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Daycare violations in New Jersey

Updated July 2026 · computed from official New Jersey licensing data · methodology · download the dataset (CC0)

Headline numbers

New Jersey has 4,163 licensed childcare facilities in our data. 3,078 of them (73.9%) have at least one recorded violation, out of 213,290 violation records total. 0% are family home providers;

Severity breakdown

SeverityMeaningCount
5 Immediate risk to health/safety 0
4 High risk 0
3 Moderate 0
2 Low risk 0
1 Administrative 0

98.7% of recorded violations are marked corrected in the state's data.

Violations per facility, by city

Cities with at least 10 licensed facilities, ranked by recorded violations per facility.

CityFacilitiesViolationsPer facility
Lakewood 243,273136.4
North Brunswick 242,628109.5
Jackson 111,120101.8
East Brunswick 191,904100.2
Bloomfield 313,02397.5
Union 221,83483.4
North Bergen 181,46381.3
Livingston 191,51879.9
Rockaway 131,02178.5
Hillsborough 251,94577.8

Lowest compliance scores

FacilityCityScoreViolations
Giggles and Scribbles IV Preschool Daycare LLC Absecon099
Atlantic City Day Nursery Atlantic City065
AtlantiCare Kids Pleasantville039
AtlantiCare Kids Pleasantville055
Atlantic Project TEACH Egg Harbor Township020
AtlantiCare Kids Pleasantville051
Congregation Beth Israel Nursery School Northfield040
Creative Learning Pre-School Linwood041
Tiny Hands Learning Center Egg Harbor Township088
English Creek Academy Egg Harbor Township0153

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