St. Mary’s Early Childhood Learning Center
A licensed child care center in Flint, Texas 75762
18221 FM 2493, Flint, Texas 75762. (903) 894-6013.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 0 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Smith County: 2
- 0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
- 12 inspections on record
- 3-Star Texas Rising Star rating
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
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?
0 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 83 child care providers in Smith County had 2.
12 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 18, 2026: no violation found.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
5 visits on record, nothing cited. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
7 deficiencies older than three years
Mar 9, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“A caregiver was present supervising 14 children and did not have an active status at the operation. The employee left during the inspection.”
Jan 19, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Covering Infant’s Head or Crib
“This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegation and found to be deficient. A caregiver covered an infant’s head with a blanket to hold their pacifier in their mouth.”
Dec 13, 2022: report to the state4 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegation and found to be deficient. The caregiver did not show competency when she did not intervene when an infant was observed entering the bathroom and the door was observed shut with the infant still inside.”
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children
“This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegation and found to be deficient. An infant was left alone unsupervised in a bathroom.”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegation and found to be deficient. The operation did not notify licensing an infant was left alone and unsupervised in a bathroom.”
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Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
“This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegation and found to be deficient. The operation did not notify the parent an infant was left alone and unsupervised in a bathroom.”
Oct 25, 2021: report to the state1 deficiency
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Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization
“The operation failed to report an injury that required medical treatment to child care regulation in the required time frame. Add - A child received an injury on 10.21.2021, taken to urgent care on 10.21.2021 and licensing was notified on 10.25.2021.”
All 16 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 17, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 14, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 31, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 22, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 10, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 19, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 9, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 20, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 19, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 10, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 16, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Report to the state | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 22, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 6, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 25, 2021 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 8, 2016.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 72 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 4 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 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: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 83 child care providers in Smith County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 0.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| St. Mary’s Early Childhood Learning Center This child care provider | 0 |
| Sharon Peggs | 0 |
| Bright Beginnings Early Education and Childcare Center | 3 |
| Frances Bachelor | 0 |
| Little Peoples School | 3 |
| Kids Kaleidoscope | 0 |
| Grace Community of Tyler Early Education Center | 8 |
| Stephanie Stapleton | Not given |
| North Tyler Day Nursery | 9 |
| Maria Araiza | Not given |
| Reach High Early Learning Center | 4 |
| Browning Learning Academy | 1 |
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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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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