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Licensed daycares in 08840 — Metuchen, NJ
There are 9 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 08840. Together they have been cited for 193 violations across 22 inspections in the past three years, an average of 8.77 violations per inspection, which is below the Metuchen average of 11.68.
No provider in this ZIP code has a completely clean three-year record. 1 facility currently holds a revoked or suspended license.
The most-cited issue here is physical safety (31 citations), followed by recordkeeping (29). 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.
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4 or more violations in 3 years
15 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
No longer operating
1 provider with a revoked, suspended, or closed license.
Questions to ask when you tour in 08840
Physical safety is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by recordkeeping. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?
What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
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