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Licensed daycares in 29920Saint Helena Island, SC

There are 6 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 29920 — 2 licensed centers and 4 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 18 violations across 20 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.90 violations per inspection, which is below the Saint Helena Island average of 1.17.

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 recordkeeping (5 citations), followed by health and medication (3). 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 6 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

2 providers.

Donna Simmons

Family day home · Capacity 6 · 54 Vineyard Point Rd. · Last inspected May 22, 2025

0 violationsActive
Laverne Doctor

Family day home · Capacity 6 · 379 Orange Grove Road · Last inspected Oct 14, 2024

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Denise Palmer

Family day home · Capacity 6 · 14 Peanut Lane · Last inspected Jul 29, 2024

1 violationActive
St. Helena Head Start

Center · Capacity 292 · 1031 Sea Island Pkwy. · Last inspected Apr 21, 2025

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Creative Beginnings Two Child Care & Ec, Llc

Center · Capacity 62 · 227 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. · Last inspected Aug 21, 2025

12 violationsActive
Laverne Holmes

Family day home · Capacity 6 · 87 Queens Rd · Last inspected Mar 30, 2026

4 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 29920

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

1

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

2

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

3

Walk me through how children are supervised during outdoor time and transitions between rooms.

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