Little Valley Scholars Academy

A licensed child care home in McAllen, Texas 78504

7926 N 28th Lane, McAllen, Texas 78504. (956) 358-9326.

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The short answer

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

5 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Hidalgo County: 3
0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
5 inspections on record
2-Star Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 5 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: Medium High. Every month

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?

5 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

5 inspections on record. The latest, on Mar 24, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

5 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023												Dec
2024	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2025	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2026	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov

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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

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.

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

Mar 24, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

“Fire drills were not practiced for the year 2026. *Fire drill conducted at inspection with an exit time of 22 seconds.”

Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 24, 2026.

Apr 16, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies

Measurement of Use Zone for Slides - in Front of Access and on Sides

“Use zones for slides were not observed in compliance.”

Rule 747.4605(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 21, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 23, 2025.
Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

“Fire drill records were not available for review.”

Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 18, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 28, 2025.
Primary Caregiver Annual Training - Required Special Topics without specific hours

“Primary caregiver is missing annual trainings: Hazardous materials, Allergies, Building Safety, Communicable diseases”

Rule 747.1309(d). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 23, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 28, 2025.
Children’s Records- Kept at home and available for review

“1 out of 4 children’s records were not available for review.”

Rule 747.603(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 18, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 28, 2025.

3 deficiencies older than three years

May 25, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required

“Primary caregiver did not have the 30 annual training hours for training period: 11/13/21-11/13/22. There 16 out 30 hours trainings.”

Rule 747.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 2, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 8, 2023.
Measurement of Use Zone for Stationary Equipment

“The play structures in the outdoor play area did not have the required use zone. Corrected at Inspection: The play structures were rearranged and two were removed.”

Rule 747.4603. Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 25, 2023.
Children’s Records - Health Statement

“One child’s record did not have a health statement on file.”

Rule 747.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 2, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 7, 2023.

All 5 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Mar 24, 2026	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Apr 16, 2025	Inspection	4 deficiencies cited
May 16, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
May 25, 2023	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Jun 2, 2022	Inspection	No violation found

Is it licensed?

Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Jun 23, 2020.
Accepts state child care subsidies.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 12 children.

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.
0 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

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).

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 5.

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
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Little Paradise Academy, LLC	3
Kids Being Kids Academy	8
Smart Kids Daycare & Learning Center	7
Val-Ado, Inc. DBA Playhouse 3 Learning & Development	10
Instituto Lumen, LLC	11
Adventureland Academy LLC	7
Prestige Learning Center Nolana	8
New Horizons Learning Academy	20
Innovative Child Development Center	1
Little Valley Scholars Academy This child care provider	5
Mcallen Learning Center & Daycare LLC	11
The Little Classroom LLC	3

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

Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).

Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).

Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).

Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.

Released Nov 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.

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