Daycares in West Columbia, SC

All 31 licensed child care facilities in West Columbia, 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 →

31licensed daycares

4.2average safety rating

52%with a clean record

15with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Love and Laughter Day Care, Inc.3211 Leaphart Road	4.5★	None	90
2	Edge Christian Child Care1120 Silstar Road	4.4★	None	87
3	Linda LaTorre1038 Dawson Drive	4.4★	None	6
4	Sunshine House2882 Emanuel Church Road	4.4★	None	118
5	Brookland Academy Child Development Center1054 Sunset Blvd	4.4★	None	379
6	Northside Christian Academy742 Kitti Wake Drive	4.4★	2 · 2 high-risk	323
7	Turner Child Development Center1122 Monticello Street	4.4★	None	116
8	A & A Learning Center838 Center Street	4.4★	None	39
9	Grace Early Learning Center416 Denham Avenue	4.4★	None	389
10	Midlands Total Childcare, LLC3907 Edmund Highway	4.4★	None	80
11	Aspire Early Learning Academy1103 B. Avenue	4.3★	None	20
12	Be Great Academy (Springdale Elementary)361 Wattling Rd	4.3★	None	174
13	Be Great Academy- Saluda River1520 Duke St	4.3★	None	100
14	Edge Christian Academy3222 Platts Springs Rd	4.3★	None	160
15	Geraldine Kinley1652 Batchelor Street	4.3★	None	6
16	Janasia Lashay Gillings172 Adams Terrace Ct	4.3★	None	6
17	Kids Stuff Learning Center, LLC813 Springdale Rd	4.3★	None	92
18	Kimberly Ross240 St. David Drive	4.3★	None	6
19	Lakesha Domaneck440 Dunbar Road	4.3★	None	6
20	Lesley Bennet Mathias1717 Pine Lake Drive	4.3★	None	6
21	Lexington Medical Center Child Development Center430 Hulon Lane	4.3★	None	302
22	Lisa N Braeckelaere2705 Bensmin Drive	4.3★	None	6
23	Pam Tasker171 Pebble Creek Drive	4.3★	None	6
24	Platt Springs Learning Center Head Start1309 Platt Springs Road	4.3★	None	142
25	Providence Presbyterian Child Development Center1112 Hummingbird Drive	4.3★	None	278
26	Red Apple Preschool633 B Avenue	4.3★	None	71
27	Hi-Ideals Mini School2233 Leaphart Road	4.2★	2	64
28	5 Star Academy Learning Center725 Raleigh Street	4.2★	2 · 3 high-risk	125
29	Success By Steps Early Learning Academy1440-A Charleston Highway	4.2★	3 · 3 high-risk	99
30	La Petite Academy4027 Platt Springs Road	4.2★	7 · 12 high-risk	166
31	Big Blue Marble Academy-153912 Leaphart Road	1.7★	18 · 17 high-risk	182

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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