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Part-Time Daycare in South Dakota

Daycares that offer part-time care in South Dakota, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

daycares that offer part-time care listed
14
towns
3
town has its own part-time daycare page
1
of all South Dakota daycares
2%

Map of South Dakota: each dot is a town with daycares that offer part-time care, sized by how many are listed

Part-time
What puts a daycare on this listIt says it offers part-time care: half days or some days a week.A daycare not on this list may still offer part-time care; ask.

South Dakota

Largest towns for part-time daycare in South Dakota

Sioux Falls12 offer part-timeMadison1 offer part-timePlatte1 offer part-time

Programs

Programs in South Dakota

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 daycares698
Take infants43
Child care centers421
Accept subsidy8
In-home daycares277
Christian & church daycares41
Montessori schools6
Preschools & pre-K46
Early morning daycare63
Part-time daycare14
Drop-in daycare10
After-school care120

The South Dakota state record

South Dakota Department of Social Services, Office of Licensing and Accreditation licenses daycares in South Dakota.

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 2022
Cited rules
Each cited rule, in the state's own wording
Search the South Dakota state records

Before you enroll

Choosing part-time care in South Dakota

  1. 1

    Ask which days

    Ask whether part-time means set days each week or half days, and whether you can change them.

  2. 2

    Ask about cost

    Ask how part-time tuition compares with full time, and whether you pay for holidays and sick days.

  3. 3

    Ask about the group

    Ask whether part-time children join the same room each time.

  4. 4

    Check the license record

    Open a listing for its state license and, where the state publishes it, the inspection record.

South Dakota

Cost, inspections and ratios in South Dakota

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

A to Z

All 3 South Dakota towns with part-time daycare, A to Z

M1 town
P1 town
S1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Minnesota231 offer part-timeIowa74 offer part-timeNebraska73 offer part-timeMontana40 offer part-timeNorth Dakota21 offer part-timeWyoming20 offer part-time

Questions

Questions about part-time daycare in South Dakota

How many daycares that offer part-time care are in South Dakota?

14 daycares that offer part-time care are listed in 3 South Dakota towns. A daycare not on this list may still offer part-time care; ask.

Which South Dakota town has the most daycares that offer part-time care?

Sioux Falls, with 12 listed. Next are Madison (1) and Platte (1).

What counts as part-time daycare?

Care for less than a full week: half days, or two or three days a week. Each daycare sets its own options, so ask which days and hours it offers part-time and whether a half-day spot costs less than a full day.

Who licenses daycares in South Dakota?

South Dakota Department of Social Services, Office of Licensing and Accreditation licenses daycares in South Dakota. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.