Daycares in South Dakota
719 licensed child care providers in South Dakota, 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.
South Dakota averages
Averaged across every licensed provider on record, excluding this state from the comparison.
Parent sentiment
-0.2 vs Other states averageAverage parent review rating on Google or Yelp.
- South Dakota3.2
- Other states3.4
123 providers sampled
Daycare Index Rating
-5 vs Other states 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.
- South Dakota46
- Other states51
55 providers sampled
South Dakota over time
Every dated record we hold for South Dakota, bucketed by calendar year. Each panel names its own coverage: a line appears once a year carries enough observations to be a point rather than an anecdote, and says why it is empty when it is.
Safety index trend
South Dakota publishes inspection outcomes, but not in a form this pipeline can read, so there is no violation-rate line to draw here. Read that as a gap in what we can see, not as a finding. An empty inspection history is not a clean record.
Parent sentiment trend
Show the figures
| Year | Average rating | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.37 | 51 |
| 2025 | 4.64 | 74 |
| 2026 | 4.55 | 75 |
Where they are in South Dakota
Every South Dakota provider we hold a location for. Click a pin for the license record, and pan or zoom to load more.
Where this record comes from
Licensing in South Dakota is administered by the Department of Social Services, Office of Licensing and Accreditation under ARSD 67:42. This directory republishes the public record and labels every absent field "Not listed" rather than filling it in. Verify current status with the agency before enrolling.
Primary source: https://olapublic.sd.gov/child-care-provider-search/