Daycares in Charleston, WV
All 57 licensed child care facilities in Charleston, ranked by their real state inspection record — not ads. Every rating below comes from official licensing and violation data.
Typical cost in West Virginia: about $747/month for infant care at a center (federal median) — see daycare costs in West Virginia →
57licensed daycares
4.0average safety rating
33%with a clean record
38with violations on record
| # | Daycare | Rating | Violations (2 yr) | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KCSCEP/Holz1505 Hampton Rd | 4.5★ | None | — |
| 2 | KIZZIE K CARROLL1546 Madison St | 4.5★ | None | — |
| 3 | Emma Samuel208 Marshall Ave | 4.5★ | None | — |
| 4 | DIANA COX506 Park Ave | 4.5★ | None | — |
| 5 | Barbara Good131 Rattlesnake Hollow Rd | 4.4★ | 1 | — |
| 6 | Friendly Faces Daycare1200 Fledderjohn Rd | 4.4★ | None | 60 |
| 7 | Bream Center for Childhood Development317 W Washington St | 4.4★ | None | — |
| 8 | PAMELA BAYS1826 Chandler Dr | 4.4★ | None | — |
| 9 | KIM LYNETTE MCKINNON1607 Bigley Ave, Apartment 125 | 4.4★ | 4 | — |
| 10 | Jessica Hudson678 Campbell's Creek Dr | 4.4★ | 8 · 2 high-risk | — |
| 11 | Capital High Child Development Center1500 Greenbrier St | 4.4★ | None | — |
| 12 | Discovery Kingdom , LLC1400 Quarrier St | 4.4★ | 11 · 4 high-risk | 133 |
| 13 | MIRA ADAMS749 York Ave | 4.4★ | None | — |
| 14 | YMCA of Kanawha Valley100 YMCA Dr | 4.4★ | None | 228 |
| 15 | YWCA Mel Wolf Child Development Center201 Donnally St | 4.4★ | None | 124 |
| 16 | Zion Child Development Center1720 Fifth Ave | 4.4★ | 4 · 2 high-risk | — |
| 17 | Charleston Child Care and Learning Center1701 5th Ave, Suite 1 | 4.4★ | None | 104 |
| 18 | Fort Hill Child Development Center810 Wilkie Dr | 4.4★ | 6 | — |
| 19 | Bible Center Day Care1111 Oakhurst Dr | 4.3★ | None | — |
| 20 | BRENDA BADGER721 Indiana Ave | 4.3★ | None | — |
| 21 | CORA NEAL505 Grant St | 4.3★ | None | — |
| 22 | Deborah M Shoffner201 LAKIN ST | 4.3★ | None | 6 |
| 23 | DEEMED ACHS Racine Head Start Center3 Coal River Rd, Floor 2nd | 4.3★ | None | 40 |
| 24 | Ivory Rose Jackson204 BUCHANAN ST | 4.3★ | None | 6 |
| 25 | Janice Fitch5149 Russet Dr | 4.3★ | None | — |
| 26 | Julia Nichols287 NORTHSTAR LN | 4.3★ | None | 6 |
| 27 | KCS Elk Summer Camp3320 Pennsylvania Ave | 4.3★ | None | — |
| 28 | KCSCEP/Cross Lanes5525 Big Tyler Rd | 4.3★ | None | — |
| 29 | KCSCEP/Elk Center3320 Pennsylvania Ave | 4.3★ | None | — |
| 30 | KCSCEP/Overbrook218 Oakwood Rd | 4.3★ | None | — |
| 31 | KCSCEP/Overbrook Summer Camp218 Oakwood Rd | 4.3★ | None | — |
| 32 | KCSCEP/Ruffner809 Litz Dr | 4.3★ | None | — |
| 33 | KCSCEP/Shoals100 Dutch Rd | 4.3★ | None | — |
| 34 | KCSCEP/Weberwood732 Gordon Dr | 4.3★ | None | — |
| 35 | Kelly D. Jones5017 JONQUIL DR, Apt 2 | 4.3★ | None | 6 |
| 36 | Rhonda Annahea Brown464 58TH ST SE | 4.3★ | None | 6 |
| 37 | TEIKA BEATTY606 MORRIS ST, Apt. 101 | 4.3★ | None | — |
| 38 | Maranatha Baptist Church Day Care1 Maranatha Acres | 4.3★ | 3 | — |
| 39 | STACY CALDWELL5301 Pamela Cir | 4.3★ | 4 · 1 high-risk | — |
| 40 | Mountaineer Montessori Toddler Program308 20th St | 4.3★ | 7 · 5 high-risk | 24 |
| 41 | Mountaineer Montessori School4801 Staunton Ave SE | 4.3★ | 7 · 3 high-risk | — |
| 42 | Andrea Thompson915 7th street | 4.3★ | 22 · 1 high-risk | 6 |
| 43 | Candi Brown1816 DAISY DR | 4.3★ | 26 · 1 high-risk | 6 |
| 44 | WV Early Learning Academy at the Capitol302 Jefferson St | 4.2★ | 18 · 3 high-risk | 147 |
| 45 | First Presbyterian Church Preschool Program16 Leon Sullivan Way | 4.1★ | 29 · 5 high-risk | 176 |
| 46 | Kid City Child Care Center111 Dutch Rd | 3.7★ | 12 · 4 high-risk | 74 |
| 47 | WV National Guard Child Development Center1742 COONSKIN DR | 3.4★ | 2 · 1 high-risk | 66 |
| 48 | A Mother's Touch Child Care & Learning Ctr177 Campbell's Creek Dr | 3.2★ | 137 · 24 high-risk | 47 |
| 49 | New Beginning Learning Academy, LLC543 Bream St | 3.1★ | 2 · 1 high-risk | 56 |
| 50 | Charleston Montessori School3410 Virginia Ave SE | 3.1★ | 14 · 4 high-risk | 12 |
| 51 | Good Shepherd Child Development Center, Inc5407 MacCorkle Ave | 3.0★ | 6 · 1 high-risk | 45 |
| 52 | Discover and Play Child Care LLC1340 Elmwood Ave | 2.8★ | 5 · 1 high-risk | — |
| 53 | MONICA MARIE HALE1306 GRANT ST | 2.7★ | 22 | 6 |
| 54 | Creative Learning Center, LLC3322 Pennsylvania Ave | 2.2★ | 12 · 4 high-risk | 174 |
| 55 | Hands On2393 Sissonville Dr | 1.7★ | 37 · 13 high-risk | 60 |
| 56 | Christ Church Preschool - The Growing Place1221 Quarrier St | 1.7★ | 68 · 18 high-risk | 120 |
| 57 | Sacred Heart Child Development Center1035 QUARRIER ST | 1.0★ | 64 · 16 high-risk | 269 |
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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