Daycares in Princeton, NJ

All 23 licensed child care facilities in Princeton, 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

3.4average safety rating

52%with a clean record

11with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Dupree Center for Children400 Emmons Drive	4.3★	None	60
2	Henry Pannell Learning Center2 Clay Street	4.3★	None	63
3	Hub for Learning545 Meadow Road	4.3★	None	20
4	Johnson Park School - Princeton Family YMCA285 Rosedale Rd	4.3★	None	60
5	Knowledge Beginnings450 College Road E	4.3★	None	147
6	Littlebrook M.A.S.H. Program39 Magnolia La	4.3★	None	100
7	Marcy T. Crimmins Learning Center20-B Juniper Row	4.3★	None	38
8	New Hope Learning Center545 Meadow Road	4.3★	None	54
9	Princeton Meadow Preschool545 Meadow Road	4.3★	None	66
10	Princeton YWCA ASP at Riverside School58 Riverside Dr	4.3★	None	100
11	Princeton YWCA ASP Community Park School372 Witherspoon Street	4.3★	None	100
12	University League Nursery School457 Nassau Street	4.3★	None	135
13	Princeton Nursery School78 Leigh Ave	4.3★	16 · 13 high-risk	54
14	The Child Development Center for Bristol-Myers Squibb - LawrRt. 206 And Province Line Road	4.3★	28 · 13 high-risk	240
15	Bright Horizons at Carnegie Center201 Carnegie Center Rd	4.3★	18 · 18 high-risk	119
16	Cherry Hill Nursery School50 Cherry Hill Rd	2.4★	22 · 17 high-risk	50
17	Princeton Community Family Learning Center16 All Saints' Road	2.0★	22 · 22 high-risk	49
18	Crossroads225 Olden La	1.9★	17 · 6 high-risk	87
19	The Goddard School29 Emmons Dr	1.9★	9 · 34 high-risk	167
20	The Nursery School at YWCA Princeton59 Paul Robeson Pl	1.9★	50 · 24 high-risk	144
21	Lakeview Child Center at West Windsor707 Alexander Rd Suite 306	1.2★	58 · 29 high-risk	141
22	University N O W Day Nursery185 Broadmead Street	1.0★	33 · 26 high-risk	194
23	Nassau Nursery School33 Mercer Street	1.0★	43 · 22 high-risk	49

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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