Daycares in Hackensack, NJ

All 19 licensed child care facilities in Hackensack, 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 →

19licensed daycares

3.9average safety rating

26%with a clean record

14with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	YMCA fo Greater Bergen County After School Program at Nellie261 Maple Hill Drive	4.4★	None	100
2	Sarkis & Siran Gabrellian C.C.&Lrng.Ctr.30 Prospect Ave	4.4★	22 · 17 high-risk	253
3	Bergen Co. Comm. Action Partn. Child Dev. Ctr. of Hackensack291 Second Street	4.4★	19 · 10 high-risk	73
4	YMCA of Greater Bergen County at Fairmount School105 Grand Avenue	4.4★	None	120
5	Adventure Land, Inc.280 Summit Ave	4.3★	None	36
6	Creative Kingdom140 Prospect Avenue	4.3★	None	21
7	Creative Kingdom170 Prospect Ave	4.3★	None	28
8	Nygeria's Ark Child Care & Early Childhood Education Academy170 State Street	4.3★	None	30
9	YMCA of Greater Bergen County Happy Day Childcare & After Sc360 Main Street	4.3★	None	109
10	YMCA of Greater Bergen CountyAfter School at Jackson Avenue421 Jackson Avenue	4.3★	3 · 15 high-risk	100
11	Hackensack HeadStart40 Passaic Street	4.3★	5 · 12 high-risk	37
12	YMCA of Greater Bergen County After School Program at 5/6321 State Street	4.3★	11 · 21 high-risk	101
13	YMCA of Greater Bergen County After School at Fanny M Hiller56 Longview Avenue	4.3★	5 · 19 high-risk	100
14	Boys & Girls Club of Hackensack170 B Sussex Street	4.3★	23 · 29 high-risk	125
15	Little Learners Child Development Center47 Essex Street	4.3★	13 · 63 high-risk	75
16	The Learning Experience30 Woodridge Ave	3.1★	23 · 75 high-risk	224
17	Appletree Preschool at Hackensack150 Hudson Street	2.9★	42 · 33 high-risk	60
18	Bergen Early Learning Alliance284 Hackensack Ave Rear	1.9★	11 · 17 high-risk	73
19	The Learning Place Child Care Center400 Summit Ave	1.5★	35 · 41 high-risk	95

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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