Daycares in Columbia, SC
206 licensed child care providers in Columbia, 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.
Columbia averages
Averaged across every licensed provider in D1.
Parent sentiment
+0.7 vs South Carolina averageAverage parent review rating on Google or Yelp.
- Columbia3.9
- South Carolina3.2
56 providers sampled
Daycare Index Rating
0 vs South Carolina averageAverage Daycare Index Rating across the providers here that carry a score. Each score is built only from the public record available for that provider, and whatever the data cannot answer is excluded rather than guessed at. See scoring guide.
- Columbia44
- South Carolina44
36 providers sampled
Ranked lists for Columbia
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.
- 1Kids Garden Columbia58Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 39
- 2Magnanimous Kids Learning Center44Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 84
- 3Cadence Academy Preschool38Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 339
- 4Center for Learning, Inc38Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 214
- 5The Montessori School of Columbia35Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 125
- 6Bright New Beginnings CDC, LLC34Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 28
- 7Spring Valley Presbyterian Church Preschool34Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 93
- 8Creative Learning Place33Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 48
- 9Seven Oaks Kids Academy32Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 141
- 10Cadence Academy Preschool29Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 234
- 11Moore Lovin' Childcare Center29Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 69
- 12St. Andrews Baptist Weekday Preschool29Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 179
- 13Little Harvard Academy, LLC28Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 104
- 14Kinder Academy27Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 93
- 15Kings Kids Palace Daycare27Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 44
- 16Harmony School26Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 40
- 17Lake Murray Montessori School26Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 169
- 18Little Steps Columbia26Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 93
- 19Fantasy Island Infant and Childcare Center24Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 79
- 20
McGregor Presbyterian Preschool23Elevated RiskChild Care Center · capacity 255
- 21Mary's Daycare22Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 16
- 22Divine Home & Learning Center21Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 46
- 23Montessori Early Learning Center, Inc.21Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 213
- 24Tru Luv Learning Center21Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 32
- 25Education Express19Elevated Risk
Child Care Center · capacity 151
