Daycares in Darlington, SC

All 13 licensed child care facilities in Darlington, 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 →

13licensed daycares

4.3average safety rating

23%with a clean record

10with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Betty Carol Davis405 Pine Street	4.4★	2 · 1 high-risk	12
2	Mary Dubose328 Fleet Circle	4.4★	1 · 1 high-risk	6
3	Mildred G. Burno Head Start/ Early Head Start223 Law Plantation Road	4.4★	2 · 1 high-risk	193
4	Central Baptist Preschool & Kindergarten512 Spring Street	4.4★	2 · 4 high-risk	107
5	Sharon J Miles741 Rogers Road	4.4★	4 · 1 high-risk	6
6	A Perfect Start Child Care, LLC103 Saleeby Loop	4.4★	6 · 6 high-risk	180
7	Dominion Church1355 E. Mciver Rd	4.3★	None	—
8	Kingdom Community Services1034 Pearl Street	4.3★	None	—
9	Yolanda Williamson2421 N. Governor Williams Hwy	4.3★	None	6
10	Merryland Daycare203 S. Dargan Street	4.3★	4 · 3 high-risk	124
11	Kid Stop Daycare and Preschool111 Harper Street	4.2★	9 · 11 high-risk	80
12	Embrace Child Care Center676 E McIver Road	4.1★	23 · 22 high-risk	31
13	Kool Kidz Academy712 Pearl Street	3.7★	2 · 2 high-risk	35

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.

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