Circle Creek Early Care and Education
Licensed Center in Mesquite, Texas. License #1704278, issued December 2, 2020.
- Address
- 2544 Clay Mathis Rd, Mesquite, TX 75181
- Phone
- (972) 288-3381
- Licensed capacity
- 255 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-06:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
- Website
- circlecreekmesquite.com
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care, Part Time Care, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
Texas Rising Star 4-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since October 14, 2026. From the state's provider report of October 28, 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 4,573 standards at Circle Creek Early Care and Education between October 20, 2021 and July 13, 2026 and recorded 19 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 | 441 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 5 | 270 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 267 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 4 | 178 | 0 |
| Health practices | 5 | 562 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 286 | 1 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 298 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 271 | 0 |
| Transportation | 5 | 200 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,526 of those standards. The remaining 47, including 17 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.
What Circle Creek Early Care and Education says about itself
Circle Creek Early Care and Education is a Child care Mesquite TX 75181 . Call us @ (972) 288-3381. Now enrolling Children ages 6 weeks to 12 Years. - Child Care, Preschool and After School Center Mesquite TX. Daycare center is located at 2544 Clay Mathis Rd, Mesquite, TX 75181.
Quoted from circlecreekmesquite.com, read on October 25, 2026. These are the program's own words, not ours, and we neither check nor endorse them.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 37 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on August 26, 2026, and 19 citations.
One of those visits began with Circle Creek Early Care and Education reporting something to the state itself rather than HHSC finding it. We publish that because it is part of the record and the state records it separately, not because it is good or bad: a program with none may have had nothing to report. 3,674 of the 12,933 programs listed here have at least one.
- 15High
- 2Medium High
- 2Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 19. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High June 29, 2026 Correction verified August 26, 2026
746.305(a)(2): AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization
During a DFPS investigation it was made known that the operation failed to report situations to CCR regarding an injured child at the operation that received medical attention.
- Medium September 23, 2025 Correction verified October 20, 2025
746.3809: Medication No Longer Used
The operation was found to have expired medication on file for five children
- High June 26, 2025 Correction verified July 29, 2025
746.307(b)(4): Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
It was found that the operation did not notify parents when two children were participating in appropriate acts.
- High June 26, 2025 Correction verified July 29, 2025
746.1205(a)(4): Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
It was found that a caregiver did not intervene while two children were participating in appropriate acts.
- High August 24, 2023 Correction verified October 19, 2023
746.2805(5): Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
A caregiver yells at children as a form of discipline.
- High August 24, 2023 Correction verified October 19, 2023
746.2805(1): Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
The caregiver made a threat to whoop a child and hit the child in the back. The same caregiver also threatened the class after hitting the child.
- High August 24, 2023 Correction verified October 19, 2023
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
A caregiver pulled a child up from the floor by his arm.
- High August 19, 2022 Correction verified September 22, 2022
746.1203(4): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children
This standard was reviewed in part of a DFPS investigation and found to be deficient. A caregiver did not properly supervise their group of children.
- High August 18, 2022 Correction verified September 22, 2022
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
Operation staff did not use good judgment when they did not allow an enrolled child to attend after school care upon arrival.
- High August 18, 2022 Correction verified September 22, 2022
746.1203(4): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children
A child was not supervised after arrival when the operation did not allow the child's entry and the child walked away unattended. Staff were not aware of the child's location.
- Medium High May 11, 2022 Corrected at inspection
746.2407: Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
Infants were not strapped securely while sitting at the tabletops. This was corrected at inspection when the children's straps were fastened while they sat at the tabletop.
- Medium May 11, 2022 Corrected at inspection
746.2207(a): Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two
Children under 2 years old were allowed to watch television. This was corrected at inspection when the televisions were turned off. There is also a plan to use tabletop centers for children under 2 who arrive at the center early.
- High March 8, 2022 Correction verified April 14, 2022
746.2805(6): Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
This standard was reviewed in part of a report and found to be deficient. A caregiver called out attention to a specific child's behavior as an example of what not to do.
- High March 8, 2022 Correction verified April 14, 2022
746.2805(1): Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
This report was reviewed in part of a report and found to be deficient. A caregiver physically moved children to a time out chair by lifting them roughly.
- High October 20, 2021 Correction verified December 14, 2021
746.1203(4): Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
This standard was evaluated due to a DFPS investigation and was found to not be compliant. A caregiver did not have visual and or auditory awareness for approximately 1 hour when child was on a vehicle outside alone.
- High October 20, 2021 Correction verified December 14, 2021
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
The driver did not demonstrate competency in not following the operation's policies for transportation. The driver did not inspect the inside of the vehicle before turning off the safety alarm.
- High October 20, 2021 Correction verified December 14, 2021
746.1201(4): AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
A child was neglected while in care.
- High October 20, 2021 Correction verified December 14, 2021
746.5605(4): AP Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - No Child Unattended
A child was left on a vehicle unattended
- High October 20, 2021 Correction verified December 14, 2021
746.5605(3): Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - Account for All Children
The driver did not account for all children before leaving the bus unattended.
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About this record
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