Castle Montessori of Mckinney
A licensed child care center in McKinney, Texas 75071
6151 Virginia Pkwy, McKinney, Texas 75071. (972) 529-1222.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 12 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Collin County: 2
- 7 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 20 inspections on record
- Not rated 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?
12 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 647 child care providers in Collin County had 2.
20 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 8, 2026: no violation found.
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 Aug 28, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk, at the report to the state on Aug 28, 2026
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 Jul 9, 2026
4 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
11 deficiencies in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 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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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.
Oct 6, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered
“During the inspection, outlets accessible to children were lacking outlet covers in two classrooms.”
Aug 28, 2026: report to the state3 deficiencies
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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
“This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. A child was left in a classroom by two caregivers unsupervised for more than five minutes.”
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Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
“This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. The operation did not notify the parents of a child who had been left in a classroom immediately after the incident occurred. The operation informed the child’s parents at pick up, which was 52 minutes after the incident occurred.”
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Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
“This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. The operation did not share an incident report with the child’s parents until four days after the incident occurred.”
Jul 9, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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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
“A child in care was left unsupervised in a hallway at the operation.”
May 19, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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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 interviews with the staff and the parent of the victim, the staff left a child alone unsupervised in the gym. The child left the gym and was observed running down the hall by a collateral witness.”
Aug 7, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Infant Daily Report - Times and Amount of Food
“This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and was found to be deficient. On 7/30/2025, a caregiver recorded on an infant daily report that an infant took 4 ounces of milk when the infant did not take their bottle at the feeding; the caregiver did not communicate on the daily report that the infant did not take the milk.”
Sep 10, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“During the investigation inspection, a new employee was in the classroom with the children. The person had a pending status for their background check. This was corrected at inspection when the person left the classroom and the operation.”
Dec 15, 2023: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
“This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. A caregiver patted a child forcefully on the back during nap time as a form of punishment.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. A caregiver pulled a child by the arms up aggressively while getting to the child up from a nap mat, then pulled the child’s arm aggressively again to get the child to come with them.”
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Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Redirecting Behavior
“This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. Positive methods of discipline and guidance were not used during an occurrence of a child needing redirection.”
Nov 7, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“A child did not have immunization records on file.”
2 deficiencies older than three years
Nov 3, 2023: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
“The standard was evaluated with regards to a standard investigation and was found not in compliance the Minimum Standards for Licensed Childcare Centers. Based on interviews with staff, a caregiver in the 3- to 5-year-old class yelled at children out of frustration.”
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Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Redirecting Behavior
“The standard was evaluated with regards to a standard investigation and was found not in compliance the Minimum Standards for Licensed Childcare Centers. Based on interviews with staff, a caregiver in the 3 to 5 years old class did not use positive statements to redirect a child’s behavior but instead the caregiver placed the child outside of the classroom with the door closed.”
All 28 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 1, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 28, 2026 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 20, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 9, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 20, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 19, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 11, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 26, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 24, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 6, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 22, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 20, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 30, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 18, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 9, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 15, 2023 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 13, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 7, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 3, 2023 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 25, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 29, 2024.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 177 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.
- 8 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?
- Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 647 child care providers in Collin County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 12.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Castle Montessori of Mckinney This child care provider | 12 |
| Gabriels Little Angels Preschool | 0 |
| Heritage Learning Center | 2 |
| Alphabest @ Baker ? Prosper | 6 |
| Lake Forest Childcare Inc. | 31 |
| Alphabest @ Hughes ? Prosper | 0 |
| Christin Cho | Not given |
| Little Giants Daycare | 0 |
| Sprouts Preschool | 3 |
| Little Gems Montessori | 5 |
| Mother Hen Daycare | 3 |
| Goddard School | 1 |
| Ivy Vine Preschool | 0 |
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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