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Licensed daycares in 07302Jersey City, NJ

There are 26 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 07302. Together they have been cited for 656 violations across 84 inspections in the past three years, an average of 7.81 violations per inspection, which is above the Jersey City average of 5.52.

No provider in this ZIP code has a completely clean three-year record. 2 facilities currently hold a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is health and medication (132 citations), followed by recordkeeping (130). 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 26 providers

1–3 violations in 3 years

2 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

C.A.S.P.E.R Program-P.S. #5

Center · 182 Merseles Street · Last inspected Jun 11, 2026

1 violationPending
C.A.S.P.E.R. Program- P.S. #3

Center · 111 Bright Street · Last inspected Jun 22, 2026

2 violationsPending

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Sweet Dreams Academy For Children, Inc

Center · 661 Montgomery Street · Last inspected Aug 6, 2025

50 violationsActive
Early Beginnings Day School

Center · 338 Grove Street · Last inspected Mar 10, 2026

43 violationsActive
The Brunswick School

Center · 474 Warren Street · Last inspected Mar 25, 2026

41 violationsActive

No longer operating

2 providers with a revoked, suspended, or closed license.

P. R. R. Corporation/Smile Preschool & Child Care

Center · 194 Newark Ave · Last inspected Mar 4, 2026

11 violationsClosed
Key Element Learning

Center · 338 Grove Street · Last inspected May 28, 2025

21 violationsClosed

Questions to ask when you tour in 07302

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

1

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

2

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

3

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

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