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Checking a daycare in McKinney, Texas

DaycareList lists 139 child care operations in McKinney, including 82 licensed centers and 57 home-based operations. From 2023-10-10 through 2026-10-10, records show 748 citations across all operation types. Among licensed centers, 62 had at least one citation during that period, and 20 had no citations during that period. The explanations below describe what the listed standards cover and what inspectors documented.

Child care records in McKinney ยท Search official HHSC records

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.

Providers by type

Provider typeProviders
Licensed Centers82
Licensed Child-Care Homes23
Listed Family Homes16
Registered Child-Care Homes18

Citations by HHSC risk level

HHSC risk weights of citations
Risk weightCitations
High241
Medium High290
Medium200
Medium Low6
Low11
Unknown0

Most cited standards in this city

StandardTitleCitationsProviders
746.1205Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity4425
745.641AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation1714
746.2805Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling1512
746.5101Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months1514
746.603Children's Records - Immunizations1512
746.1201Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control119
746.305Report Situation Placing Children at Risk109
746.307Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk108
746.603Children's Records - Health Statement97
746.1315Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR87

ZIP codes by provider count

ZIPProviders
7507156
7507042
7507229
7506912

How to check the record

  1. Go to the Texas HHSC public child care search page (link below).
  2. Search for the daycare by name or location to find its listing.
  3. Open the operation details page and the inspection and compliance history page. DaycareList provider pages link to both pages.
  4. Read the citations listed for the operation, noting the risk weight assigned to each standard and whether the citation was corrected at the inspection.
  5. Read the narrative in each citation record to see what the inspector found.
  6. Compare the dates of inspections and citations over the years covered by the state records.
  7. Ask the provider questions about specific citations you read in the record.
  8. Report errors on a DaycareList page through the corrections page. DaycareList data is refreshed from the state through the Texas Open Data Portal; the state's own record is authoritative.

Reading records

deficiency (citation)
A finding that a minimum standard was not met during an inspection, investigation, or assessment.
risk levels
HHSC assigns each standard a risk weight of High, Medium High, Medium, Medium Low, or Low.
corrected at inspection
A citation record may show whether the deficiency was fixed at the time of the inspection.
correction date
The date shown on a citation record for when the correction was made.
correction verified
A citation record may show a date the correction was verified.
technical assistance
A citation record may show whether technical assistance was given.
inspection vs investigation vs assessment
Records published by the state include inspections, investigations, and assessments, along with the deficiencies cited during them.
three-year window
The period DaycareList uses when counting citations in its provider summaries. The state online records cover about the last five years.
minimum standards
The rules operations must follow. For centers they are in Texas Administrative Code Title 26, Chapter 746; for licensed and registered homes, Chapter 747. The governing statute is Texas Human Resources Code Chapter 42.

Cited standards

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

This standard covers caregivers staying close enough to children and remaining aware of their activities through sight or sound. Citations describe children leaving classrooms or remaining outside without caregivers knowing or supervising them.

745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

This standard covers receiving notification of background check results before allowing a person to be present at the operation. Citations describe caregivers working with children while their background checks were pending or without an active background check on file.

746.2805: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling

This standard covers the prohibition on grabbing and pulling children as punishment. Citations describe caregivers grabbing or pulling children, including an incident that resulted in a bruise on a child's arm.

746.5101: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

This standard covers fire inspections before the initial permit is issued and every year afterward. Citations describe operations without a current fire inspection or documentation showing an inspection within the past year.

746.603: Children's Records - Immunizations

This standard covers immunization records in children's files. Citations describe child records that were missing immunization records.

746.1201: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

This standard covers employees' and caregivers' competence, judgment, and self-control. A recent citation in McKinney describes a caregiver dropping a nicotine pouch in the child care area and a child later putting it into their mouth.

746.305: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk

This standard covers reporting situations that place children at risk. Citations describe management not reporting such situations to Child Care Regulations, including a caregiver leaving a classroom unsupervised.

746.307: Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk

This standard covers notifying parents about situations that placed their children at risk. Citations describe parents not being notified immediately when children were left outside without supervision.

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