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Mary’s Express Learning Center No. 2

A licensed child care center in Mission, Texas 78573

11037 W Mile 7 Rd, Mission, Texas 78573. (956) 580-1030.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 11 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: 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?

11 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

9 inspections on record. The latest, on Mar 5, 2026: 3 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher, at the inspection on Mar 5, 2026

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

11 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

11 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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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.

Mar 5, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher

    “The fire extinguisher in 1 of 3 transportation vehicles was stored in the vehilcles trunk.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 9, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 9, 2026.

  • Types of Vehicles Used to Transport Children - Be Maintained Safely

    “1 of 3 transportation vehicles had a torn seat with exposed interior material (foam). Note: This was CORRECTED during the inspection as the torn area of the seat was sewn.”

    Rule 746.5603(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 5, 2026.

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    The inspectors’ words, 98 words

    “A caregiver was missing annual trianing for training year 1/20/2025 - 1/19/2026 on the following topics: (1) Preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases, including immunizations; (2) Preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction; (3) Understanding building and physical premises safety, including identification and protection from hazards that can cause bodily injury such as electrical hazards, bodies of water, and vehicular traffic; and (4) Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials including compliance with ?746.3425 of this chapter (relating to Must caregivers wear gloves when handling blood or bodily fluids containing blood?).”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 13, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 9, 2026.

Mar 12, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Safety Requirements for Play Yards - Snug Fitting Sheets

    “A play yard being used by an infant did not have a fitted sheet on the mattress.”

    Rule 746.2411(2)(B). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 14, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 13, 2025.

  • Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

    “A food allergy emergency plan was not available for review for a child with a known food allergy that has been diagnosed by a health-care professional.”

    Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 24, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 21, 2025.

  • Posting Requirements - Child’s Food Allergy Plans

    “A list of a child’s food allergies was not posted in the room where the child may spend time and kitchen. NOTE: This was corrected during the inspection as a list of a child’s food allergies was created and posted in the required room/areas of the operation.”

    Rule 746.403(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 12, 2025.

  • Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down procedures

    “The emergency preparedness plan reviewed did not include specific procedures for evacuating and relocating children who are under 24 months of age, who have limited mobility, or who otherwise may need assistance in an emergency, such as children who have mental, visual, or hearing impairments.”

    Rule 746.5202(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 17, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 13, 2025.

  • First Aid Kit - Incomplete Kit

    “The first-aid kits in two transportation vehicles were incomplete. The items missing were tweezers, and Waterproof, disposable gloves. NOTE: This was corrected during the inspection as the missing items were obtained and placed in the first-aid kits.”

    Rule 746.4003(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 12, 2025.

May 6, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Discipline - Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance

    “Based on the information obtained during the course of the investigation, a caregiver pulled a toy out of a child’s hands without providing positive discipline / guidance.”

    Rule 746.2803(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 31, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 7, 2024.

Mar 26, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Written Operational Policies - Benefits

    “Operational policies reviewed and the following information is missing: 18(a) Physical / outdoor activity benefits 18(c) Type of physical activity 18(d) Setting for physical activity 18(f) Extreme weather criteria 30 Inclusive Care policy”

    Rule 746.501(a)(18)(A). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 5, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 2, 2024.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “One out of seven children’s records reviewed is missing immunization records.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 2, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 29, 2024.

5 deficiencies older than three years
Apr 19, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Sanitize Potty-Chairs

    “Potty chair was not sanitized after a child used it. Note: This was corrected at inspection when this was brought to provider’s attention and the potty was sanitized.”

    Rule 746.3407(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2023.

  • Measurement of Use Zone for Slides - No Overlap

    “Operation has three structures in the playground: structure with slide, multi-person spring rider and stationary car. Use zones for structures overlap and do not meet the required 6ft for each of the structures. Note: This was corrected at inspection when provider removed the structure with slide and stationary car.”

    Rule 746.4805(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2023.

  • Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down procedures

    “Emergency plan is incomplete and missing specific steps for lock down . severe weather and evacuation procedures.”

    Rule 746.5202(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 26, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 21, 2023.

  • Daily Menus - Record Comparable Substitutions

    “Menu posted did not match the food items served during breakfast and lunch.”

    Rule 746.3313(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 21, 2023.

  • Individual Cot, Bed, or Mat for Each Walking Child Through 4 Years of Age

    “A child did not have an individual / designated napping mat. Note: This was corrected at inspection when a mat was designated and labeled for the child.”

    Rule 746.4503(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2023.

All 11 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Mar 5, 2026Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Mar 12, 2025Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Jun 7, 2024InspectionNo violation found
May 10, 2024InspectionNo violation found
May 6, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Mar 26, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Nov 1, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Oct 30, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 21, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Apr 19, 2023Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Jun 13, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 18, 2011.
  • 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.
  • 2 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 11.
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
Mary’s Express Learning Center No. 2 This child care provider11
Bright Minds Learning Center5
Helping Hands Child Care12
Einstein’s Academy, LLC15
Sunrise Learning Academy4
Handprints Playschool7
Little Harvard Educational Center Preschool and Day Care12
Umos Mshs Alton Center7
His Little Ones Preschool & Daycare,llc9
Future Leaders Daycare and Learning Center29
Little Explorers Academy & Daycare 214
Little Diamondbacks Learning Center LLC7
Salinas Elementary Head Start Campus5

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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