Maelee’s Learning Academy
A licensed child care center in Weslaco, Texas 78596
702 S Texas Blvd, Weslaco, Texas 78596. (956) 447-0144.
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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
- 4 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 9 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?
5 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County had 3.
9 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 26, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on May 15, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the report to the state on May 15, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on May 15, 2025
1 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
5 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited May 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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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.
May 15, 2025: report to the state5 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“The director did not use good judgement by using backpacks as a form of determining if the children had gone home.”
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“Based on the investigation it was determined that a child was not properly supervised and left outside in the playground area alone.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“Based on information gathered during the investigation, there are concerns that children are being grabbed inappropriately by the arms”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“The local licensing office was not notified that a child had been left outside on the playground unsupervised.”
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Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Employees’ Attendance
“There were no time sheets available for the director.”
1 deficiency older than three years
Apr 1, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Additional Minimum Qualifications for Caregivers - Age Requirement
“A staff file does not have proof of education and TB test results.”
All 12 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 16, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 15, 2025 | Report to the state | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 4, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 19, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 11, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 4, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 7, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 12, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 17, 2020.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 51 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.
- 3 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 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: 3-Star (the middle 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.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| The Growing Patch Early Learning Center | 9 |
| Bess Knapp Child Development and Child Care | 0 |
| The Learning Corner | 4 |
| Children’s Footprints Learning Center | 3 |
| Westgate Learning Academy | 2 |
| Little Lions Learning Center | 5 |
| Lollipops and Dragons, LLC | 3 |
| Little Adventurers Child Development Center, LLC | 1 |
| Maelee’s Learning Academy #2 | 4 |
| Fox Tree Learning Center | 1 |
| Maelee’s Learning Academy This child care provider | 5 |
| Maelee’s Learning Academy 3 | 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
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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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