Daycares in North Charleston, SC

All 56 licensed child care facilities in North Charleston, 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 →

56licensed daycares

4.1average safety rating

27%with a clean record

41with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Owens Christian Academy3377 Ridgeway Street	4.4★	1 · 1 high-risk	100
2	The Oaks Children's Academy8695 Dorchester Road	4.4★	None	122
3	Carol Jenkins Tolton3427 Creola Road	4.4★	2 · 1 high-risk	6
4	Meeting Street Elementary at Burns3750 Dorchester Road	4.4★	None	80
5	Cathedral Academy3790 Ashley Phosphate Rd.	4.4★	1 · 3 high-risk	409
6	Kidzville Academy1455 Remount Road Suite J	4.4★	None	27
7	Kingdom Treasures Child Development Center3680 Meeting Street Road	4.4★	2 · 4 high-risk	73
8	New Beginnings Child Care Center II2561 Midland Park Road	4.4★	4 · 2 high-risk	42
9	North Charleston Elementary Kaleidoscope4921 Durant Ave	4.4★	4 · 3 high-risk	180
10	The Academy at El-Shaddai4708 Durant Avenue	4.4★	None	40
11	Yvette E Jones7645 Barclay Avenue	4.4★	4 · 2 high-risk	6
12	Academy Kingdom CCC2005 Stokes Avenue	4.4★	None	127
13	The Butterfly Academy5311 Parkshire Way	4.4★	7 · 7 high-risk	40
14	Loving and Learning Child Care Center5353 Park Forest Parkway	4.4★	7 · 7 high-risk	214
15	Amanda Hullinger5453 Kings River Drive	4.3★	None	6
16	Andrametia White8019 Hyannis Ct	4.3★	None	6
17	Annette Sloan3701 Stone Mill Court	4.3★	None	6
18	Ashley Swilley6601 Bent Creek Drive	4.3★	None	6
19	Casa dei Girasoli Montessori School8600 Dorchester Rd,Bldg 300	4.3★	None	60
20	Clementine Lambright7731 Desmond Ave	4.3★	None	6
21	Ellen Rico5334 Natures Color Ln	4.3★	None	6
22	Faith Cathedral Academy2730 Gordon St	4.3★	None	31
23	In God's Care First Step Learning Center5101 Ashley Phosphate Rd,Suite 139	4.3★	None	31
24	Margaret Goode5437 Kings River Dr	4.3★	None	6
25	Ovetta Montgomery -Dennis5315 Smokey st.	4.3★	None	6
26	Riverpointe Christian Academy-North8310 Dorchester Road	4.3★	None	202
27	Shaniece Ancrum358A Dorchester Manor Blvd	4.3★	None	5
28	Verniece McKinnon7829 High Maple Circle	4.3★	None	5
29	We Care For Children, CDC4319 Rivers Ave	4.3★	None	210
30	Sheree Marie Roseboro7673 Fayetteville Rd	4.3★	1	6
31	Brenda Meacham6635 Bent Creek Drive	4.3★	2	6
32	Northside Baptist Church Day Care Center7800 Northside Drive	4.3★	1 · 6 high-risk	138
33	Children's Learning Zone Center3316 Ashley Phosphate Road Suite 13	4.3★	10 · 25 high-risk	159
34	D4 Early Learning Center @ N. Charleston Elementary School4291 Durant Ave	4.2★	2 · 2 high-risk	68
35	Mary Brown7804 Expedition Drive	4.2★	2	6
36	Charleston Center3685 Rivers Ave,Suite 301	4.2★	6 · 6 high-risk	43
37	North Charleston Creative Arts Kaleidoscope5200 Lackawanna Blvd	4.2★	6 · 5 high-risk	340
38	KinderCare8730 Dorchester Road	4.2★	10 · 12 high-risk	290
39	Mary Ford Elementary Kaleidoscope Afterschool Program3180 Thomasina McPherson Boulevard	4.2★	16 · 21 high-risk	160
40	W.B. Goodwin Elementary School Head Start5501 Dorchester Rd.	4.2★	16 · 22 high-risk	109
41	Toddlers Academy & Preschool4146 Rivers Avenue	4.2★	21 · 28 high-risk	94
42	Sunshine House #288180 Dorchester Road	4.2★	24 · 31 high-risk	114
43	Stall Early Learning Center Head Start3625 Ashley Phosphate Road	4.1★	4 · 3 high-risk	37
44	La Petite Academy3608 Ashley Phosphate Rd.	3.7★	23 · 25 high-risk	114
45	Hursey Kaleidoscope3910 Verde Ave	3.6★	3 · 3 high-risk	455
46	Lambs Kaleidoscope6800 Dorchester Rd	3.6★	10 · 11 high-risk	200
47	In God's Care Learning Center5101 Ashley Phosphate Rd. Suite 142/143	3.6★	4 · 11 high-risk	85
48	Coastal Academy - North Charleston4570 Great Oak Drive	3.5★	15 · 18 high-risk	100
49	Mary Ford HS & EHS3180 Thomasina McPherison Blvd	3.5★	32 · 33 high-risk	189
50	Colvin's Cuddly Care Child Care Center4174 Dorchester Road	3.3★	8 · 11 high-risk	35
51	Carolina CORE Development Center1920 Reynolds Ave.	3.3★	22 · 16 high-risk	40
52	T-T's Just Like Home Care8600 Dorchester Rd,Suite 205	3.1★	6 · 4 high-risk	49
53	Above and Beyond Child Development Center7951 Dorchester Rd	3.1★	18 · 21 high-risk	119
54	Meeting Street Elementary @ Brentwood2685 Leeds Avenue	2.9★	8 · 6 high-risk	80
55	Sunshine House # 604008 Salt Pointe Parkway	2.9★	17 · 13 high-risk	180
56	Nia Infant and Toddler Child Development Center2004 & 2007 Helm Avenue	2.6★	8 · 8 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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