Daycares in Wayne, NJ

All 14 licensed child care facilities in Wayne, 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 →

14licensed daycares

3.3average safety rating

14%with a clean record

12with violations on record

#	Daycare	Rating	Violations (2 yr)	Capacity
1	Packanack Cooperative Nursery School120 Lake Dre E	4.4★	6 · 8 high-risk	60
2	Rainbow Nursery School395 Valley Rd	4.3★	None	30
3	Wayne YMCA ABC Early Childhood Learning Center1 Pike Drive	4.3★	None	240
4	Montessori Children's School950 Preakness Avenue	4.3★	7 · 18 high-risk	30
5	Giggle and Grow Preschool & Early Learning Center99 Parish Drive	4.3★	7 · 15 high-risk	85
6	Ready, Set, Grow!131 Church Lane	4.3★	13 · 19 high-risk	91
7	KinderCare Learning Center23 Barbour Pond Dr	3.8★	80 · 28 high-risk	159
8	The Learning Experience1784 Hamburg Tpke	3.7★	18 · 25 high-risk	210
9	The Goddard School2086 Hamburg Tpke	2.6★	8 · 13 high-risk	148
10	Center for Family Resources45 Reinhardt Rd	2.3★	20 · 20 high-risk	75
11	Little Footsteps Child Development Center1 Pal Drive	2.1★	24 · 25 high-risk	105
12	Children's Learning Place530 Newark-Pompton Tpke	1.9★	28 · 18 high-risk	95
13	Boys & Girls Club of Wayne153 Garside Ave	1.9★	23 · 43 high-risk	120
14	Happy Day Learning Center1111 Preakness Ave	1.6★	21 · 24 high-risk	158

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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