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Avance Fidel & Andrea Villarreal Elementary

A licensed child care center in Zapata, Texas 78076

805 Mira Flores Ave, Zapata, Texas 78076. (210) 550-9784.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 27, 2026.

The last 24 months 1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2024. Most serious: Medium. 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?

1 deficiency cited in the last three years

The middle of the 7 child care providers in Zapata County had 2.

10 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 15, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2024. Most serious: Medium. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.

1 deficiency by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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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 27, 2026. Updated daily.

Apr 18, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Fenced Outdoor Activity Space -Exits Required

    “The childcare operation lacks a key/key code for building access during outdoor activities which poses a significant safety risk for children in the event of an emergency.”

    Rule 746.4307. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 10, 2024. Correction verified: May 3, 2024.

7 deficiencies older than three years
May 3, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Orientation

    “An employee hired on 12/19/22 did not have an Orientation.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(1)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 5, 2023. Correction verified: May 5, 2023.

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training

    “Two caregivers hired on 09/19/22 and 12/19/22 did not complete the 24 hours of Preservice Training.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(2)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 19, 2023. Correction verified: May 23, 2023.

Nov 17, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The vent in the two classrooms was observed with dust and debris. There were children sitting near the vent who were coughing and sneezing. Corrected at Inspection: The vents were cleaned during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 17, 2022.

Apr 14, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Training Requirements for Employees and Caregivers - Pre-service Training

    “A caregiver hired on 12/01/21 did not have the 24 hours of Pre-Service Training.”

    Rule 746.1301(2)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 6, 2022. Correction verified: May 3, 2022.

  • Posting Requirements - Child’s Food Allergy Plans

    “The Food Allergy Plan for a child diagnosed with a food allergy was not posted in the classroom. **The plan was posted in the classroom during the inspection. The Food Allergy Plan did not include possible symptoms if exposed to a food on the list; and the steps to take if the child has an allergic reaction.”

    Rule 746.403(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 22, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 26, 2022.

  • Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements

    “Three employee records did not have documentation showing how the employee meets the education requirements. There was copy of an unofficial college transcript in the files.”

    Rule 746.901(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 19, 2022.

Feb 3, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Posting Requirements - Letter or form from the most recent Licensing Inspection or Investigation

    “The Licensing Inspection report, 10/21/21, was not posted. The current menu was not posted.”

    Rule 746.401(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 4, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 4, 2022.

All 11 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 15, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Apr 9, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Apr 14, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Apr 18, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 3, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Mar 24, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Mar 21, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Nov 17, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 10, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Apr 14, 2022Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Feb 3, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued May 17, 2022.
  • Licensed for ages: Pre-Kindergarten.
  • Capacity: 34 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

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

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 27, 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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 7 child care providers in Zapata County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 1.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

6 of the 7 in Zapata County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Great Beginnings Child Care and Learning Center8
Little Angels Learning Center6
The Dora O. Martinez Early Childhood Development Center2
Avance Zapata Early Head Start Center1
Avance Fidel & Andrea Villarreal Elementary This child care provider1
Avance Zapata South Elementary2
Little Angels Learning Center #27

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 Oct 27, 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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