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Licensed daycares in 08540 — Princeton, NJ
There are 19 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 08540. Together they have been cited for 493 violations across 56 inspections in the past three years, an average of 8.80 violations per inspection, which is roughly in line with the Princeton average of 9.41.
No provider in this ZIP code has a completely clean three-year record. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.
The most-cited issue here is recordkeeping (98 citations), followed by health and medication (91). 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 19 providers
1–3 violations in 3 years
1 provider. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
18 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
Questions to ask when you tour in 08540
Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by health and medication. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
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?
When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?
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