Daycares in Chester, SC

All 17 licensed child care facilities in Chester, ranked by their real state inspection record — not ads. Every rating below comes from official licensing and violation data.

Typical cost in South Carolina: about $761/month for infant care at a center (federal median) — see daycare costs in South Carolina →

17licensed daycares

4.3average safety rating

59%with a clean record

7with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	A World of Kids Day Care836 Elks Road	4.4★	None	17
2	Hawthorne Christian Academy (First Free Will Baptist Church)790 Hawthorne Road	4.4★	None	173
3	Richburg Child Development Center2833 Lancaster Highway	4.4★	1	91
4	Suzanne Gregory844 Redwood Lane	4.4★	2 · 1 high-risk	6
5	Horizons Christian Academy729 Village Drive	4.4★	1 · 2 high-risk	164
6	The Learning Tree CDC626 McHord Street	4.4★	None	32
7	Angels Helping Hands After School Care Center LLC1631 J A Cockran Bypass,Suite C	4.3★	None	28
8	Be Great - Chester Park835 Lancaster Hwy	4.3★	None	—
9	Catherine Reid125 Harris Street	4.3★	None	6
10	Felicia McCaskill548 Carolina Drive	4.3★	None	6
11	First Baptist Church102 Church Street	4.3★	None	48
12	Jennifer Edwards1732 Millen Road	4.3★	None	6
13	Michael Hughes1103 Golden Maple Lane	4.3★	None	6
14	North Chester Head Start2135 Quinn Road	4.3★	None	21
15	Tammie Johnson Jacobs1183 Oakwood Drive	4.3★	None	6
16	Vivian Goldsborough101 Branch St	4.3★	None	5
17	The Arms of Love Academy1850 JA Cochra By-Pass	3.7★	4 · 5 high-risk	116

Ranked by DaycareAlert's violations-based safety rating (recency-weighted state inspection findings), then by fewest recent violations. "Violations (2 yr)" counts citations in the last two years so cities and facilities are comparable regardless of how far back a state's records go. Data comes directly from state licensing agencies — always open a facility's full record before deciding.

Daycares in other South Carolina cities