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Pekes Kidz Learning Center LLC

A licensed child care center in McAllen, Texas 78501

2321 Galveston Ave Ste 50, McAllen, Texas 78501. (956) 322-5594.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 4 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Most serious: 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?

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

8 inspections on record. The latest, on Jan 12, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Rated High by Texas: Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device - Remove the infant from the device and place the infant in a crib as soon as possible, at the inspection on Dec 19, 2023

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

4 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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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 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Jan 12, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children’s Records Maintained

    “Three records for children were reviewed. 2 records were missing Parents rights form 2987.”

    Rule 746.603(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 12, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 13, 2026.

Jul 3, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface

    “Diaper changing mat in the infant room has a cloth cover and non-absorbent/lining is torn.”

    Rule 746.3503(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 5, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 11, 2024.

  • Children’s Records Maintained

    “Four children’s files were reviewed: one file is missin immunization records, one file is missing infant-feeding instructions, two are missing health statements and two are missing parent’s rights statement.”

    Rule 746.603(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 17, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 12, 2024.

Dec 19, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device - Remove the infant from the device and place the infant in a crib as soon as possible

    “An infant-age child was observed asleep in a rocker. Note: During inspection provider brought the child’s crib into the room and transfered child to the crib.”

    Rule 746.2426(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 19, 2023. Correction verified: Dec 28, 2023.

7 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 30, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Children’s Records Maintained

    “Three out of four children’s files reviewed are missing health statements and immunization records.”

    Rule 746.603(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 13, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 13, 2023.

  • Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements

    “One out of three staff records reviewed is a missing a copy of high school diploma or equivalent.”

    Rule 746.901(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 6, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 10, 2023.

Sep 25, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Keep Records for 3 Months

    “Monthly inspections of the active play space and equipment have not been documented.”

    Rule 746.4751(d). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 27, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 6, 2023.

  • Documentation of Drills

    “No fire drills, CO/Smoke Detectors and Fire Extinguisher Checks were documented. Note: Provided indicated a fire drill was conducted on 09/04/2023 but was not documented in error. During inspection, provider completed a CO / Smoke Detector and Fire Extinguisher Check. Checks and fire drill were documented during inspection.”

    Rule 746.5205(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 25, 2023.

Aug 16, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Smoke-Detection System

    “There are no smoke detectors in the infant and toddler rooms. Operation does not have a carbon monoxide detector.”

    Rule 746.5311(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 23, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 17, 2023.

  • Written Operational Policies - Transportation

    “Operational Policies were reviewed and the following information is missing: -Transportation Policy -The criteria you will use to determine when extreme weather conditions pose a significant health risk that prohibits or limits outdoor play -Procedures for parents to review and discuss with the child-care center director any questions or concerns about the policies and procedures of the child-care -Procedures for supporting inclusive services to children with special care needs”

    Rule 746.501(a)(14). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 23, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 17, 2023.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Sanitation Inspection Report

    “Report for health inspection conducted on 06/23/2023 was not available for review at the time of inspection.”

    Rule 746.801(12). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 23, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 18, 2023.

All 8 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jan 12, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jan 16, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 3, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Dec 28, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Dec 19, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 30, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Sep 25, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Aug 16, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 12, 2024.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 31 children.
Source:

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 .
Source:

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: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Source:

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 4.
Source:

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

12 of the 479 in Hidalgo County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Pekes Kidz Learning Center LLC This child care provider4
Mega Kids Child Development Center0
St. Mark Pre School6
St. Paul Lutheran Early Learning Center6
Angelita Navarro0
Abc’s Children’s College3
Bright Little Angel’s Development Center, LLC6
Caring and Sharing Learning Center II0
Little Loves Educare4
Valley Kidz Academy1
The Learning Palace1
N & C Academy LLC15
St. John’s Episcopal Day School4

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 Nov 2, 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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