Little Roots Learning Center

A licensed child care home in McAllen, Texas 78503

5200 S 27th St, McAllen, Texas 78503. (956) 993-0477.

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The short answer

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

6 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Hidalgo County: 3
0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
4 inspections on record
Not star-rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 6 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: Medium 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?

6 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

4 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 22, 2026: outcome pending.

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

6 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023												Dec
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	Nov

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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

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 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Jul 7, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

Sanitation of Building, Grounds and Equipment

“Grass in the playground area is overgrown.”

Rule 747.3203. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 9, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 10, 2026.

Apr 6, 2026: inspection5 deficiencies

Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

“Outdoor space has multiple accessible hazards including: AC unit, ant pile, fence with peeling paint and protruding nails, broken glass, tools, a ladder and planks and pieces of wood.”

Rule 747.3501. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 20, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 28, 2026.
Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, Relocation and Sheltering Procedures

“Operation does not have a written emergency preparedness plan.”

Rule 747.5003(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 20, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 10, 2026.
Written Activity Plan - Outdoor and Active Play

“Daily schedule does not meet the required minimum time for outdoor play and physical activity.”

Rule 747.2104(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 13, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 8, 2026.
First Aid Kit Incomplete -Thermometer, preferably non-glass

“First aid kit is missing thermometer.”

Rule 747.3803(a)(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 13, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 7, 2026.
Written Operational Policies - Duration of Physical Activity

“Operational policies were reviewed and are missing the following: (3) Medications policy; (8)(A) The duration of physical activity at your home, both indoor and outdoor; (8)(B) The recommended clothing and footwear that will (8)(C) A plan to ensure physical activity occurs on days when extreme weather conditions prohibit or limit outdoor time; (10) Instructions on how a parent may access the (A) Minimum standards online (B)Texas Abuse and Neglect Hotline; and (C) HHSC website; and (11) Your emergency preparedness plan.”

Rule 747.501(8)(A). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 20, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 28, 2026.

All 4 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Oct 22, 2026	Inspection	Outcome pending
Jul 7, 2026	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Apr 28, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Apr 6, 2026	Inspection	5 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Apr 28, 2026.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 12 children.

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 .

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?

Not star-rated in Texas Rising Star (TWC’s code: ELD).

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 6.

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

11 of the 479 in Hidalgo County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Building My Future Academy	1
Kaleidoscope Ll Early Childhood Learning K.c.	5
Escandon Head Start	2
Sanjuanita Cantu	4
Sam Houston Head Start Campus	1
Millenium Kids Academy #3 LLC	0
Little Roots Learning Center This child care provider	6
Wonder Kids Academy LLC	0
Nancy Edith Garza	3
Lourdes Martinez	3
Little Dreamers Learning Academy	0
Valley Oak Tree No.1	1

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

Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).

Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).

Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).

Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.

Released Nov 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.

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This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.

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