Daycares in Montclair, NJ

All 23 licensed child care facilities in Montclair, 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 →

23licensed daycares

3.7average safety rating

17%with a clean record

19with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Montclair Community Pre-K49 Orange Rd	4.4★	9 · 5 high-risk	272
2	Montclair YMCA(Hillside)School-age Child Care54 Orange Rd	4.4★	16 · 17 high-risk	72
3	Neighborhood Child Care Center, Inc.30 Maple Ave	4.4★	14 · 20 high-risk	85
4	Montclair YMCA(Bradford)School-age Child Care87 Mt. Hebron Rd	4.4★	27 · 23 high-risk	100
5	Montclair YMCA(NorthEast)School-age Child Care603 Grove Street	4.4★	21 · 28 high-risk	99
6	Montclair YMCA(Edgemont)School-age Child Care20 Edgemont Rd	4.4★	21 · 30 high-risk	100
7	Montclair YMCA(Nishuane)School-age Child Care32 Cedar Ave	4.4★	46 · 29 high-risk	168
8	Shomrei Emunah Preschool67 Park Street	4.4★	34 · 25 high-risk	72
9	Montclair YMCA(Watchung)School-age Child Care14 Garden Street	4.4★	53 · 38 high-risk	100
10	Montclair Child Development Center, Inc.33 Fulton Street	4.4★	30 · 23 high-risk	150
11	Early Explorers LLC67 Church Street	4.3★	None	46
12	Little Scholars Playhouse II312 Orange Road	4.3★	None	39
13	Montclair YMCA Glenfield Middle School25 Maple Avenue	4.3★	None	60
14	Succeed2gether11 Pine Street	4.3★	None	84
15	MMO Programs40 S Fullerton Ave	4.3★	28 · 17 high-risk	147
16	Watchung Coopeative Nursery School24 N Fullerton Avenue	3.6★	21 · 17 high-risk	30
17	Over the Rainbow Nursery, Inc.32 Pleasant Ave	3.2★	8 · 20 high-risk	114
18	Montclair YMCA Charles Bullock School55 Washington Street	3.2★	35 · 31 high-risk	100
19	Union Congregational Weekday Nursery Sch176 Cooper Ave	2.8★	12 · 14 high-risk	130
20	Parkside Montessori School, Inc.53 Norwood Ave	2.5★	7 · 11 high-risk	60
21	Park Street Academy46 Park Street	1.6★	24 · 18 high-risk	105
22	Precious Jewels Child Care LLC100 Bloomfield Avenue	1.5★	52 · 30 high-risk	30
23	Serendipity Learning Center213 Glenridge Avenue	1.0★	69 · 33 high-risk	45

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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