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Infant Daycare in South Carolina

Full-time infant care at a center costs a median of $117 a week in the middle South Carolina county (2022). Each listing shows the ages its state record gives; ask each daycare the youngest age it takes.

daycares that take infants listed
311
towns
70
towns have their own infant daycare page
30
of all South Carolina daycares
14%

Map of South Carolina: each dot is a town with daycares that take infants, sized by how many are listed

Infant care
What puts a daycare on this listThe state record lists infants among the ages it serves, or it says it offers infant care.The South Carolina license list we load does not include ages, so this list only has South Carolina daycares that say they offer infant care.A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.

Infant care

Infant care in South Carolina: costs and safe-sleep inspections

Infant care at a center, per week, in the middle South Carolina county (2022)
$117
The median of 46 county medians, from $94 in the lowest county to $222 in the highest.
of visited South Carolina infant programs had a safe-sleep rule cited since October 2023
16%
49 of the 306 South Carolina daycares that take infants and had a state visit. A citation means the inspector found a sleep rule not met on that visit, for example how or where babies nap. Each listing shows its own visits.
of infant programs' websites say they provide meals
41%
Of the 311 websites we read for daycares that take infants in South Carolina, 41% say meals are provided, 33% mention a parent app with photos or daily notes, and 17% mention cameras parents can watch. A website that does not say so may still offer it; ask.
Staff-to-child ratios for babies in South CarolinaDaycare cost in South Carolina, by age and county

County prices: U.S. Department of Labor, National Database of Childcare Prices, 2022 (median full-time weekly price).

South Carolina

Largest towns for infant daycare in South Carolina

Columbia27 take infantsGreenville25 take infantsFort Mill21 take infantsMount Pleasant16 take infantsCharleston15 take infantsRock Hill15 take infantsSummerville15 take infantsSimpsonville14 take infantsSpartanburg11 take infantsMyrtle Beach9 take infantsGreer7 take infantsNorth Charleston7 take infants

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 infant care in South Carolina

  1. 1

    Ask about the waitlist

    Infant spots fill first. Ask how long the waitlist is and whether you can join it before your baby is born.

  2. 2

    How many babies each caregiver has

    Ask how many infants one caregiver looks after, and whether the same caregiver is there each day.

  3. 3

    Safe sleep

    Ask where and how babies nap. Where the state publishes inspections, every visit with a sleep rule cited is on the listing's state record.

  4. 4

    Feeding and the daily log

    Ask how bottles and breast milk are handled, and how you will hear about feeds, naps and diapers each day.

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 70 South Carolina towns with infant daycare, A to Z

A2 towns
B7 towns
C8 towns
D1 town
E3 towns
F2 towns
G6 towns
H3 towns
I1 town
J1 town
L5 towns
M6 towns
N5 towns
P3 towns
R2 towns
S6 towns
T2 towns
U1 town
W6 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

North Carolina3,301 take infantsGeorgia3,179 take infants

Questions

Questions about infant daycare in South Carolina

How many daycares that take infants are in South Carolina?

311 daycares that take infants are listed in 70 South Carolina towns. A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.

Which South Carolina town has the most daycares that take infants?

Columbia, with 27 listed. Next are Greenville (25) and Fort Mill (21).

How much does infant daycare cost in South Carolina?

In the middle South Carolina county, full-time infant care at a center cost $117 a week in 2022 (U.S. Department of Labor). Each town page shows its own county.

What does a safe-sleep citation mean?

It means a state inspector found a sleep rule not met on a visit, for example a baby put down on their side, a crib with blankets or toys, or babies left without a check. Since October 2023, 16% of visited South Carolina infant programs had one cited. Open a listing to read its visits, and ask the daycare what it changed.

How young a baby do daycares in South Carolina take?

The South Carolina license list we load does not give a starting age, so ask each daycare the youngest age it takes.

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.