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Licensed daycares in 08861 — Perth Amboy, NJ
There are 13 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 08861. Together they have been cited for 295 violations across 30 inspections in the past three years, an average of 9.83 violations per inspection, which is above the Perth Amboy average of 8.29.
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 recordkeeping (94 citations), followed by supervision (44). 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 13 providers
4 or more violations in 3 years
22 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 08861
Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by supervision. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?
Walk me through how children are supervised during outdoor time and transitions between rooms.
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