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Little Rockets Academy

A licensed child care center in McAllen, Texas 78504

5201 N Ware Rd, McAllen, Texas 78504. (956) 322-8122.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 7 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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?

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

10 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 18, 2026: 5 deficiencies cited.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

7 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.

Jun 18, 2026: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training

    “6 out of 8 staff files reviewed are missing trainings, including trainings on the following topics: Child Maltreatment, Transportation, Hazardous Materials, Allergies, Medication, Emergency Preparedness, Communicable Diseases, SIDS.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(5)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 25, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 25, 2026.

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Transportation training

    “The director and 2 employees lack up to date transportation training.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(7)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 25, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 25, 2026.

  • Documentation of Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “A copy of the most recent annual sanitation inspection was not observed at the childcare center.”

    Rule 746.3403. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 25, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 18, 2026.

  • Documentation of Fire Inspection

    “A copy of the most recent fire inspection was not obserevd at the operation.”

    Rule 746.5103. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 25, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 25, 2026.

  • Children’s Records Maintained

    “2 out of 8 children’s files reviewed were not available for review.”

    Rule 746.603(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 25, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 18, 2026.

Jul 16, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Documentation of Drills

    “The last severe weather and lock down drill documented was 1/8/24.”

    Rule 746.5205(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 23, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 23, 2025.

Aug 2, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Tracking System or Sign-in and Sign-out Logs

    “The sign in and out log was not maintained. Corrected at Inspection: The times and initials were placed for those who had not been sign in.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 2, 2024.

11 deficiencies older than three years
Aug 30, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps

    “An infant was not securely strapped on the high chair.”

    Rule 746.2407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 30, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 12, 2023.

Aug 16, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Safety - Bodies of Water Inaccessible to Children

    “A wading pool in the infant outdoor play area was observed with about an inch of water. Corrected at Inspection: The pool was emptied and removed.”

    Rule 746.3701(9). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 16, 2023.

  • Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

    “Director did not have a current annual transportation training.”

    Rule 746.1316(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 18, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 30, 2023.

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The outdoor fence was observed damaged and loose.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 8, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 12, 2023.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “An infant who is formula fed did not have a current infant feeding instruction form.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 18, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 30, 2023.

  • Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child’s Name

    “The mats used by the children during naptime were labeled with a number but there was no list of names to the assigned mats. Corrected at Inspection: The list was created for the number/child assigned mats.”

    Rule 746.4503(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 16, 2023.

May 2, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records

    “Training records were not available for review.”

    Rule 746.801(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 3, 2023. Correction verified: May 4, 2023.

Aug 22, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Safety Requirements for Play Yards - Label for Each Infant

    “The infant play yards were not labeled with the infant’s name. Corrected at Inspection: The play yards were labeled with the infant’s name.”

    Rule 746.2411(2)(I). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 22, 2022.

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The vents in the afterschool classroom were observed with dust and debris. There was floor tile missing in the afterschool classroom. There outdoor play area was observed with 2 used face masks and trash (plastic wrappers & bags) on the ground. There was a water hose that posed a tripping hazard to the children in the outdoor play area.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 29, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 9, 2022.

  • Written Activity Plans

    “There was no current activity plan for the preschool and infant group.”

    Rule 746.2203(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 24, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 9, 2022.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “There was no current infant feeding instructions for a 5 month old infant. The last infant feeding instructions was from 05/16/22.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 23, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 26, 2022.

All 14 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jun 18, 2026Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Apr 24, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 16, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Aug 2, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 12, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Aug 30, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Aug 16, 2023Inspection5 deficiencies cited
May 23, 2023InspectionNo violation found
May 22, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
May 2, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 28, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Feb 5, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 9, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Aug 22, 2022Inspection4 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 7, 2010.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 70 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.
  • 4 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 7.
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
Little Rockets Academy This child care provider7
Little Paradise Academy, LLC3
Kids Being Kids Academy8
Smart Kids Daycare & Learning Center7
Val-Ado, Inc. DBA Playhouse 3 Learning & Development10
Instituto Lumen, LLC11
Adventureland Academy LLC7
Prestige Learning Center Nolana8
New Horizons Learning Academy20
Innovative Child Development Center1
Little Valley Scholars Academy5
Mcallen Learning Center & Daycare LLC11
The Little Classroom LLC3

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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