State child care inspection records for El Paso cover the period from 2023-10-10 to 2026-10-10. Most operations in El Paso are located in El Paso County, and the city includes 347 child care operations of every type across 20 ZIP codes, among them 248 licensed child care centers and 99 home-based operations. Of the licensed centers, 196 had at least one citation in the window and 52 had none. Inspectors recorded 1,085 citations at all operation types: 200 at High risk, 414 at Medium High risk, 392 at Medium risk, 56 at Medium Low risk, and 23 at Low risk. The entries below describe what the most frequently cited standards cover.
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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 | 248 |
| Licensed Child-Care Homes | 66 |
| Listed Family Homes | 13 |
| Registered Child-Care Homes | 20 |
| Risk weight | Citations |
|---|---|
| High | 200 |
| Medium High | 414 |
| Medium | 392 |
| Medium Low | 56 |
| Low | 23 |
| Unknown | 0 |
| Standard | Title | Citations | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 746.1309 | Documented Annual Training- Required Content | 39 | 28 |
| 746.603 | Children's Records - Health Statement | 35 | 34 |
| 746.5401 | Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection | 21 | 20 |
| 746.303 | Report Number of Employees | 18 | 16 |
| 746.4135 | Children's Products- Annual Certification | 16 | 16 |
| 746.1316 | Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually | 15 | 13 |
| 746.1601 | Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children | 15 | 13 |
| 746.1301 | Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training | 14 | 12 |
| 746.5101 | Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months | 14 | 12 |
| 746.603 | Children's Records - Immunizations | 14 | 12 |
| ZIP | Providers |
|---|---|
| 79936 | 68 |
| 79938 | 47 |
| 79924 | 30 |
| 79912 | 28 |
| 79925 | 26 |
| 79907 | 25 |
| 79928 | 20 |
| 79935 | 12 |
| 79915 | 11 |
| 79905 | 10 |
This standard requires staff and caregivers to complete annual training on required content and to keep proof of that training on file for review. Cited records describe caregivers without proof of training on file, including training in medication administration, emergency preparedness, and food allergies.
This standard requires a health statement for each child in care to be kept in that child's file. Cited records describe children's files, including files for an infant and a toddler, where the health statement was missing.
This standard requires operations to hold a current gas leak inspection and keep it on file. Cited records describe operations with an expired gas inspection on file or with no current gas leak inspection available.
This standard requires operations to report the number of employees who left employment during a year, by a set deadline. Cited records describe operations that did not meet that deadline for reporting the number of employees who left employment during the year.
This standard requires operations to keep an annual certification on children's products. Cited records describe operations where no current children's products certification was on file, or where no certification was available for review.
This standard requires the director and employees to complete transportation safety training each year and to keep proof of that training on file. Cited records describe directors, transportation drivers, and caregivers without proof of transportation training available for review.
This standard sets caregiver supervision and group size limits for operations caring for a large number of children. Cited records describe an infant room where one caregiver was with more infants than the stated limit for that age group allows, and group size exceeding the limit during outside play.
This standard sets the amount of annual training that employees, caregivers, and directors must complete. Cited records describe caregivers and teachers whose files showed fewer annual training hours than required.
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