Magic Kingdom Learning Center LLC
A licensed child care center in Harlingen, Texas 78550
1422 Ball St, Harlingen, Texas 78550. (956) 770-9533.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 27, 2026.
- 14 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Cameron County: 2
- 4 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 23 inspections on record
- 2-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?
14 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 198 child care providers in Cameron County had 2.
23 inspections on record. The latest, on Feb 9, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.
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 inspection on Jul 15, 2024
Rated High by Texas: Corrections Made to Fire Inspection, at the report to the state on Apr 12, 2024
Rated High by Texas: AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited, at the report to the state on Nov 17, 2023
1 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
14 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 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 |
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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 27, 2026. Updated daily.
Feb 9, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional
“Feeding instructions were not available at the time of the inspection.”
Oct 28, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies
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Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child
“Observed a caregiver changing a diaper and caregiver did not wash hands afterwards.”
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Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering
“Observed a child’s hands were not washed after a diaper change.”
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Diaper Changing Equipment - If Above Floor Level Caregiver Must Face Child and Be Within Arm’s Length of Child
“Observed a caregiver stepped away briefly to the other side of the classroom from changing table while a child remain strapped during a diaper change.”
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Diapering Procedures - Sanitizing Diaper Changing Area
“Observed that changing mat was not sanitized after each diaper change.”
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Types of Vehicles Used to Transport Children - Be Maintained Safely
“Observed that air conditioning was not working in bus #2.”
Jul 15, 2024: inspection3 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
“A caregiver left a group of seven children unsupervised briefly. NOTE: Caregiver stepped back into classroom.”
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“A fire drill has not been practiced.”
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Documentation of Drills
“Severe weather drills and lock down drills have not been documented.”
Apr 12, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Corrections Made to Fire Inspection
“A fire code correction is pending.”
Dec 13, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“Observed that three children files are missing proof of immunization.”
Nov 17, 2023: report to the state3 deficiencies
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AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
“This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS Investigation.”
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Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
“Based on DFPS findings, a caregiver pushed and hit a child. Caregiver picked up a child and threw child on a mat.”
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Children Not Required to Sleep - May Not Force Child to Sleep
“Based on DFPS findings, a child was held down by a caregiver to force child to rest or sleep.”
1 deficiency older than three years
Feb 3, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“Facility is not current with Fire Inspection.”
All 33 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 2, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 12, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 4, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 22, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 15, 2024 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 15, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 28, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 28, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 29, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 15, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 13, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 22, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 20, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 3, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 26, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 15, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 28, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 4, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 6, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 26, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 23, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 18, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 3, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 2, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 28, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 19, 2011.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 58 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 10 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 27, 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: 2-Star (the first of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 27, 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 14.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Magic Kingdom Learning Center LLC This child care provider | 14 |
| Elma’s Daycare | 1 |
| Harlingen Child Development Center, LLC | 0 |
| Bright Minds Academy | 5 |
| Magic Kingdom Learning Center #3 | 4 |
| Jefferson Head Start Child Development | 0 |
| Blue Ocean Learning Center | 1 |
| Early Childcare Center of Harlingen LLC | 3 |
| Bowie Head Start | 2 |
| Sam Houston 2 Head Start | 0 |
| Bright Beginnings Learning Academy | 4 |
| Little Blessings Child Care Center | 1 |
| Little Lou’s Abc Daycare | 2 |
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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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