Child care in Darlington County
Shortlist up to four to read them side by side.
Filter them by what their records say, and open any one to read it: every fact with its source and date.
36 child care providers in Darlington County, South Carolina.
From the South Carolina Department of Social Services, Division of Early Care and Education: Provider search export. The record lists 2,289 child care providers in South Carolina.
What South Carolina’s list coversExempt programs left out
Licensed, registered and approved providers. The license-exempt programs South Carolina also lists (83 in October 2026) aren’t shown here: its own search has them.
36of 36 child care providersshown with your filters
What the words on these cards mean9
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- The state’s most serious level
- Each state grades findings on its own scale and in its own words, so the record counts a state’s findings at that state’s top level. Two states’ top levels aren’t the same thing, so the counts aren’t compared across states. Source: How this site reads each state’s scale.
- Not read
- The file this site reads doesn’t carry what inspectors found, so nothing is counted here. It doesn’t mean the place has a clean record: the state’s own site may have its reports. Source: How this site reads each source.
- Quality rating
- Many states rate child care in a quality rating system that goes past the licensing rules, such as Texas Rising Star or Kentucky All STARS. Taking part is often voluntary, so a program with no rating hasn’t been rated low. Source: Each state’s quality rating system.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- None on record
- The source lists nothing of this kind for the place, over the years its file covers. That is what the record holds, not proof that nothing ever happened. Source: How this site reads each source.
- Not published
- The source has no such field for this place. It isn’t a zero, and it isn’t a clean record. Source: How this site reads each source.
The list
- Child care center A Perfect Start Child Care, LLC Darlington, South Carolina 29532 Jul 152026the latest visit on record180children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionJul 15, 2026Quality ratingABC Quality: 1 of 5
- Family child care home Barbara Cherry Florence, South Carolina 29501 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it6children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeFamily Child Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Group child care home Betty Carol Davis Darlington, South Carolina 29532 Mar 132026the latest visit on record12children, its licensed capacity TypeGroup Child Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionMar 13, 2026Quality ratingABC Quality: 2 of 5
- Child care center Carolina Girls & Barefoot Boys Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it35children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center Central Baptist Preschool & Kindergarten Darlington, South Carolina 29532 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it107children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center Christian Pathway/ Starting Steps School Lamar, South Carolina 29069 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it74children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Family child care home Coquette W Ross Florence, South Carolina 29501 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it6children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeFamily Child Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Family child care home Deborah Dubose Jett Florence, South Carolina 29501 Oct 172025the latest visit on record6children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeFamily Child Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionOct 17, 2025Quality ratingABC Quality: 2 of 5
- Child care center Eastside Christian Daycare Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it52children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Group child care home Edith Josey Lamar, South Carolina 29069 Jan 162026the latest visit on record12children, its licensed capacity TypeGroup Child Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionJan 16, 2026Quality ratingABC Quality: 2 of 5
- Child care center Embrace Child Care Center Darlington, South Carolina 29532 Mar 192025the latest visit on record34children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionMar 19, 2025Quality ratingABC Quality: 1 of 5
- Child care center Emmanuel Christian School Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it118children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center First Baptist Preschool Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it112children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center First Presbyterian Preschool Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it226children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center Jacquelyn James Slayton Head Start Academy Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 Nov 22023the latest visit on record276children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNov 2, 2023Quality ratingABC Quality: 2 of 5
- Group child care home Jeanette Pendergrass Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 Apr 242026the latest visit on record12children, its licensed capacity TypeGroup Child Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionApr 24, 2026Quality ratingABC Quality: 2 of 5
- Child care center Kid Stop Daycare and Preschool Darlington, South Carolina 29532 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it80children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center Kool Kidz Academy Darlington, South Carolina 29532 May 22025the latest visit on record35children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionMay 2, 2025Quality ratingABC Quality: 1 of 5
- Child care center Kool Kidz Academy II Darlington, South Carolina 29532 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it31children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Family child care home Mary Dubose Darlington, South Carolina 29532 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it6children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeFamily Child Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Family child care home Marybell V. Scott Darlington, South Carolina 29532 May 132026the latest visit on record6children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeFamily Child Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionMay 13, 2026Quality ratingABC Quality: 2 of 5
- Family child care home Melissa Victoria Parker Florence, South Carolina 29501 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it6children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeFamily Child Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center Merryland Daycare Darlington, South Carolina 29532 Nov 72024the latest visit on record124children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNov 7, 2024Quality ratingABC Quality: 1 of 5
- Family child care home Micheline Hayes Timmonsville, South Carolina 29161 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it6children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeFamily Child Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center Mildred G. Burno Head Start/ Early Head Start Darlington, South Carolina 29540 Sep 302024the latest visit on record193children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionSep 30, 2024Quality ratingABC Quality: 5 of 5
- Child care center Pooh & Pals Community Daycare Center Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 Sep 112026the latest visit on record35children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionSep 11, 2026Quality ratingABC Quality: 1 of 5
- Child care center Prestwood Montessori Collaborative Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 Apr 282025the latest visit on record55children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionApr 28, 2025Quality ratingABC Quality: 1 of 5
- Child care center Prosperity Child Care Lamar, South Carolina 29069 Mar 282024the latest visit on record116children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionMar 28, 2024Quality ratingABC Quality: 2 of 5
- Family child care home Robbin Simon Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 Feb 112026the latest visit on record6children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeFamily Child Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionFeb 11, 2026Quality ratingABC Quality: 1 of 5
- Family child care home Sharon J Miles Darlington, South Carolina 29532 Jan 92026the latest visit on record6children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeFamily Child Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionJan 9, 2026Quality ratingABC Quality: 1 of 5
- Child care center St. John Head Start Lamar, South Carolina 29069 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it27children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center Thomas Hart Academy Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it201children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Child care center Thompson Children Learning Center Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 Jun 302026the latest visit on record35children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionJun 30, 2026Quality ratingABC Quality: 2 of 5
- Child care center Tiny Treasures Daycare Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it166children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Family child care home Tracy Goodman Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 Feb 52026the latest visit on record6children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeFamily Child Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionFeb 5, 2026Quality ratingABC Quality: 2 of 5
- Family child care home Yolanda Williamson Darlington, South Carolina 29540 Feb 182026the latest visit on record6children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeFamily Child Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionFeb 18, 2026Quality ratingNot published
Nothing matches all of these.
Remove a filter to see more. Each one is a fact the source publishes, so a place can be left out because its record is silent, not only because of what it says.
Source:
South Carolina Department of Social Services, Division of Early Care and Education, Provider search export. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Your shortlist0 of 4
Add one more to compare.