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Checking a daycare in San Antonio, Texas

State child care records for San Antonio show 751 child care operations, including 496 licensed centers and 255 home-based operations, across 56 ZIP codes, with most operations located in Bexar, Comal County. During the window from 2023-10-10 to 2026-10-10, records list 5,628 citations, including 1,347 at High risk, 2,463 at Medium High risk, 1,566 at Medium risk, 189 at Medium Low risk, and 63 at Low risk. Among licensed centers, 449 had at least one citation in the window, while 47 had none.

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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 Centers496
Licensed Child-Care Homes69
Listed Family Homes68
Registered Child-Care Homes118

Citations by HHSC risk level

HHSC risk weights of citations
Risk weightCitations
High1,347
Medium High2,463
Medium1,566
Medium Low189
Low63
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 activity198133
746.1205Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for11897
746.613Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current10592
746.3407Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment10270
746.1309Documented Annual Training- Required Content10084
746.603Children's Records - Immunizations9878
745.641AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation9172
746.3701Safety - Areas Free From Hazards8063
746.5101Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months8063
746.1201Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control7762

ZIP codes by provider count

ZIPProviders
7825343
7824541
7825432
7825128
7824027
7825027
7822724
7822823
7824923
7825822

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 requires caregivers to keep every child nearby and within sight or hearing. Records in San Antonio describe a caregiver leaving a classroom unattended to open the front door, children entering the building and walking to their classrooms on their own, and a child running away from the group without a caregiver stopping her.

746.1205: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for

This standard requires caregivers to know how many children they are responsible for at any given time. Records in San Antonio describe caregivers stating a number of children in care that did not match the count verified during the inspection, with one instance corrected when the caregiver recounted the children.

746.613: Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

This standard requires each child to have a current immunization record on file, along with any allowed exception or exemption. Records in San Antonio describe children whose files were missing a current immunization record at the time of the inspection.

746.3407: Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

This standard covers keeping the building, grounds, and equipment maintained, in repair, and clean. Records in San Antonio describe overgrown grass on a playground, a classroom toilet with hard water rings, urine stains, and residue, and a fence and gate in a toddler playground needing repair.

746.1309: Documented Annual Training- Required Content

This standard requires staff to complete and document annual training on required health and safety topics. Records in San Antonio describe staff files missing training on topics such as emergency preparedness, controlling communicable diseases, administering medication, food allergies, building safety, and handling and storing hazardous materials.

746.603: Children's Records - Immunizations

This standard requires each child's records to include a current immunization record. Records in San Antonio describe children's files that did not have a current immunization record on file when reviewed.

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

This standard requires a person to have background check results before being allowed at the operation. Records in San Antonio describe adults counted in ratio or working in classrooms before background check results were on file, with some instances corrected during the inspection when the individual left.

746.3701: Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

This standard requires areas used by children to be kept free from hazards. Records in San Antonio describe electrical outlets without safety covers, a playground with broken toys, a broken slide, and trash accessible to children, and cleaning chemicals left within reach during an activity.

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