Little Leaders Childcare Center
A licensed child care center in San Marcos, Texas 78666
400 Uhland Rd, San Marcos, Texas 78666. (512) 268-6406.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.
- 7 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Hays County: 2
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 9 inspections on record
- 4-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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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?
7 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 124 child care providers in Hays County had 2.
9 inspections on record. The latest, on Apr 21, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.
Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the inspection on Oct 23, 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 inspection on Apr 8, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
7 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
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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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Apr 21, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
“One caregiver was missing 3 hours of annual training hours.”
Oct 23, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“A caregiver was present without an eligible background check. This was corrected when the caregiver left the oepration and will not return until an eligible background is recieved.”
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Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner
“Trashcans in the toddler, pre-k classrooms and hallway bathroom did not have lids.”
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Children Handwashing Before Eating
“The Pre-K class did not wash hands with soap and water before eating lunch. They had also just come in from outside time.”
Apr 8, 2025: inspection1 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
“One of the teachers in the infant room was using the restroom in the infant room leaving one teacher to eight infants ages 4 - 17 months.”
Feb 25, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Nutrition and Food Service - Follow Meal Patterns
“The morning and afternoon snacks did not include two components.”
Nov 26, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
“The loose fill in both of the outdoor play areas did not meet the 6 inch minimum requirement.”
All 10 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 4, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 17, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 8, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 4, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 25, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 27, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 3, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 26, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued May 12, 2025.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 40 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 24, 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 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 24, 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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 124 child care providers in Hays County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 7.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Little Leaders Childcare Center This child care provider | 7 |
| Kids of the Kingdom | 12 |
| Little Lambs Learning Center | 5 |
| Smcisd Child Development Center | 4 |
| Blanca Gonzalez | Not given |
| First United Methodist Day School and Afterschool | 3 |
| A. Washington Child Development Center | 1 |
| Blanco Vista Eac YMCA | 0 |
| Paloma Montessori School | 4 |
| First Step Inc. | 1 |
| William Crook Child Development Center | 1 |
| Wonderland School Day Care | 11 |
| Giggle and Grow San Marcos | 15 |
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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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