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Licensed daycares in 29403Charleston, SC

There are 13 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 29403 — 12 licensed centers and 1 family day home. Together they have been cited for 88 violations across 74 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.19 violations per inspection, which is above the Charleston average of 0.37.

One provider has 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 (20 citations), followed by supervision (13). 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 13 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

1 provider.

Charleston Catholic School

Center · Capacity 42 · 888A King St. · Last inspected Mar 21, 2024

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Mitchell Elementary Kaleidoscope

Center · Capacity 120 · 2 Perry street · Last inspected May 7, 2025

1 violationActive
Second Presbyterian Preschool And Kindergarten

Center · Capacity 103 · 342 Meeting St. · Last inspected Feb 24, 2026

1 violationActive
Be Great Academy- Meeting Street Charleston

Center · Capacity 139 · 642 Meeting Street · Last inspected May 19, 2026

2 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

First African Evangelical Church Day Care

Center · Capacity 70 · 1020 King Street · Last inspected Mar 26, 2026

35 violationsActive
New Israel Reformed Episcopal Development Center

Center · Capacity 146 · 69 and 79 Simons Street · Last inspected Apr 2, 2026

12 violationsActive
Sundrops Montessori School Palmetto Campus

Center · Capacity 136 · 88 Simons Street · Last inspected Apr 28, 2026

11 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 29403

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

1

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

2

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

3

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

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