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.

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

15licensed daycares

4.0average safety rating

47%with a clean record

8with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Meadowlands Area YMCA-SACC - Lincoln School414 Montross Ave	4.3★	None	100
2	Meadowlands Area YMCA-SACC - Pierrepont SchoolPierrepont Av	4.3★	None	100
3	Meadowlands Area YMCA-SACC - Sylvan School109 Sylvan St	4.3★	None	100
4	Meadowlands Area YMCA-SACC - Washington School89 Wood St	4.3★	None	100
5	Schoolhouse Early Learning Center, LLC168 Chestnut Street	4.3★	None	60
6	The Children's Place Early Care & Learning Center276 Park Ave	4.3★	None	30
7	The Rutherford Recreation Pre-K3 & Pre-K4 Program30 Woodland Ave	4.3★	None	30
8	Rutherford Montessori School128 West Passaic Avenue	4.3★	2 · 8 high-risk	72
9	Tiny Sprouts84 Kip Avenue	4.3★	9 · 18 high-risk	27
10	Learn Smart Preschool145 Mortimer Ave	4.3★	10 · 37 high-risk	60
11	RA-Rutherford, LLC. DBA Lightbridge Academy-Rutherford201 Route 17 North	4.3★	20 · 64 high-risk	257
12	Tiny Sprouts38 Ames Avenue	4.2★	5 · 14 high-risk	59
13	Rutherford Cooperative Day Nursery Inc.32 Ridge Rd	4.2★	6 · 13 high-risk	40
14	The Meadow's School102 Borough Street	2.7★	27 · 46 high-risk	182
15	Goldilocks Children Learning Center, Inc.110 Jackson Avenue	1.9★	16 · 29 high-risk	53

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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