiness8.0
Teacher quality8.0
Compassion9.0
Management7.0
Culture8.0
Class sizes7.0
Extracurriculars8.0
What parents say
“The teachers are wonderful and clearly care about their students. The school communicates effectively and efficiently to the parents as well.”
“All of his teachers and the staff are incredibly supportive and nurturing! We are so happy we went with Goddard.”
“Very structured agenda which allows my child to learn and develop.”
“Love the daily, detailed updates with pictures via tadpole.”
Programs & curriculum
Curriculum & approach: Uses the Wonder of Learning curriculum, developed by early childhood experts to encourage natural curiosity and prepare children to be school-ready, career-ready, and life-ready.
Programs & activities: Offers art history, dance, engineering, handwriting, learning technologies, music appreciation, robotics, STEAM, secondary languages, physical fitness, yoga and mindfulness, world cultures, outdoor classroom, and summer camp.
What sets it apart: Cognia Accredited with Merit. Open Mon-Fri 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM. On-site cook with fresh fruit/veggie snacks. Security includes gate alarm, outdoor cameras, supervised lobby entry, and finger guards. Air and water filtration systems. Serves infants (6 weeks) through Pre-K. Low ratios and tenured teachers emphasized.
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Top 100 in NC
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