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Licensed daycares in 08226Ocean City, NJ

There are 3 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 08226. Together they have been cited for 60 violations across 10 inspections in the past three years, an average of 6.00 violations per inspection, which is below the Ocean City average of 7.86.

No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is health and medication (18 citations), followed by caregiver-to-child ratio (11). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from New Jersey DCF, Office of Licensing and links back to the state's own document.

Compare all 3 providers

4 or more violations in 3 years

3 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Raab Montessori Academy

Center · 145-147 Haven Avenue · Last inspected Apr 28, 2026

33 violationsActive
Discovery World

Center · 500 Bay Avenue Suite 101 · Last inspected Jan 6, 2026

14 violationsActive
Ark-Kids Club Pre-School

Center · 550 Wesley Avenue · Last inspected May 12, 2026

13 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 08226

Health and medication is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by caregiver-to-child ratio. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?

2

How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?

3

What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?

A note on New Jersey records

New Jersey does not publish a severity classification for violations, so we can't tell you which citations were most serious — only what was cited and whether it was corrected. New Jersey does publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.

Data synced from New Jersey DCF, Office of Licensing on Jul 9, 2026. Source records · Report an error