Bay Area Child Development Ctr
Licensed Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. License #527244, issued February 25, 1998.
- Address
- 5215 Embassy Dr, Corpus Christi, TX 78411
- Phone
- (361) 857-6543
- Licensed capacity
- 84 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:30 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
Programs listed with the state: Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care, Part Time Care.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
Texas Rising Star 3-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since June 22, 2025. From the state's provider report of April 2, 2026.
Where this is
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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 22 areas it checked 3,119 standards at Bay Area Child Development Ctr between January 19, 2022 and June 22, 2026 and recorded 6 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 22 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 3 | 358 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 326 | 0 |
| Personnel | 3 | 435 | 2 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 267 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Field trips | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Get well care | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 2 | 89 | 0 |
| Health practices | 2 | 225 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 2 | 144 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 2 | 149 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 2 | 192 | 0 |
| Pools | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 2 | 136 | 0 |
| Transportation | 2 | 83 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,091 of those standards. The remaining 28, including 4 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.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 23 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 20, 2026, and 6 citations.
- 3High
- 1Medium High
- 1Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 6. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium December 15, 2025 Correction verified January 8, 2026
746.1309(e): Documented Annual Training- Required Content
8 out of the 8 staff records monitored, did not have the required annual training for hazardous materials and emergencies due to foods or allergic reactions.
- Medium Low January 24, 2025 Correction verified February 11, 2025
746.303(b): Report Number of Employees
A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 data from January 21, 2025, revealed the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.
- High June 25, 2024 Correction verified July 9, 2024
746.2401(6): Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers
An infant child was observed asleep in their crib with a fabric bow around their neck.
- High June 17, 2024 Correction verified June 25, 2024
746.2426(a)(1): Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device
In the infant 1 classroom, one infant was observed asleep in a restrictive device.
- High June 17, 2024 Correction verified June 25, 2024
746.2424: Infants sleep in Designated Crib, Cot, Bed, or Mat
In the infant 1 classroom, one infant child was observed to be asleep on the floor mat.
- Medium High January 19, 2022 Correction verified February 9, 2022
746.1301(5)(A): Training Requirements for Employees and Caregivers - 24 Annual Training
One out of the eight employee files evaluated, lacked 24 hours of annual training.
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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.
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