Brenda Rios
Registered Child-Care Home in Kingsville, Texas. License #1776856, issued July 12, 2023.
- Address
- 1515 Lewis St, Kingsville, TX 78363
- Phone
- (979) 709-1657
- Licensed capacity
- 12 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-05:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
Texas Rising Star 2-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since July 30, 2025. From the state's provider report of June 10, 2026.
Where this is
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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 4,457 standards at Brenda Rios between June 6, 2023 and March 10, 2026 and recorded 8 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 | 4 | 382 | 1 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 375 | 4 |
| Personnel | 4 | 543 | 2 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 124 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 132 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 316 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 76 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 68 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 76 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 64 | 0 |
| Nutrition | 4 | 176 | 0 |
| Health practices | 5 | 550 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 5 | 391 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 5 | 215 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety and equipment | 4 | 276 | 0 |
| Swimming pools | 4 | 104 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 5 | 260 | 1 |
| Transportation | 4 | 156 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,456 of those standards. The remaining 1, including 0 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 5 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on March 10, 2026, and 8 citations.
- 1High
- 3Medium High
- 4Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 8. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- High March 10, 2026 Correction verified March 19, 2026
747.605(11): Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization
Children files are missing information regarding Authorization For Emergency Medical Attention section.
- Medium March 10, 2026 Correction verified March 19, 2026
747.611(b): Health Statement on File
Child's file is missing a health care statement.
- Medium High March 31, 2025 Correction verified April 11, 2025
747.207(1): Policies Comply with Rules
The operational policies on file were missing information on parents vising the home without prior approval, reviewing minimum standards or obtaining them on line, child care regulation website, promotion of indoor and outdoor activities, and the emergency preparedness plan was also missing information such as how a child with limited mobility or who are under 24 months will be evacuated and how the provider will continue to care for children until parents arrive.
- Medium High March 31, 2025 Correction verified April 11, 2025
747.1301(1): Orientation Required for Caregivers-Overview of Minimum Standards
The provider and one household member did not have documentation of orientation on file.
- Medium March 31, 2025 Correction verified April 11, 2025
747.1309(a): Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required
The provider was missing 11 hours of annual training for the year 2023-2024.
- Medium March 31, 2025 Correction verified April 21, 2025
747.601(c): Children's Records Accessible - to Licensing
One child present at the operation did not have admissions paperwork available for review.
- Medium March 31, 2025 Correction verified April 11, 2025
747.603(a)(2): Children's Records - Admission Information
Three out of four children's records did not have a date of admission.
- Medium High March 31, 2025 Correction verified April 11, 2025
747.5105: Mounting of Fire Extinguishers
The fire extinguisher was found in the home on a counter in the kitchen unmounted.
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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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