Imagination Station Academy 5
A licensed child care center in Brownsville, Texas 78526
3260 Galeno Xing Ste I, Brownsville, Texas 78526. (956) 545-0066.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 4 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Cameron County: 2
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 15 inspections on record
- 4-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?
4 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 198 child care providers in Cameron County had 2.
15 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 2, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on Mar 6, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Field Trips - Ensure Safety, at the report to the state on Jul 2, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
4 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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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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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Mar 6, 2026: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“A caregiver pulled a child by the arm while leading him to time out.”
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Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
“A caregiver was observed on her phone and using air pods instead of attending to the children under her care.”
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Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Brief Supervised Separation
“A child was placed on time out for more than the allowed 2 minutes for his age.”
Jul 2, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Field Trips - Ensure Safety
“Based on the information gained during the investigation, the center did not use a written list of all children on the field trip. The shirts worn by the children did not include the daycare’s phone number.”
1 deficiency older than three years
Oct 22, 2021: report to the state1 deficiency
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Nutrition and Food Service - Drinking Water Available and Served
“The center failed to serve water to one child.”
All 21 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 7, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 6, 2026 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 2, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 15, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 31, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 13, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 12, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 1, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 22, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 6, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 17, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 8, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 9, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 30, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 22, 2021 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Sep 20, 2021.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 73 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.
- 6 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: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 198 child care providers in Cameron County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 4.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Imagination Station Academy 5 This child care provider | 4 |
| Smarty Pants Kids Academy | 1 |
| Marylin E. Burns Head Start Child Development Center | 0 |
| Building Blocks Child Care and Learning Center | 10 |
| Kidbridge Academy | 0 |
| Kid Zone Learning Center | 9 |
| Mundo Magico Learning Center | 7 |
| Leon Gardens Head Start Child Development Center | 0 |
| Small World Educational Center #2 | 0 |
| Imagination Station Academy 4 | 4 |
| A World of Adventures Academy | 6 |
| Kiddos Learning Center | 3 |
| Your Bright Stars Learning Center Daycare | 5 |
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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