Daycares in Charleston, SC
103 licensed child care providers in Charleston, drawn from the state licensing agency's public records. Each profile carries the license number, status, and capacity on record. Where the state publishes nothing for a field, or the daycare is not licensed, the profile says so plainly.
Charleston averages
Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.
Parent sentiment
-0.5 vs South Carolina averageAverage parent review rating on Google or Yelp.
- Charleston2.7
- South Carolina3.2
44 providers sampled
Daycare Index Rating
+3 vs South Carolina averageComposite of licensing, inspections, reviews, accreditation, transparency. See scoring guide.
- Charleston47
- South Carolina44
23 providers sampled
Ranked lists for Charleston
Highest-confidence providers
Ranked by the Confidence Index lower bound: the score the public record can defend, not the score a single glowing review can inflate. How scoring works.
- 1Daniel Island Academy49Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 412
- 2Coastal Blooms Learning Academy LLC40Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 50
- 3The Little Sage School LLC40Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 157
- 4Cainhoy Children's Academy38Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 253
- 5Clements Ferry KinderCare37Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 275
- 6Blessed Sacrament Catholic School32Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 80
- 7Audacy Creative Arts Preschool31Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 164
- 8Cadence Academy Preschool30Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 321
- 9C.A.R.E. Academy29Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 73
- 10North Charleston Methodist Church Learning Center28Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 224
- 11Playhouse Day Care Kindergarten, Inc.23Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 60
- 12Carousel Early Childhood Center22Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 116
- 13Messy Monkeys Child Care Center21Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 89
- 14Poplar Christian Learning Academy II21Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 45
- 15Crescent Child Development Center20Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 98
- 16The Reading Rainbow Academy19Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 48
- 17Loving & Learning Education Center17Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 203
- 18Shoot for the Moon Academy #1117Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 55
- 19Radiant Academy14Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 142
- 20Charles Webb Center13Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 115
- 21First African Evangelical Church Day Care10Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 70
- 22Roper Learning Center10Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 241
- 23Devine Care Center8Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 25
