Smart Kids Educational Day Care
A licensed child care center in Brownsville, Texas 78520
1703 Boca Chica Blvd, Brownsville, Texas 78520. (956) 547-9300.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.
- 3 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Cameron County: 2
- 1 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 12 inspections on record
- 3-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?
3 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 198 child care providers in Cameron County had 2.
12 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 9, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on Oct 20, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 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 |
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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 30, 2026. Updated daily.
Jul 30, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Must Not be Used Indoors
“The loose fill around the ladder is less than the required depth. grass is visible in the use zone.”
Oct 22, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two
“Observed caregiver supervising 10 children between the ages of 10 months to 2 years old while they were watching television not associated with the lesson plan. NOTE: CORRECTED AT INSPECTION as the television was turned off and caregiver continued with the lesson plan at the time of inspection.”
Oct 20, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“A caregiver did not use good judgement by allowing children to watch television while strapping another child to a chair and face the wall.”
5 deficiencies older than three years
Apr 6, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
“6 children’s files were evaluated and 3 do not have an individual other than the parent in case of an emergency.”
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Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services
“Written operational policy does not include supporting inclusive services to children with special care needs.”
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“6 children’s files were evaluated and 1 did not have the immunizations on file at the time of inspection.”
May 3, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions
“One transportation vehicle purchased in 2016 does not have the electronic child safety alarm installed at the time of inspection.”
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Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually
“Transportation training for employee has not been updated. Last completed 9/27/2019.”
All 14 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 17, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 28, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 18, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 20, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 2, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 6, 2023 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| May 17, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 3, 2022 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 22, 2002.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 62 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 2 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 Oct 30, 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: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 198 child care providers in Cameron County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 3.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Smart Kids Educational Day Care This child care provider | 3 |
| Episcopal Day School Day Care | 2 |
| A Place to Grow Learning Center | 0 |
| Montessori School | 2 |
| Kidbridge Academy | 1 |
| Tsc Raul J. Guerra Early Childhood Center | 0 |
| The Children’s Palace Learning Center II | 10 |
| Angel’s Land Day Care and Learning Center | 1 |
| Imagination Station Academy 2 | 0 |
| Urimar Montessori, LLC | 3 |
| First Prep Preschool | 7 |
| Learning Tree Kids Academy | 10 |
| Kids R Us | 16 |
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 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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