Arlene Lopez Arlene's Day Care
Licensed Child-Care Home in De Leon, Texas. License #850295, issued June 28, 2005.
- Address
- 701 E Ross Ave, De Leon, TX 76444
- Phone
- (254) 734-5967
- Licensed capacity
- 12 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:30 AM-05:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care, Part Time Care.
Openings
This program has not told us about its openings. We only publish what a program confirms itself, so there is nothing here yet. Ring them to ask.
Texas Rising Star
No Texas Rising Star rating
Texas Rising Star is voluntary, and a program joins it by applying. It is tied to accepting child care scholarships, so most programs that are not in it never applied rather than failed. Roughly three in five licensed programs in Texas have no rating.
This says nothing about the quality of this program. What the state has assessed about it is the inspection record below.
Where this is
A map of this address loads when you ask for it. Nothing is requested from the map host until then, so opening this page does not tell anyone which program you were reading about.
The pin is where the US Census geocoder placed this address. About one in eight is interpolated along a street rather than resolved to a building, so treat it as the right block rather than the right doorway. How we source this.
What inspectors checked
Texas HHSC records how many individual standards it evaluated in each area of the rules, and how many it found violated. Across 21 areas it checked 2,788 standards at Arlene Lopez Arlene's Day Care between September 12, 2022 and July 21, 2026 and recorded 11 violations. Those correspond to the citations listed above that were recorded from 2021 onward; anything older than that is in the citation list but not in these counts.
The 21 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 3 | 289 | 3 |
| Record keeping | 2 | 184 | 1 |
| Personnel | 2 | 277 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 124 | 1 |
| Activities | 2 | 66 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 237 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 2 | 38 | 0 |
| School-age | 2 | 34 | 0 |
| Discipline | 2 | 38 | 0 |
| Naptime | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 48 | 0 |
| Nutrition | 3 | 131 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 329 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 223 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 125 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety and equipment | 3 | 207 | 1 |
| Swimming pools | 3 | 75 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 156 | 1 |
| Transportation | 3 | 98 | 0 |
The table adds up to 2,777 of those standards. The remaining 11, including 3 of the violations, were recorded under the state's own catch-all heading, “Individual Standards Evaluated”, which names no area. They are reported here rather than folded into an area above, because the state did not say which area they belong to and we are not going to decide for it.
A high number of standards checked is not a compliment and a low one is not a criticism: how many apply depends on a program's size, its ages served and what the inspector was there to look at. We publish the two counts the state published and do not turn them into a score. This data begins in 2021, which is later than the inspection history above it.
Ask about an opening
This goes to Arlene Lopez Arlene's Day Care and nobody else. They reply to you directly: we do not sit in the middle of it, and we never pass your details on or sell them.
Tell me about new inspections
One short message each time Texas HHSC records an inspection here, saying that it happened and linking to the record. We do not tell you what the inspector found: a finding without whether it was corrected is misleading, and that pair belongs on the page rather than split across an email.
We ask for nothing but the address, and we send a confirmation first. Your list is never shown to this program, never sold, and every message has a link to stop. An inspection is routine: programs are visited on a schedule and after a complaint, and a visit is not a finding.
State inspection record
HHSC records 10 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on July 21, 2026, and 11 citations.
- 2High
- 5Medium High
- 4Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 11. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium July 15, 2026 Correction verified July 21, 2026
747.603(a)(3): Children's Records - Health Statement
Children files were reviewed: 4 children were lacking a health statement.
- High July 15, 2026 Correction verified July 21, 2026
747.207(10): AP Never exceed capacity of the home
The operation had 13 children present at time of inspection. One child was sent home immediately bringing the operation back in to compliance.
- Medium High August 13, 2025 Correction verified September 4, 2025
747.1801: Child/Caregiver Ratio - Licensed Child Care Home
The primary caregiver in the home was caring for 11 children alone: one infant, nine children 18mo-3 yrs and one child 5 yrs of age. This was corrected when another caregvier arrived at the home bringing the home into compliance.
- Medium August 13, 2025 Correction verified September 4, 2025
747.1309(a): Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required
The primary caregvier was lacking training in required topics.
- Medium High August 13, 2025 Correction verified August 13, 2025
747.5005(1): Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
The operation had not conducted a fire drill in the month of July 2025. This was corrected at inspection when the operation conducted a fire drill during inspection, bringing the operation into compliance.
- Medium High October 10, 2024 Corrected at inspection
747.5005(1): Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
The last documented fire drill was on 6/3/2024. This was corrected at inspection when the provider conducted a fire drill and documented it on the form.
- Medium June 14, 2024 Correction verified June 19, 2024
747.501(2): Written Operational Policies - Exclusion Criteria
The operation did not have an illness or exclusion policy, promotion of indoor/outdoor activity, instructions for contacting the Child Care Regulation office, the Abuse/Neglect hot line, and the current HHS website in the parent handbook. The emergency preparedness plan, health checks, and policy regarding vaccines also was not in the parent handbook.
- Medium High June 14, 2024 Correction verified June 19, 2024
747.1801: Child/Caregiver Ratio - Licensed Child Care Home
The provider was out of child/caregiver ratio when CCR Specialist arrived. There were 23 children in care total. This was immediately corrected during the inspection. 12 children in care were sent home, brining the operation back into compliance.
- High June 14, 2024 Correction verified June 19, 2024
747.207(10): AP Never exceed capacity of the home
When CCR Specialist arrived at the operation, there were 23 children in care. This was immediately corrected during the inspection when 12 children in care left the operation, bringing the operation back into compliance with child/caregiver ratio.
- Medium High September 12, 2022 Correction verified September 30, 2022
747.4407(b): Maintenance Procedures for Active Play Space - Hazards Removed or Repaired
There was a slide that was taped to the structure. There was a swinging ring on the structure. There were tiny tots toys and structures that are cracked and need to be removed and moved away from the use zone. The grass needs to be mowed. Swings need to be raised and monitored for condition.
- Medium September 12, 2022 Corrected at inspection
747.2105(a): Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two
The television was turned on and playing a show when I arrived. The operation turned the show off during the inspection.
Do you have a child enrolled here?
If Arlene Lopez Arlene's Day Care confirms you are enrolled, you can tell us what you actually pay. We publish price ranges by city and age so other families know what to expect, and the only reliable source for that is people paying it.
There are no reviews on this site and we are not adding them. We publish the state's inspection record and facts families confirm, not opinions. Your address is never shown publicly; it goes to the program so they can confirm you, and nowhere else.
About this record
Every figure on this page comes from the Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation open data published at data.texas.gov, reproduced as the state recorded it. We do not grade, score or rank programs. A citation is a finding by a state inspector on a given day; it is not a judgment about a program today, and the correction status beside each one is part of the record. This page reflects data retrieved on November 8, 2026. Full methodology.
Operate this program? Write to corrections@childcaretx.com and we will publish your response beside any record here.