Child care inspection records describe the standards cited and what inspectors observed at an operation. DaycareList lists 160 child care operations in Corpus Christi, including 121 licensed centers and 39 home-based operations. For the window from 2023-10-10 through 2026-10-10, state records show 674 citations across all operation types. Among licensed centers, 90 had at least one citation in that window, and 31 had no citations in that window.
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Provider totals and citation counts include all providers, including providers omitted from listings for personal-name privacy or suppression requests.
Citations dated October 10, 2023 to October 10, 2026.
| Provider type | Providers |
|---|---|
| Licensed Centers | 121 |
| Licensed Child-Care Homes | 21 |
| Listed Family Homes | 8 |
| Registered Child-Care Homes | 10 |
| Risk weight | Citations |
|---|---|
| High | 184 |
| Medium High | 302 |
| Medium | 155 |
| Medium Low | 24 |
| Low | 9 |
| Unknown | 0 |
| Standard | Title | Citations | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 746.1205 | Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity | 26 | 20 |
| 746.1201 | Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control | 19 | 16 |
| 746.1309 | Documented Annual Training- Required Content | 16 | 14 |
| 746.5101 | Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months | 16 | 15 |
| 746.3401 | Annual Sanitation Inspection | 13 | 12 |
| 746.3407 | Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment | 12 | 10 |
| 746.2407 | Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps | 10 | 10 |
| 746.3701 | Safety - Areas Free From Hazards | 10 | 8 |
| 746.1309 | Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required | 9 | 5 |
| 746.4907 | Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained | 9 | 7 |
| ZIP | Providers |
|---|---|
| 78414 | 21 |
| 78410 | 19 |
| 78411 | 19 |
| 78412 | 17 |
| 78413 | 17 |
| 78415 | 14 |
| 78418 | 14 |
| 78404 | 12 |
| 78401 | 7 |
| 78405 | 7 |
This standard covers caregiver supervision, including staying physically close to children and remaining aware of their activities through sight or sound. Recent citations in Corpus Christi describe gaps in classroom and playground supervision, including a child leaving the classroom and exiting the building without supervision.
This standard covers employee and caregiver competence, decision-making, and self-control. Recent citations in Corpus Christi describe using a mask to frighten children away from a closet, giving milk to a child undergoing testing for milk allergies, and handling an infant without physical support.
This standard covers documentation of annual staff training and its required content. Recent citations in Corpus Christi describe missing training hours and missing required topics, including emergency preparedness, communicable diseases, medication administration, and responses to food or allergic reactions.
This standard covers a fire inspection before the initial permit is issued and annually afterward. Recent citations in Corpus Christi describe an expired fire inspection and the absence of a current fire inspection report on file.
This standard covers annual sanitation inspections. Recent citations in Corpus Christi describe an expired health inspection and current sanitation inspection reports that were not on file or available for review.
This standard covers maintenance of buildings, grounds, and equipment. Recent citations in Corpus Christi describe unclean infant equipment, stained rugs, a torn diaper-changing mat, and ceiling stains and water damage.
This standard covers using straps on furnishings and equipment in infant care areas. Recent citations in Corpus Christi describe children seated in bucket-style table seats with straps missing, unfastened, or improperly fastened.
This standard covers keeping areas free from hazards. Recent citations in Corpus Christi describe leaning playground fences, a fence gap large enough for a child to climb into, an accessible floor fan, and exposed landscape fabric that could cause tripping.
This guide's text was drafted automatically, checked against the state records by a second automated reviewer, and spot-checked by hand; all counts are computed directly from the state data. It may contain errors. The official state record is authoritative. Records reflect only deficiencies published by the state after due process. This page does not rate or rank providers.
Data as of October 10, 2026. Corrections and removal requests