Daycares in Lake City, SC

All 25 licensed child care facilities in Lake City, 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 →

25licensed daycares

4.2average safety rating

40%with a clean record

15with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Alberta Gamble740 Gamble Lane	4.4★	None	6
2	Lake City Presbyterian Community Child Care300 East Main Street	4.4★	1 · 2 high-risk	40
3	McFadden's Learning & Child Care Academy414 Morris Street	4.4★	2 · 2 high-risk	25
4	Cherrie Burgess409 Bridgestone Street	4.3★	None	6
5	Delaphine Graham243 S Scurry Road	4.3★	None	6
6	Lake City Early Head Start Center118 Deep River Street	4.3★	None	49
7	Sandra Green406 S. Cameron Road	4.3★	None	6
8	Shirley A Burgess541 London Avenue	4.3★	None	6
9	Tara Mcwhite32 Ronetha Drive	4.3★	None	6
10	Terri Hannah548 Winky Drive	4.3★	None	6
11	The Carolina Academy351 N. Country Club Road	4.3★	None	100
12	Vannassa Hannah535 Independence Avenue	4.3★	None	6
13	Whitney Singletary2352 I M Graham Road	4.3★	None	6
14	Lisa McFadden319 Ash Street	4.3★	1	5
15	Kahlia Barnes1013 West Main Street	4.3★	2	5
16	Kristy Taylor237 Graham Road	4.3★	4	5
17	Renae Hannah300 Smith Street	4.3★	7	6
18	Ruby Cooper504 Freedom Avenue	4.3★	8	6
19	Antoinette C Henneghan732 Gamble Lane	4.2★	4	6
20	Michelle Lynn Mcfadden137 Brown Street	4.2★	4	6
21	Cool Kids Academy4400 N Willamsburg County Hwy	4.2★	4 · 4 high-risk	88
22	Lake City Head Start209 Graham Road	4.2★	2 · 4 high-risk	179
23	Skipper Learning Center112 West Thomas Street	3.5★	7 · 14 high-risk	41
24	Kountry Kids Child Development Center1240 S. Morris St.	3.2★	6 · 7 high-risk	54
25	Parental Care Learning Center LLC105 Executive Park	3.2★	5 · 9 high-risk	49

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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