Daycares in Plainfield, NJ

All 35 licensed child care facilities in Plainfield, ranked by their real state inspection record — not ads. Every rating below comes from official licensing and violation data.

35licensed daycares

—average safety rating

100%with a clean record

0with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Academy House CDC III109 New Street	Unrated	None	67
2	Al and Jean's Inc.912 S Ave	Unrated	None	123
3	Black United Fund School Age Child Care403 W Seventh Street	Unrated	None	218
4	Boys & Girls of Union County - Stillman Site201 W. Fourth Street	Unrated	None	90
5	Buds of Promise Child Development and Learning Academy515-517 W. Fourth Street	Unrated	None	14
6	BUF Health & Human Services510 Grant Avenue	Unrated	None	200
7	Dawn To Dusk Christian Childcare & Learning Center1504 W 3rd Street	Unrated	None	120
8	HOPES CAP, Inc. Early Childhood and Family Services Center1201 E. 7th Street	Unrated	None	150
9	HOPES CAP, Inc. Early Head Start322 Park Avenue	Unrated	None	45
10	HOPES CAP, Inc. Head Start7-9 Watchung Avenue	Unrated	None	61
11	HOPES CAP, Inc. Head Start513 West 6th Street	Unrated	None	72
12	HOPES CAP, Inc. Head Start New Horizon110-128 West Front Street	Unrated	None	45
13	I Am's Temple Christian Academy620 Ravine Road	Unrated	None	45
14	Little Hearts Learning Center631 E Front Street	Unrated	None	36
15	Little Hearts Learning Center #2400 Cleveland Ave	Unrated	None	101
16	Neighborhood House Association644 W 4th Street	Unrated	None	234
17	Neighborhood House Association II33 Westervelt Avenue	Unrated	None	120
18	Plainfield Area YMCA - Cook School739 Leland Ave	Unrated	None	108
19	Plainfield Community Outreach Cedarbrook K-8 Center1049 Central Ave	Unrated	None	60
20	Plainfield Community Outreach Clinton CenterClinton K-8 Center	Unrated	None	75
21	Plainfield High School Teen Parenting Center950 Park Ave	Unrated	None	20
22	Play House Development Center, LLC1101 S Ave	Unrated	None	136
23	Pre-School Academy of New Jersey1353 South Avenue	Unrated	None	60
24	Precious Steps Child Care & Development Center, Inc20-28 Washington Avenue	Unrated	None	100
25	Precious Steps Too516-522 Arlington Avenue	Unrated	None	60
26	Second Street Youth Center200-222 Plainfield Avenue	Unrated	None	330
27	Somerset County YMCA at Cedarbrook School1049 Central Avenue	Unrated	None	64
28	Somerset County YMCA at Cook School739 Leland Avenue	Unrated	None	82
29	Somerset County YMCA at Emerson School305 Emerson Avenue	Unrated	None	75
30	Step One Academy LLC233 E. 5th Street	Unrated	None	156
31	Step One Academy, LLC222-224 E 5th Street	Unrated	None	50
32	The King's Daughters Day School502 W Front Street	Unrated	None	210
33	Toddlers Learning Center420-422 E 6th Street	Unrated	None	62
34	Visions Early Childhood Learning Center360 Leland Ave	Unrated	None	30
35	Yen Nkwadaa = (Our Children) at F.W. Cook School739 Leland Ave	Unrated	None	60

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.