Required Child Care Application and Fee Information

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To enroll your child at Ballancrest Academy in Charlotte, North Carolina, please complete our child care application and pay the required registration fee. We offer pre-registration for our age-specific classrooms. If a spot is unavailable, we place applicants on a waitlist until space becomes available. An annual curriculum fee of $185 per family is due each August. Please contact us to obtain the necessary documents for enrollment, including the application form.

Pre-Registration

  • Infant Room: Families can pre-register up to six months in advance by submitting an enrollment application and paying the $185 child/$350 multiple children registration fee.

  • Other Rooms: Pre-registration for all other classrooms is available three months in advance. A completed application and payment of the registration fee are required. Registration is confirmed only if space is available.

Waitlist

If a spot is unavailable in a classroom, families can be placed on the waitlist by submitting an application and paying a $100 waitlist fee. Once a space becomes available, families on the waitlist will be contacted. When the space is secured, the registration fee (minus the waitlist fee) is due.

Class Sizes

To ensure personalized attention, we maintain small class sizes and provide each classroom with a full-time Lead Teacher and at least one full-time Assistant Teacher. All of our teachers undergo comprehensive background checks, are certified in First Aid and CPR, and complete the required NC Health & Safety Training. Teachers who work with children aged 18 months and younger are also ITS-SIDS trained. We ensure the lowest staff-to-child ratios, as follows:

  • Infants: 1:5

  • Toddlers: 1:6

  • Twos: 1:9

  • Threes: 1:10

  • Fours: 1:13

  • Fives: 1:13

Classrooms and Tuition Rates

At Ballancrest Academy, our classrooms are organized by age and led by degree-holding, compassionate, and highly experienced educators. We prioritize small class sizes and low teacher-to-student ratios to ensure each child's development is given individualized attention. Our curriculum encompasses key areas such as cognitive skills, music, language development, science, social studies, and physical education. We also incorporate technology into our lessons through the use of a smartboard system.

Our tuition rates are structured by age, classroom, and schedule, as follows:

Monday to Friday Tuition Schedule:

  • Infants: $477/week | $2,051/month

  • Toddlers: $447/week | $1,922/month

  • Two-Year-Olds: $414/week | $1,780/month

  • Three to Five-Year-Olds (Preschool & Pre-K): $385/week | $1,655/month

Schedule a Tour

We offer tours on Tuesdays - Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. by appointment only. To schedule, please submit your information via the contact form on our homepage. If this time doesn’t work for you, let us know, and we’ll do our best to accommodate your schedule.