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Licensed daycares in 29532Darlington, SC

There are 11 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 29532 — 8 licensed centers and 3 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 75 violations across 76 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.99 violations per inspection, which is above the Darlington average of 0.72.

2 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is health and medication (13 citations), followed by recordkeeping (10). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from South Carolina Department of Social Services, Division of Early Care and Education and links back to the state's own document.

Compare all 11 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

2 providers.

Dominion Church

Center · 1355 E. Mciver Rd · Last inspected May 20, 2026

0 violationsActive
Kingdom Community Services

Center · 1034 Pearl Street · Last inspected Aug 4, 2025

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

3 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Betty Carol Davis

Family day home · Capacity 12 · 405 Pine Street · Last inspected Jul 9, 2025

2 violationsActive
Kool Kidz Academy

Center · Capacity 35 · 712 Pearl Street · Last inspected Mar 25, 2026

2 violationsActive
Mary Dubose

Family day home · Capacity 6 · 328 Fleet Circle · Last inspected May 23, 2025

2 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

6 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Embrace Child Care Center

Center · Capacity 31 · 676 E McIver Road · Last inspected Dec 17, 2025

28 violationsActive
Kid Stop Daycare And Preschool

Center · Capacity 80 · 111 Harper Street · Last inspected Apr 15, 2026

22 violationsActive
A Perfect Start Child Care, Llc

Center · Capacity 180 · 103 Saleeby Loop · Last inspected Aug 6, 2025

7 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 29532

Health and medication is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by recordkeeping. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?

2

What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?

3

How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?

A note on South Carolina records

South Carolina does not publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.

Data synced from South Carolina Department of Social Services, Division of Early Care and Education on Jul 9, 2026. Source records · Report an error