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.

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

35licensed daycares

4.0average safety rating

37%with a clean record

22with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Neighborhood House Association II33 Westervelt Avenue	4.5★	12 · 17 high-risk	120
2	Yen Nkwadaa = (Our Children) at F.W. Cook School739 Leland Ave	4.4★	6 · 10 high-risk	60
3	HOPES CAP, Inc. Early Head Start322 Park Avenue	4.4★	2 · 21 high-risk	45
4	Second Street Youth Center200-222 Plainfield Avenue	4.4★	6 · 31 high-risk	330
5	Step One Academy, LLC222-224 E 5th Street	4.4★	8 · 25 high-risk	50
6	HOPES CAP, Inc. Early Childhood and Family Services Center1201 E. 7th Street	4.4★	1 · 28 high-risk	150
7	Toddlers Learning Center420-422 E 6th Street	4.4★	12 · 28 high-risk	62
8	Precious Steps Child Care & Development Center, Inc20-28 Washington Avenue	4.4★	4 · 38 high-risk	100
9	Little Hearts Learning Center #2400 Cleveland Ave	4.4★	6 · 29 high-risk	101
10	Black United Fund School Age Child Care403 W Seventh Street	4.3★	None	218
11	Boys & Girls of Union County - Stillman Site201 W. Fourth Street	4.3★	None	90
12	Buds of Promise Child Development and Learning Academy515-517 W. Fourth Street	4.3★	None	14
13	BUF Health & Human Services510 Grant Avenue	4.3★	None	200
14	Dawn To Dusk Christian Childcare & Learning Center1504 W 3rd Street	4.3★	None	120
15	HOPES CAP, Inc. Head Start7-9 Watchung Avenue	4.3★	None	61
16	HOPES CAP, Inc. Head Start513 West 6th Street	4.3★	None	72
17	Little Hearts Learning Center631 E Front Street	4.3★	None	36
18	Plainfield Area YMCA - Cook School739 Leland Ave	4.3★	None	108
19	Play House Development Center, LLC1101 S Ave	4.3★	None	136
20	Pre-School Academy of New Jersey1353 South Avenue	4.3★	None	60
21	Somerset County YMCA at Cedarbrook School1049 Central Avenue	4.3★	None	64
22	Somerset County YMCA at Emerson School305 Emerson Avenue	4.3★	None	75
23	Plainfield High School Teen Parenting Center950 Park Ave	4.3★	4 · 8 high-risk	20
24	The King's Daughters Day School502 W Front Street	4.3★	10 · 12 high-risk	210
25	Plainfield Community Outreach Cedarbrook K-8 Center1049 Central Ave	4.3★	18 · 17 high-risk	60
26	Plainfield Community Outreach Clinton CenterClinton K-8 Center	4.3★	11 · 23 high-risk	75
27	Al and Jean's Inc.912 S Ave	4.3★	33 · 36 high-risk	123
28	Somerset County YMCA at Cook School739 Leland Avenue	3.7★	18 · 23 high-risk	82
29	Visions Early Childhood Learning Center360 Leland Ave	3.5★	22 · 32 high-risk	30
30	HOPES CAP, Inc. Head Start New Horizon110-128 West Front Street	3.2★	27 · 25 high-risk	45
31	I Am's Temple Christian Academy620 Ravine Road	3.1★	12 · 23 high-risk	45
32	Precious Steps Too516-522 Arlington Avenue	3.0★	18 · 24 high-risk	60
33	Neighborhood House Association644 W 4th Street	2.4★	12 · 39 high-risk	234
34	Step One Academy LLC233 E. 5th Street	2.2★	13 · 36 high-risk	156
35	Academy House CDC III109 New Street	2.0★	17 · 49 high-risk	67

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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