Head Start Pilgrim School
A licensed child care center in San Antonio, Texas 78213
500 Pilgrim Dr, San Antonio, Texas 78213. (210) 525-0350.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 5 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Bexar County: 5
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 18 inspections on record
- 4-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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?
5 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 768 child care providers in Bexar County had 5.
18 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 21, 2026: outcome pending.
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 report to the state on Feb 2, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on Feb 2, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
5 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 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 | Nov |
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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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Mar 11, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Documented Annual Training- Required Content
“Five staff files do not have training available for review during an inspection in the required topics: Understanding building and physical premises safety, including identification and protection from hazards, and Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials.”
Feb 2, 2025: report to the state3 deficiencies
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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
“It is found during a DFPS investigation a child left their classroom unsupervised, and wandered to the outdoor playground.”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“It is found during a DFPS investigation that the operation failed to report a child leaving the classroom unsupervised, exiting the building through doors leading to the playground.”
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Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
“It is found during a DFPS investigation that an incident report regarding a child leaving a classroom unsupervised was written and not shared with the child’s parent.”
Jan 17, 2024: assessment1 deficiency
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Report Number of Employees
“The operation did not complete the requirement of reporting the number of employees that left in 2023 by 1/15/2024.”
2 deficiencies older than three years
Apr 18, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Documented Annual Training- Required Content
“10 files were reviewed, 3 caregivers do not have training certificates indicating training in Emergency preparedness, Preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases, Administering medication, Preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction, Understanding building and physical premises safety, and Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials.”
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Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit
“3 employee does not have Affidavits in their employee files available for review.”
All 28 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2026 | Inspection | Outcome pending |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 6, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 11, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 14, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 13, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 2, 2025 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 19, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 9, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 18, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 17, 2024 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 8, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 7, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 6, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 26, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 18, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 6, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 28, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 22, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 27, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 19, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 29, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 17, 2021 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 12, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 9, 2021 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 8, 2021 | Report to the state | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 9, 2011.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 68 children.
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.
- 9 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 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?
- Texas Rising Star: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 768 child care providers in Bexar County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 5.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Head Start Pilgrim School This child care provider | 5 |
| Jessica Marie Gomez | Not given |
| Joys of Heaven Child Care and Learning Center | 0 |
| Beatrice L. Garcia | Not given |
| I’m Just A Kid! LLC | 2 |
| Brianna Delgado | Not given |
| The Christian School at Castle Hills | 6 |
| St. Gregory the Great Catholic School | 27 |
| Meghan Renee Blair | Not given |
| Karin Stephanofsky | Not given |
| Immersion Montessori Academy | 2 |
| Lauren Jean Bates | 1 |
| Norma Villafuerte | 18 |
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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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