Darla Costlow
Licensed Child-Care Home in Larue, Texas. License #1749249, issued February 17, 2023.
- Address
- 11300 Loop 60, Larue, TX 75770
- Phone
- (903) 952-8269
- Licensed capacity
- 12 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:45 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care, Skill Classes.
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
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 July 31, 2025. From the state's provider report of August 3, 2026.
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 4,812 standards at Darla Costlow between August 15, 2022 and September 23, 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 21 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 4 | 373 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 362 | 1 |
| Personnel | 4 | 508 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 6 | 186 | 0 |
| Activities | 5 | 157 | 0 |
| Infants | 5 | 387 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 6 | 120 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 5 | 91 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 68 | 0 |
| Discipline | 6 | 114 | 0 |
| Naptime | 6 | 66 | 0 |
| Field trips | 5 | 60 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 64 | 0 |
| Nutrition | 6 | 261 | 0 |
| Health practices | 6 | 657 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 290 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 164 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety and equipment | 5 | 345 | 0 |
| Swimming pools | 5 | 127 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 5 | 260 | 0 |
| Transportation | 5 | 138 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,798 of those standards. The remaining 14, including 5 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 15 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on September 23, 2026, and 6 citations.
- 4High
- 2Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 6. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- High June 4, 2026 Correction verified July 7, 2026
747.1503(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
This standard was reviewed during a DFPS investigation and found deficient. There is sufficient evidence that the operation was not supervising all the children during naptime.
- Medium December 18, 2024 Correction verified January 21, 2025
747.501(9): Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights
There was not a parent's rights in the operational policy or an acknowledgment that the parents have received the parent's rights information.
- High March 3, 2024 Correction verified April 24, 2024
747.2705(5): Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS Investigation. Based on the DFPS investigation, there is enough evidence to substantiate the operation yelling at the children in care.
- High March 3, 2024 Correction verified April 24, 2024
747.2705(1): Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS Investigation. The operation stated that they "pop" the children on the bottoms.
- High August 29, 2023 Corrected at inspection
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
A caregiver was present supervising children that did not have an eligible background check. The caregiver left during inspection.
- Medium September 1, 2022 Correction verified September 16, 2022
747.801(1): Records Maintained and Made Available - Children's Records
During the application inspection, three children's records were unavailable for review.
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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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