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Early Morning Daycare in South Carolina

Daycares that open before 7 AM in South Carolina, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

daycares that open before 7 AM listed
361
towns
100
towns have their own early morning daycare page
39
of all South Carolina daycares
16%

Map of South Carolina: each dot is a town with daycares that open before 7 AM, sized by how many are listed

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What puts a daycare on this listThe hours on its state license record open before 7 AM, or run 24 hours. Where the state publishes no hours, its public business listing gives the same opening time before 7 AM on every weekday.The South Carolina license list we load does not publish opening hours, so here this list uses the hours on each daycare's public business listing: the same opening time before 7 AM on every weekday.Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

South Carolina

Largest towns for early morning daycare in South Carolina

Columbia33 open before 7 AMSummerville26 open before 7 AMGreenville16 open before 7 AMCharleston14 open before 7 AMSumter14 open before 7 AMRock Hill13 open before 7 AMGreer9 open before 7 AMMount Pleasant9 open before 7 AMNorth Charleston9 open before 7 AMSimpsonville9 open before 7 AMFort Mill8 open before 7 AMMyrtle Beach8 open before 7 AM

Programs

Programs in South Carolina

Counts come from the state record and what each daycare says it offers. A daycare without a tag may still offer the program; ask.

ProgramListed
All daycares2,292
Take infants311
Child care centers1,604
Accept subsidy31
In-home daycares688
Christian & church daycares293
Montessori schools68
Preschools & pre-K338
Early morning daycare361
Part-time daycare103
Drop-in daycare38
Bilingual daycare20
Head Start179

The South Carolina state record

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Division of Early Care and Education licenses daycares in South Carolina.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
On some licenses only; elsewhere shown where the daycare gives them
Inspections
Every visit the state publishes back to 2023
Cited rules
Each cited rule, in the state's own wording
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the South Carolina state records

Before you enroll

Choosing early morning care in South Carolina

  1. 1

    Check the opening time

    Each listing shows its hours. Ask whether staff are there to take children at opening every day.

  2. 2

    Ask about breakfast

    Ask whether children who arrive early get breakfast, and whether you send it.

  3. 3

    Ask about the early group

    Some daycares combine age groups early in the morning. Ask who is with your child until the rooms open.

  4. 4

    Check the license record

    Open a listing for its state license, its hours as the state lists them and the inspection record.

South Carolina

Cost, inspections and ratios in South Carolina

Daycare cost in South CarolinaWeekly prices by age and countyWhat South Carolina inspectors citeThe rules cited most, and what they meanStaff-to-child ratios in South CarolinaHow many children each adult may care forTour checklist for South CarolinaQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 100 South Carolina towns with early morning daycare, A to Z

A3 towns
B7 towns
C10 towns
D5 towns
E4 towns
F3 towns
G9 towns
H5 towns
I3 towns
  • Inman1 open before 7 AM
  • Irmo5 open before 7 AM
  • Iva1 open before 7 AM
J2 towns
K1 town
L9 towns
M8 towns
N5 towns
O1 town
P6 towns
R3 towns
S8 towns
T1 town
U1 town
W5 towns
Y1 town
  • York1 open before 7 AM

Nearby

Nearby states

Georgia2,335 open before 7 AMNorth Carolina970 open before 7 AM

Questions

Questions about early morning daycare in South Carolina

How many daycares that open before 7 AM are in South Carolina?

361 daycares that open before 7 AM are listed in 100 South Carolina towns. Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

Which South Carolina town has the most daycares that open before 7 AM?

Columbia, with 33 listed. Next are Summerville (26) and Greenville (16).

Which daycares in South Carolina open at 6 AM?

80 daycares open at 6 AM or earlier by the hours we hold in South Carolina. All 361 on this list open before 7 AM. Call to confirm the time.

Which daycares in South Carolina open at 5 AM?

None of the daycares on this list in South Carolina opens before 5 AM by the hours we hold. Some open earlier by arrangement; ask.

Who licenses daycares in South Carolina?

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Division of Early Care and Education licenses daycares in South Carolina. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.