Daycares in Lakewood, NJ

All 24 licensed child care facilities in Lakewood, 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 →

24licensed daycares

3.2average safety rating

29%with a clean record

17with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Forest Daycare LLC440 Ninth Street / 825 Forest	4.4★	37 · 41 high-risk	60
2	Kiddie Zone1015 Park Ave	4.4★	68 · 76 high-risk	189
3	Little People Childcare140 Lehigh Ave	4.4★	95 · 89 high-risk	199
4	Kiddie Care NJ, LLC1771 Madison Avenue	4.3★	None	37
5	Kiddie Care NJ, LLC 2911 Somerset Avenue	4.3★	None	83
6	Lakewood Head Start999 Airport Road	4.3★	None	52
7	Tiferes Bais Yaakov613 Oak Street	4.3★	None	120
8	Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars Child Care Center313 Third Street	4.3★	None	36
9	YKIDS at Clifton Avenue Grade School625 Clifton Avenue	4.3★	None	150
10	YKIDS at Oak Street School75 Oak Street	4.3★	None	150
11	Cozy Island Childcare Inc500 River Ave Ste 100	4.3★	88 · 66 high-risk	168
12	Lots 4 Tots763 River Avenue	4.3★	33 · 59 high-risk	82
13	Kids World 2612 Madison Avenue	4.3★	76 · 69 high-risk	78
14	Kids World419 5th Street	3.7★	91 · 83 high-risk	151
15	SPARK Preschool580 Oak Street	3.2★	61 · 76 high-risk	210
16	The Learning Ladder Academy60 Chambers Bridge Road	2.5★	22 · 28 high-risk	96
17	Lakewood Head Start30 E 8th Street	2.4★	70 · 34 high-risk	132
18	Ready Set Grow301-350 Monmouth Ave	2.1★	54 · 87 high-risk	180
19	Kidz Place525 Oberlin Ave	1.6★	46 · 85 high-risk	238
20	The Special Children's Center, Inc1400 Prospect Street	1.5★	34 · 65 high-risk	180
21	Lakewood Multicultural Preschool100 Ridge Ave	1.4★	93 · 63 high-risk	111
22	Oorah Inc.1785 Swarthmore Avenue	1.2★	39 · 56 high-risk	78
23	Peek-A-Boo Childcare II LLC601 Prospect Street	1.0★	130 · 90 high-risk	383
24	Kids at Play Lakewood LLC708 Princeton Ave	1.0★	133 · 104 high-risk	106

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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