Daycares in Rutherford, NJ

All 15 licensed child care facilities in Rutherford, ranked by their real state inspection record — not ads. Every rating below comes from official licensing and violation data.

15licensed daycares

—average safety rating

100%with a clean record

0with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Goldilocks Children Learning Center, Inc.110 Jackson Avenue	Unrated	None	53
2	Learn Smart Preschool145 Mortimer Ave	Unrated	None	60
3	Meadowlands Area YMCA-SACC - Lincoln School414 Montross Ave	Unrated	None	100
4	Meadowlands Area YMCA-SACC - Pierrepont SchoolPierrepont Av	Unrated	None	100
5	Meadowlands Area YMCA-SACC - Sylvan School109 Sylvan St	Unrated	None	100
6	Meadowlands Area YMCA-SACC - Washington School89 Wood St	Unrated	None	100
7	RA-Rutherford, LLC. DBA Lightbridge Academy-Rutherford201 Route 17 North	Unrated	None	257
8	Rutherford Cooperative Day Nursery Inc.32 Ridge Rd	Unrated	None	40
9	Rutherford Montessori School128 West Passaic Avenue	Unrated	None	72
10	Schoolhouse Early Learning Center, LLC168 Chestnut Street	Unrated	None	60
11	The Children's Place Early Care & Learning Center276 Park Ave	Unrated	None	30
12	The Meadow's School102 Borough Street	Unrated	None	182
13	The Rutherford Recreation Pre-K3 & Pre-K4 Program30 Woodland Ave	Unrated	None	30
14	Tiny Sprouts84 Kip Avenue	Unrated	None	27
15	Tiny Sprouts38 Ames Avenue	Unrated	None	59

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.