Daycares in Cranford, NJ

All 15 licensed child care facilities in Cranford, ranked by their real state inspection record — not ads. Every rating below comes from official licensing and violation data.

Typical cost in New Jersey: about $1,247/month for infant care at a center (federal median) — see daycare costs in New Jersey →

15licensed daycares

3.6average safety rating

7%with a clean record

14with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Helen K. Baldwin Nursery School11 Springfield Ave	4.4★	69 · 21 high-risk	49
2	Discovery Child Care Center1 Commerce Dr	4.4★	14 · 37 high-risk	151
3	Cranford United Methodist Church -The Christian Connection201 Lincoln Ave E	4.3★	None	87
4	Prime Time SACC - Livingston Avenue School75 Livingston Avenue	4.3★	3 · 9 high-risk	50
5	Prime Time SACC-Hillside Ave. School115 Hillside Ave	4.3★	5 · 7 high-risk	50
6	Prime Time SACC-Brookside Place School720 Brookside Place	4.3★	6 · 11 high-risk	50
7	Come Play and Learn Early Learning Center61 Myrtle Street	4.3★	12 · 34 high-risk	75
8	Calvary Nursery School and Child Care108 Eastman Street	4.2★	10 · 19 high-risk	150
9	Over the Rainbow Nursery School, Inc.25 South Avenue West	3.4★	11 · 18 high-risk	23
10	Prime Time SACC-Orange Ave. School901 Orange Ave	3.1★	7 · 7 high-risk	50
11	Prime Time SACC-Walnut School370 Walnut Ave	3.1★	7 · 10 high-risk	30
12	Prime Time SACC-Bloomingdale School200 Bloomingdale Ave	3.1★	15 · 12 high-risk	50
13	Prime Time11 Springfield Ave	2.6★	14 · 19 high-risk	215
14	Trinity Episcopal Day School, Inc205 North Avenue East	2.5★	31 · 34 high-risk	132
15	RA-Cranford, LLC. DBA Lightbridge Academy-Cranford560 South Avenue East	2.2★	35 · 49 high-risk	174

Ranked by DaycareAlert's violations-based safety rating (recency-weighted state inspection findings), then by fewest recent violations. "Violations (2 yr)" counts citations in the last two years so cities and facilities are comparable regardless of how far back a state's records go. Data comes directly from state licensing agencies — always open a facility's full record before deciding.

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