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Growing Minds Early Educational Center LLC

A licensed child care center in Castroville, Texas 78009

2851 Us Highway 90 E, Castroville, Texas 78009. (830) 584-3331.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.

The last 24 months 14 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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?

14 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 18 child care providers in Medina County had 8.

9 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 29, 2026: outcome pending.

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 Jun 12, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization, at the inspection on Jun 12, 2025

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

14 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

14 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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Jun 11, 2026: assessment1 deficiency
  • Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required

    “Re-cite: The director’s record was lacking certificates for 16.5 out of the 30 annual training hours required.”

    Rule 746.1311(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 19, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 30, 2026.

Apr 28, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies
  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “The operation has not had an annual sanitation inspection in over 12 months.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 12, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 2, 2026.

  • Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required

    “The director’s record was lacking certificates for 16.5 out of the 30 annual training hours required.”

    Rule 746.1311(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 5, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 11, 2026.

  • Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements

    “One out of four employee records reviewed was lacking documentation on how the employee meets the educational requirements.”

    Rule 746.901(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 29, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 29, 2026.

Dec 3, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age

    “The operation combined two classrooms in which the youngest child and oldest child were more than 18 months apart in age. The youngest child was 15 months old and the oldest child was 4 years old. This was corrected at inspection when the 15 month old was moved to the infant room.”

    Rule 746.1605(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 3, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 11, 2025.

  • Notification of Change in Space

    “The operation changed space by renovating and removing a wall between a classroom and office as well as adding a half wall between the entrance and pre-k room. The operation did not notify Child Care Regulation of these changes.”

    Rule 746.301(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 3, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 11, 2025.

Sep 12, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children’s names and ages

    “A caregiver did not know the ages of the children they were supervising and they did not have a list available with the information to reference. This was corrected at inspection when a list with the children’s names and birth dates was provided to the caregiver.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 12, 2025.

  • Safety Requirements for Play Yards - Label for Each Infant

    “Three out of four play yards were not labeled for each infant. This was corrected at inspection when labels were made and added above each play yard.”

    Rule 746.2411(2)(I). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 12, 2025.

Jul 9, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
  • Safety - Sliding Door Glass Marked

    “The sliding doors are not marked with a decal or other material at the children’s eye level.”

    Rule 746.3701(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 11, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 10, 2025.

Jun 12, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies
  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “An employee with a pending background check was present and providing care to children at the operation. This was corrected at inspection when the employee left the operation.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 12, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 12, 2025.

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization

    “One out of four children’s records evaluated were lacking an emergency medical authorization.”

    Rule 746.605(11). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 13, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 13, 2025.

  • Required Admission Information - Physician Information

    “One out of four children’s records evaluated were lacking physician information and information for an emergency care facility.”

    Rule 746.605(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 13, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 13, 2025.

  • Health Statement on File within 1 Week of Admission

    “Two out four children’s records evaluated were lacking a complete health statement.”

    Rule 746.611(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 26, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 17, 2025.

  • Posting Requirements - List entitled “Current Employees”--sized at least 81/2 X 11 inches, printed legibly, include employee first and last name

    “A list of current employees was not posted. This was corrected at inspection when an current list of employees was posted.”

    Rule 746.401(9). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 12, 2025.

All 11 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 29, 2026InspectionOutcome pending
Jun 18, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 11, 2026Assessment1 deficiency cited
Apr 28, 2026Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Dec 11, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Dec 3, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Nov 20, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 12, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jul 9, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 12, 2025Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Mar 28, 2025InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Oct 10, 2025.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 44 children.
Source:

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.
  • 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 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.
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 18 child care providers in Medina County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 8; this one had 14.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 18 in Medina County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Graceday Village School8
Graceday Village School II3
Growing Minds Early Educational Center LLC This child care provider14
Jaclyn PadillaNot given
Lhk Group, LLC DBA Mi Casa Child Center0
Tanna Elizabeth Berg3
Ruiz Family Babi18
Happy Home Daycare10
The Color Box Child Learning Center1
Sat Learning Center and Pre-School8
Ms Cassy’s Kids15
Little Genius Academy8

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 5, 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 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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