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Little Paradise Academy, LLC

A licensed child care center in McAllen, Texas 78504

5516 N Mccoll Rd, McAllen, Texas 78504. (956) 627-1450.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.

The last 24 months 3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2025. Most serious: Medium High. Every month

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What these words mean5
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Texas’s risk levels
Texas gives each child care deficiency a risk level, by how likely it is to harm a child: Low, Medium Low, Medium, Medium High or High. High is its most serious. Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation.
Licence status
Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

3 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County had 3.

8 inspections on record. The latest, on May 5, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2025. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

3 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each deficiency, in Texas’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Jun 10, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Documentation of Drills

    “Fire drill was not documented for the month of May 2025.”

    Rule 746.5205(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 13, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 12, 2025.

Jul 9, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Tracking System or Sign-in and Sign-out Logs

    “The sign in and out log was not maintained. Corrected at Inspection: The times and initials were placed for those who had not been sign in.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 9, 2024.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Documentation for Emergency Drills, Fire Extinguishers, & Smoke Detectors

    “The fire safety documentation for emergency drills, fire extinguishers, and smoke detectors was not completed for the month of June 2024. Corrected at Inspection: The fire safety documentation was updated.”

    Rule 746.801(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 9, 2024.

9 deficiencies older than three years
Jul 13, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Types of Vehicles Used to Transport Children - Be Maintained Safely

    “The transportation vehicle was observed with trash (plastic wrappers, popcorn, and chips) on the floor. Corrected at Inspection: The transportation vehicle was cleaned during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.5603(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 13, 2023.

  • Required Personnel Records- Training Hours

    “Training certificate was not available for review for an employee’s record.”

    Rule 746.901(5). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 19, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 19, 2023.

  • Education Outside of U.S.

    “A caregiver’s foreign education was not translated. A caregiver’s translated education document did not indicate the equivalency of education in the USA.”

    Rule 746.1045. Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 25, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 6, 2023.

Aug 17, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Safety Requirements for Play Yards - Snug Fitting Sheets

    “An infant was asleep in a play yard that did not have a sheet. Corrected at Inspection: The caregiver placed a sheet on the mattress of the play yard.”

    Rule 746.2411(2)(B). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 17, 2022.

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “One cockroach was observed in the school age classroom. The outdoor play area was observed clean and free of any trash.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 19, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 18, 2022.

Aug 11, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Supervised Naptime Daily

    “The school age children are not napping at the operation.”

    Rule 746.2901. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 12, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 17, 2022.

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The outdoor play area was observed with trash (used napkins, a Styrofoam cup, and an old empty cigarette box.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 11, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 17, 2022.

  • Screen Time Activities - May Supplement Activities Not Replace

    “A school age child was playing and chatting on a game app, Roblox, on their IPAD which was not part of the activity plan.”

    Rule 746.2207(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 12, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 17, 2022.

Jul 28, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “The toddler classroom was observed with dust and debris on two large vents.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 29, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 11, 2022.

All 10 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
May 5, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 10, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 9, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Feb 7, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 13, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Feb 14, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Feb 6, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 17, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Aug 11, 2022Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Jul 28, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 21, 2014.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 51 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

  • No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
  • 2 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

  • Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.

Who owns it?

  • Texas’s open data doesn’t list owners.

How is it rated?

  • Texas Rising Star: 2-Star (the first of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 3.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 479 in Hidalgo County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Little Paradise Academy, LLC This child care provider3
Kids Being Kids Academy8
Smart Kids Daycare & Learning Center7
Val-Ado, Inc. DBA Playhouse 3 Learning & Development10
Instituto Lumen, LLC11
Adventureland Academy LLC7
Prestige Learning Center Nolana8
New Horizons Learning Academy20
Innovative Child Development Center1
Little Valley Scholars Academy5
Mcallen Learning Center & Daycare LLC11
The Little Classroom LLC3

What the record doesn’t say

  • Texas doesn’t publish whether a complaint was substantiated.
  • Texas rates some paperwork slips as High risk, so read what was actually cited.
  • Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.

Sources

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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