Mesquite has 72 child care operations, including 37 licensed centers and 35 home-based operations. State inspection records show 217 citations across all operation types from 2023-10-10 through 2026-10-10. During that period, 29 licensed centers had at least one citation. The remaining 8 licensed centers had no citations recorded 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 | 37 |
| Licensed Child-Care Homes | 14 |
| Listed Family Homes | 8 |
| Registered Child-Care Homes | 13 |
| Risk weight | Citations |
|---|---|
| High | 60 |
| Medium High | 90 |
| Medium | 55 |
| Medium Low | 4 |
| Low | 8 |
| 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 | 13 | 9 |
| 746.3407 | Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment | 6 | 5 |
| 746.3701 | Safety - Areas Free From Hazards | 5 | 4 |
| 746.603 | Children's Records - Immunizations | 4 | 3 |
| 747.603 | Children's Records - Health Statement | 4 | 4 |
| 745.641 | AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation | 3 | 3 |
| 746.2805 | Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling | 3 | 2 |
| 746.2805 | Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment | 3 | 3 |
| 746.305 | Report Situation Placing Children at Risk | 3 | 2 |
| 746.4907 | Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Nine Inches if Equipment Greater Than 5 Ft. | 3 | 3 |
| ZIP | Providers |
|---|---|
| 75149 | 27 |
| 75150 | 25 |
| 75181 | 20 |
This standard covers caregivers staying close enough to children to see or hear their activities and provide supervision. Citations in Mesquite records describe children left unattended, including a child who entered another classroom alone.
This standard covers maintaining buildings, grounds and equipment. Citations in Mesquite records describe a missing restroom floor grate, an uneven wooden walkway, unsecured fence repairs, protruding nails and a hole in fencing.
This standard covers keeping areas free from hazards. Citations in Mesquite records describe a bike seat involved in an incident that required medical attention for a child, and a playground area with a deep step down and exposed sprinkler equipment.
This standard covers keeping children's immunization records on file and updated. Citations in Mesquite records describe missing immunization records or records that were not updated.
This standard covers keeping a health statement in a child's record. Citations in Mesquite records describe missing or incomplete health statements, including a statement without a doctor's signature.
This standard covers receiving notice of a person's background check eligibility before allowing that person to be present at the operation. Citations in Mesquite records describe a person present before eligibility notice arrived and caregivers working with children without an active background check.
This standard prohibits corporal punishment. Citations in Mesquite records describe findings of prohibited punishment, including a director hitting a child with her hand, a ruler and a belt.
This standard prohibits punishment involving humiliation, rejection or yelling. Citations in Mesquite records describe caregivers yelling at children.
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