Daycares in South Orange, NJ

All 17 licensed child care facilities in South Orange, 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 →

17licensed daycares

3.3average safety rating

29%with a clean record

12with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Montrose YMCA Before and Aftercare358 Clark Street	4.4★	15 · 27 high-risk	25
2	Totri Child Care465 Valley Street	4.4★	9 · 13 high-risk	36
3	South Mountain YMCA South Mountain School444 S Orange Ave	4.4★	18 · 35 high-risk	100
4	Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel's Iris Family Ctr Early Childhoo432 Scotland Rd	4.4★	13 · 28 high-risk	141
5	Children's Learning Tree31 Third Street	4.3★	None	43
6	JAJO Learning Ctr410 Irvington Avenue	4.3★	None	20
7	Little Stages LLC II179 Irvington Avenue 1st Floor	4.3★	None	28
8	Work and Play19 Prospect Street	4.3★	None	24
9	Youthnet South Orange Middle School70 North Ridgewood Road	4.3★	None	60
10	South Mountain YMCA- SM Annex School110 Glenview Road	3.7★	16 · 25 high-risk	60
11	South Orange Country Day School461 Vose Avenue	2.8★	17 · 29 high-risk	91
12	Little Stages, LLC.60 Taylor Pl	2.4★	27 · 25 high-risk	26
13	Mickey Fried Sch of Cong Oheb Shalom170 Scotland Rd	2.3★	21 · 11 high-risk	100
14	South Mountain YMCA-Marshall School262 Grove Rd	2.2★	11 · 26 high-risk	100
15	Beth El Preschool222 Irvington Ave	1.9★	43 · 25 high-risk	150
16	Village Babies Development Center391-401 Valley Street	1.3★	40 · 39 high-risk	166
17	Weekday Nursery111 Irvington Ave	1.0★	58 · 45 high-risk	46

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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