Preschools in New Jersey

New Jersey is home to 785 licensed preschools. No quality rating is published for these listings; confirm licensing, hours, ages served, and costs directly with the provider. Browse by city below to find local listings.

Cities with preschools in New Jersey

Jersey City, NJ 339 providers Newark, NJ 337 providers Cherry Hill, NJ 50 providers Toms River, NJ 58 providers Paterson, NJ 319 providers Princeton, NJ 49 providers Trenton, NJ 115 providers Fair Lawn, NJ 26 providers Hamilton, NJ 63 providers Manahawkin, NJ 17 providers Montclair, NJ 57 providers Chatham, NJ 20 providers Edison, NJ 97 providers Middletown, NJ 23 providers Nutley, NJ 15 providers Paramus, NJ 44 providers Maplewood, NJ 35 providers Ridgewood, NJ 26 providers Union, NJ 45 providers Camden, NJ 121 providers Egg Harbor Township, NJ 45 providers Gibbstown, NJ 7 providers Glen Rock, NJ 6 providers Hawthorne, NJ 21 providers Marlboro, NJ 22 providers North Bergen, NJ 35 providers Ringwood, NJ 14 providers Sparta, NJ 20 providers Tinton Falls, NJ 10 providers Westfield, NJ 47 providers Wyckoff, NJ 15 providers Aberdeen, NJ 15 providers Asbury Park, NJ 18 providers Basking Ridge, NJ 21 providers Bayonne, NJ 67 providers Belleville, NJ 43 providers Califon, NJ 12 providers Cranbury, NJ 10 providers Cranford, NJ 27 providers Fort Lee, NJ 28 providers Freehold, NJ 46 providers Hackettstown, NJ 22 providers Hazlet, NJ 18 providers Irvington, NJ 90 providers Keyport, NJ 7 providers Lawrenceville, NJ 34 providers Manalapan, NJ 25 providers Margate, NJ 5 providers Metuchen, NJ 32 providers Montvale, NJ 7 providers North Plainfield, NJ 16 providers Old Bridge, NJ 40 providers Piscataway, NJ 41 providers River Edge, NJ 11 providers South Orange, NJ 33 providers Summit, NJ 30 providers Westwood, NJ 13 providers Bloomfield, NJ 57 providers Bloomingdale, NJ 8 providers Brick, NJ 28 providers Bridgewater, NJ 34 providers Cinnaminson, NJ 8 providers Fair Haven, NJ 4 providers Flemington, NJ 35 providers Forked River, NJ 9 providers Franklinville, NJ 6 providers Guttenberg, NJ 14 providers Hammonton, NJ 12 providers Hillsborough, NJ 37 providers Hillsdale, NJ 6 providers Holmdel, NJ 11 providers Jackson, NJ 18 providers Lakewood, NJ 66 providers Lanoka Harbor, NJ 7 providers Lincoln Park, NJ 9 providers Lindenwold, NJ 19 providers Linwood, NJ 8 providers Livingston, NJ 28 providers Lodi, NJ 18 providers Madison, NJ 18 providers Martinsville, NJ 3 providers Matawan, NJ 17 providers Mays Landing, NJ 21 providers Medford, NJ 32 providers Middlesex, NJ 19 providers Millburn, NJ 12 providers Morristown, NJ 34 providers Oakland, NJ 16 providers Passaic, NJ 67 providers Pennington, NJ 21 providers Pennsville, NJ 9 providers Phillipsburg, NJ 32 providers Point Pleasant, NJ 9 providers Red Bank, NJ 27 providers Swedesboro, NJ 16 providers Union City, NJ 99 providers Vineland, NJ 86 providers Washington, NJ 16 providers Wayne, NJ 43 providers Woodbridge, NJ 21 providers Absecon, NJ 10 providers Annandale, NJ 4 providers Atlantic City, NJ 24 providers Beachwood, NJ 6 providers Bellmawr, NJ 8 providers Bernardsville, NJ 5 providers Blackwood, NJ 19 providers Blairstown, NJ 6 providers Brielle, NJ 2 providers Burlington, NJ 16 providers Caldwell, NJ 10 providers Cape May Court House, NJ 19 providers Cedar Grove, NJ 11 providers Closter, NJ 14 providers Collingswood, NJ 16 providers Deal, NJ 6 providers Delran, NJ 9 providers Denville, NJ 17 providers Dumont, NJ 17 providers East Hanover, NJ 11 providers East Orange, NJ 114 providers Elizabeth, NJ 98 providers Englewood, NJ 27 providers Ewing, NJ 29 providers Galloway, NJ 30 providers Glassboro, NJ 18 providers Glen Gardner, NJ 2 providers Glen Ridge, NJ 10 providers Green Brook, NJ 6 providers Haddonfield, NJ 18 providers Haworth, NJ 2 providers Hoboken, NJ 85 providers Hohokus, NJ 3 providers Jamesburg, NJ 6 providers Lambertville, NJ 8 providers Landisville, NJ 2 providers Little Silver, NJ 3 providers Long Valley, NJ 13 providers Lumberton, NJ 12 providers Lyndhurst, NJ 27 providers Maple Shade, NJ 12 providers Marlton, NJ 24 providers Marmora, NJ 6 providers Mendham, NJ 5 providers Milford, NJ 6 providers Millstone Township, NJ 5 providers Milltown, NJ 6 providers Millville, NJ 35 providers Moorestown, NJ 12 providers Mount Laurel, NJ 35 providers Mountain Lakes, NJ 11 providers Mullica Hill, NJ 9 providers New Providence, NJ 14 providers Newton, NJ 20 providers Northfield, NJ 10 providers Northvale, NJ 8 providers Oakhurst, NJ 11 providers Ocean City, NJ 7 providers Ocean Grove, NJ 2 providers Old Tappan, NJ 8 providers Oradell, NJ 5 providers Palisades Park, NJ 16 providers Park Ridge, NJ 4 providers Perth Amboy, NJ 116 providers Pitman, NJ 9 providers Pompton Lakes, NJ 7 providers Pompton Plains, NJ 11 providers Princeton Junction, NJ 6 providers Rahway, NJ 29 providers Ramsey, NJ 7 providers Ridgefield, NJ 5 providers Ridgefield Park, NJ 10 providers Rockaway, NJ 19 providers Rumson, NJ 5 providers Rutherford, NJ 19 providers Secaucus, NJ 13 providers South River, NJ 7 providers Spring Lake, NJ 4 providers Springfield, NJ 8 providers Stanhope, NJ 14 providers Stewartsville, NJ 4 providers Succasunna, NJ 12 providers Tenafly, NJ 17 providers Thorofare, NJ 4 providers Turnersville, NJ 16 providers Upper Deerfield, NJ 2 providers Upper Montclair, NJ 4 providers Verona, NJ 18 providers Voorhees, NJ 24 providers Weehawken, NJ 10 providers West New York, NJ 47 providers Williamstown, NJ 29 providers Willingboro, NJ 48 providers Woodbury, NJ 15 providers Allendale, NJ 5 providers Allentown, NJ 5 providers Andover, NJ 4 providers Atco, NJ 6 providers Barnegat, NJ 12 providers Barrington, NJ 4 providers Belle Mead, NJ 2 providers Belvidere, NJ 5 providers Berkeley Heights, NJ 13 providers Berlin, NJ 8 providers Bogota, NJ 9 providers Bordentown, NJ 11 providers Bound Brook, NJ 7 providers Bridgeton, NJ 35 providers Brooklawn, NJ 2 providers Browns Mills, NJ 13 providers Buena, NJ 1 providers Buena Vista, NJ 2 providers Butler, NJ 5 providers Clark, NJ 7 providers Clementon, NJ 15 providers Clifton, NJ 100 providers Clinton, NJ 5 providers Colts Neck, NJ 6 providers Columbia, NJ 1 providers Demarest, NJ 5 providers Dover, NJ 29 providers Dunellen, NJ 7 providers East Brunswick, NJ 38 providers East Newark, NJ 1 providers East Windsor, NJ 12 providers Edgewater, NJ 10 providers Elmer, NJ 4 providers Englishtown, NJ 9 providers Erial, NJ 5 providers Essex Fells, NJ 2 providers Evesham, NJ 4 providers Ewan, NJ 1 providers Fairfield, NJ 11 providers Fanwood, NJ 6 providers Flanders, NJ 9 providers Florham Park, NJ 16 providers Franklin Lakes, NJ 9 providers Franklin Township, NJ 1 providers Galloway Township, NJ 1 providers Gibbsboro, NJ 6 providers Greendell, NJ 1 providers Greendell, NJ 1 providers Hackensack, NJ 42 providers Hamburg, NJ 8 providers Hamilton Square, NJ 3 providers Harrington Park, NJ 5 providers Hightstown, NJ 7 providers Hillside, NJ 19 providers Hope, NJ 3 providers Howell, NJ 19 providers Iselin, NJ 19 providers Keansburg, NJ 9 providers Kearny, NJ 34 providers Kendall Park, NJ 13 providers Kenilworth, NJ 4 providers Kinnelon, NJ 8 providers Lavallette, NJ 1 providers Lebanon, NJ 14 providers Leonardo, NJ 5 providers Little Egg Harbor, NJ 3 providers Little Falls, NJ 12 providers Little Ferry, NJ 7 providers Logan Township, NJ 7 providers Manasquan, NJ 10 providers Manchester, NJ 9 providers Maywood, NJ 6 providers Midland Park, NJ 6 providers Montville, NJ 8 providers Morris Plains, NJ 9 providers Mount Ephraim, NJ 4 providers Mountainside, NJ 9 providers New Brunswick, NJ 53 providers Nj, NJ 8 providers North Brunswick, NJ 44 providers North Wildwood, NJ 1 providers Oaklyn, NJ 11 providers Orange, NJ 36 providers Palmyra, NJ 1 providers Parsippany, NJ 30 providers Paulsboro, NJ 9 providers Pilesgrove, NJ 2 providers Piscatway, NJ 1 providers Plainfield, NJ 66 providers Pluckemin, NJ 1 providers Pluckemin, NJ 1 providers Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 4 providers Pomona, NJ 1 providers Pottersville, NJ 3 providers Randolph, NJ 23 providers Rocky Hill, NJ 1 providers Roseland, NJ 11 providers Roselle, NJ 23 providers Roselle Park, NJ 10 providers Saddle Brook, NJ 12 providers Sayreville, NJ 12 providers Scotch Plains, NJ 30 providers Sea Girt, NJ 1 providers Sewell, NJ 34 providers Short Hills, NJ 13 providers Sicklerville, NJ 44 providers Somerdale, NJ 7 providers Somerville, NJ 7 providers Spotswood, NJ 7 providers Stockholm, NJ 2 providers Stratford, NJ 10 providers Sussex, NJ 4 providers Teaneck, NJ 43 providers Three Bridges, NJ 3 providers Totowa, NJ 14 providers Towaco, NJ 8 providers Tuckerton, NJ 4 providers Union Beach, NJ 7 providers Ventnor, NJ 7 providers Waldwick, NJ 13 providers Warren, NJ 23 providers Wenonah, NJ 7 providers West Deptford, NJ 11 providers West Orange, NJ 40 providers Westville, NJ 8 providers Wharton, NJ 16 providers Whippany, NJ 18 providers Whitehouse, NJ 1 providers

About preschools in New Jersey

Preschools are early-education programs, often for children ages three to five, that build school readiness through structured play and learning. Some are licensed child care programs, while others operate as part-day educational programs, so licensing, hours, and calendars vary widely.

Frequently asked questions

How many preschools does New Jersey have?

This directory covers 785 licensed preschools in New Jersey, spread across 322 cities and counties, drawn from state child care licensing registries.

What is the best way to compare preschools in New Jersey?

When comparing preschools, ask about hours and calendars, class sizes, teacher qualifications, and how the program balances play with instruction. If you need full-day coverage, confirm whether the program offers it or partners with another provider. Open the city listings above to reach individual profiles.

Data sources

Sources: State child care licensing registries (9 states), US Child Care Providers (Ryan Koch). Data as of 2026-10-07.

Required disclosures

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