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Checking a daycare in Midland, Texas

State records show 99 child care operations in Midland, including 78 licensed centers and 21 home-based operations. From 2023-10-10 through 2026-10-10, the records contain 369 citations across all operation types. During that window, 55 licensed centers had at least one citation, and 23 licensed centers had no citations. The entries identify the standards cited and include inspector descriptions of what was observed or what records were unavailable for review.

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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.

Providers by type

Provider typeProviders
Licensed Centers78
Licensed Child-Care Homes7
Listed Family Homes11
Registered Child-Care Homes3

Citations by HHSC risk level

HHSC risk weights of citations
Risk weightCitations
High125
Medium High135
Medium89
Medium Low14
Low6
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 activity2116
746.5101Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months1312
746.2421Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days1010
745.641AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation98
746.1601Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children97
746.613Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current98
746.1309Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required87
746.1309Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required87
746.303Report Number of Employees88
746.1201Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control76

ZIP codes by provider count

ZIPProviders
7970138
7970521
7970317
7970717
797066

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 to hear or see their ongoing activities. Citations describe caregivers leaving classrooms to open the front door and children being left without supervision.

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

This standard covers a fire inspection before the initial permit is issued and every twelve months afterward. Citations describe an overdue inspection or a current inspection report unavailable for review.

746.2421: Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

This standard covers reviewing and updating written feeding instructions every thirty days. Citations describe instructions that were no longer current for infants who were not yet eating table food.

746.1601: Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

This standard covers the number of caregivers required for a group of children. A citation describes a caregiver supervising more children than the ratio allowed, with another caregiver arriving during the inspection to correct the ratio.

746.613: Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

This standard covers keeping immunization records, exceptions, and exemptions current. Citations describe children whose immunizations were not current, with required immunizations missing.

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

This standard covers receiving background check eligibility notification before allowing a person to be present at the operation. Citations describe staff or other individuals having access to children before that notification was received.

746.1309: Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required

This standard covers documented annual training for caregivers who care for children under two years old. Citations describe training that was not current on sudden infant death syndrome, shaken baby syndrome, and early childhood brain development.

746.1309: Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

This standard covers documenting completion of the required annual training hours. Citations describe caregivers who had not completed all required hours.

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