Recognition of Excellence · Calabash, Clinton & Currie, NC · 2026
Dyamond's Educational Learning Center
352 Porter Road, Currie, NC 28435
🏆 Ranked #1 in Calabash, Clinton & Currie · 6.5 / 10 overall
Awards Earned
#1 in Calabash, Clinton & Currie
Ranked #1 overall across all 11 quality dimensions among every licensed childcare center in Calabash, Clinton & Currie. This is the highest recognition we award in the city.
Best for Safety
Earned the highest safety score in Calabash, Clinton & Currie. Our safety dimension weighs inspection history, deficiency records, and parent-reported safety culture across reviews.
Best Teachers
Earned the highest teacher-quality score in Calabash, Clinton & Currie. This dimension reflects staff credentials, tenure, warmth, and how consistently parents praise individual teachers.
Best Curriculum
Earned the highest curriculum score in Calabash, Clinton & Currie. This dimension evaluates structured learning, developmental programming, and how well daily activities prepare children for each stage.
Most Compassionate
Earned the highest compassion score in Calabash, Clinton & Currie. This dimension captures the warmth, patience, and individual attention children receive day to day.
Best Infant Care
Earned the highest infant care score in Calabash, Clinton & Currie. This dimension focuses on caregiver ratios, responsiveness, feeding and sleep routines, and parent feedback specific to infant rooms.
Best K-Ready
Earned the highest kindergarten-readiness score in Calabash, Clinton & Currie. This dimension weighs literacy and numeracy foundations, school-transition preparation, and reported outcomes.
Best Management
Earned the highest management score in Calabash, Clinton & Currie. This dimension evaluates director responsiveness, communication, billing clarity, and how well the center is run.
Best Culture
Earned the highest culture score in Calabash, Clinton & Currie. This dimension captures a sense of community, inclusivity, staff morale, and the feeling families describe when they walk through the door.
Best Arts & Music
Earned the highest arts & music score in Calabash, Clinton & Currie. This dimension reflects the depth and consistency of creative programming — visual arts, music, movement, and imaginative play.
Smallest Classes
Earned the best class-size score in Calabash, Clinton & Currie. This dimension reflects group sizes, child-to-teacher ratios, and how much individual space and attention each child gets.
Full Ranking Detail
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Dyamond's Educational Learning Center in Currie is a 4-star licensed childcare provider serving rural Pender County from its location at 352 Porter Road. With a capacity of 46 and coverage for infants through age 12, it stands out as a quality option in a county where licensed childcare options are scarce outside of Burgaw and the Hampstead corridor.
Safety7.0
Curriculum7.0
Art / Music5.0
Infant care7.0
Kindergarten readiness6.0
Teacher quality7.0
Compassion7.0
Management7.0
Culture6.0
Class sizes8.0
Extracurriculars4.0
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#1 in Calabash, Clinton & Currie
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<strong style="display:block;font-size:15px;color:#1A1A18;margin-bottom:5px;">#1 in Calabash, Clinton & Currie</strong>
<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Ranked #1 overall across all 11 quality dimensions among every licensed childcare center in Calabash, Clinton & Currie. This is the highest recognition we award in the city.</span>
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Best for Safety
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<strong style="display:block;font-size:15px;color:#1A1A18;margin-bottom:5px;">Best for Safety</strong>
<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest safety score in Calabash, Clinton & Currie. Our safety dimension weighs inspection history, deficiency records, and parent-reported safety culture across reviews.</span>
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Best Teachers
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<strong style="display:block;font-size:15px;color:#1A1A18;margin-bottom:5px;">Best Teachers</strong>
<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest teacher-quality score in Calabash, Clinton & Currie. This dimension reflects staff credentials, tenure, warmth, and how consistently parents praise individual teachers.</span>
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Best Curriculum
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<strong style="display:block;font-size:15px;color:#1A1A18;margin-bottom:5px;">Best Curriculum</strong>
<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest curriculum score in Calabash, Clinton & Currie. This dimension evaluates structured learning, developmental programming, and how well daily activities prepare children for each stage.</span>
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Most Compassionate
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<strong style="display:block;font-size:15px;color:#1A1A18;margin-bottom:5px;">Most Compassionate</strong>
<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest compassion score in Calabash, Clinton & Currie. This dimension captures the warmth, patience, and individual attention children receive day to day.</span>
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Best Infant Care
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<strong style="display:block;font-size:15px;color:#1A1A18;margin-bottom:5px;">Best Infant Care</strong>
<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest infant care score in Calabash, Clinton & Currie. This dimension focuses on caregiver ratios, responsiveness, feeding and sleep routines, and parent feedback specific to infant rooms.</span>
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Best K-Ready
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<strong style="display:block;font-size:15px;color:#1A1A18;margin-bottom:5px;">Best K-Ready</strong>
<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest kindergarten-readiness score in Calabash, Clinton & Currie. This dimension weighs literacy and numeracy foundations, school-transition preparation, and reported outcomes.</span>
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Best Management
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<strong style="display:block;font-size:15px;color:#1A1A18;margin-bottom:5px;">Best Management</strong>
<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest management score in Calabash, Clinton & Currie. This dimension evaluates director responsiveness, communication, billing clarity, and how well the center is run.</span>
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Best Culture
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<strong style="display:block;font-size:15px;color:#1A1A18;margin-bottom:5px;">Best Culture</strong>
<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest culture score in Calabash, Clinton & Currie. This dimension captures a sense of community, inclusivity, staff morale, and the feeling families describe when they walk through the door.</span>
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Best Arts & Music
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<strong style="display:block;font-size:15px;color:#1A1A18;margin-bottom:5px;">Best Arts & Music</strong>
<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest arts & music score in Calabash, Clinton & Currie. This dimension reflects the depth and consistency of creative programming — visual arts, music, movement, and imaginative play.</span>
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Smallest Classes
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<strong style="display:block;font-size:15px;color:#1A1A18;margin-bottom:5px;">Smallest Classes</strong>
<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the best class-size score in Calabash, Clinton & Currie. This dimension reflects group sizes, child-to-teacher ratios, and how much individual space and attention each child gets.</span>
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