Home › Daycares by City › South DakotaDaycares in South Dakota 722 licensed child care facilities across South Dakota, each scored on one nationwide scale from the state's own licensing and inspection records — not ads. Pick a city to see its daycares ranked.
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722 licensed daycares
4.3 average safety rating
2% with a clean record
0 with high-risk findings
# City Licensed daycares Avg rating 1 Daycares in Sioux Falls, SD 208 4.3★ 2 Daycares in Rapid City, SD 62 4.3★ 3 Daycares in Brookings, SD 27 4.3★ 4 Daycares in Aberdeen, SD 20 4.3★ 5 Daycares in Yankton, SD 17 4.3★ 6 Daycares in Mitchell, SD 15 4.3★ 7 Daycares in Pierre, SD 14 4.3★ 8 Daycares in Madison, SD 13 4.3★ 9 Daycares in Watertown, SD 13 4.3★ 10 Daycares in Spearfish, SD 12 4.3★ 11 Daycares in Brandon, SD 12 4.3★ 12 Daycares in Harrisburg, SD 11 4.3★ 13 Daycares in Huron, SD 10 4.3★ 14 Daycares in Tea, SD 9 4.3★ 15 Daycares in Belle Fourche, SD 8 4.3★ 16 Daycares in Box Elder, SD 8 4.3★ 17 Daycares in Sisseton, SD 8 4.3★ 18 Daycares in Vermillion, SD 7 4.2★ 19 Daycares in Hartford, SD 7 4.3★ 20 Daycares in Dell Rapids, SD 7 4.3★ 21 Daycares in Chamberlain, SD 6 4.3★ 22 Daycares in Custer, SD 5 4.3★ 23 Daycares in Winner, SD 5 4.3★ 24 Daycares in Milbank, SD 5 4.3★ 25 Daycares in Black Hawk, SD 5 4.3★ 26 Daycares in Redfield, SD 5 4.4★ 27 Daycares in Canton, SD 5 4.3★ 28 Daycares in Lennox, SD 5 4.3★ 29 Daycares in Sturgis, SD 5 4.3★ 30 Daycares in Beresford, SD 4 4.3★ 31 Daycares in Parker, SD 4 4.3★ 32 Daycares in Salem, SD 4 4.4★ 33 Daycares in Baltic, SD 4 4.3★ 34 Daycares in Flandreau, SD 4 4.3★ 35 Daycares in North Sioux City, SD 4 4.3★ 36 Daycares in Edgemont, SD 3 4.4★ 37 Daycares in Alcester, SD 3 4.3★ 38 Daycares in Fort Thompson, SD 3 4.3★ 39 Daycares in Alexandria, SD 3 4.2★ 40 Daycares in Mobridge, SD 3 4.4★ 41 Daycares in Burke, SD 3 4.3★ 42 Daycares in Platte, SD 3 4.3★ 43 Daycares in Porcupine, SD 3 4.3★ 44 Daycares in Pine Ridge, SD 3 4.3★ 45 Daycares in Wagner, SD 3 4.3★ 46 Daycares in Wilmot, SD 3 4.3★ 47 Daycares in Garretson, SD 3 4.3★
Plus 128 licensed facilities in smaller South Dakota towns without a dedicated city page — every one is searchable from the main search . Ratings are computed from official records; see how our safety ratings work .