Grace Lutheran Early Child Center/Preschool
Licensed Center in Victoria, Texas. License #1755670, issued May 1, 2023.
- Address
- 9806 Ne Zac Lentz Pkwy, Victoria, TX 77904
- Phone
- (361) 573-0867
- Licensed capacity
- 69 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
- Website
- gracelutheran-tx.org
Programs listed with the state: Snacks Provided, Part Time Care, Field Trips.
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
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This says nothing about the quality of this program. What the state has assessed about it is the inspection record below.
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 4,931 standards at Grace Lutheran Early Child Center/Preschool between October 26, 2022 and February 24, 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 22 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 4 | 473 | 2 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 437 | 2 |
| Personnel | 4 | 587 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 140 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 357 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 74 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Get well care | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 52 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 4 | 178 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 450 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 286 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 298 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 102 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 271 | 1 |
| Transportation | 4 | 166 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,919 of those standards. The remaining 12, including 2 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
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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 15 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on February 24, 2026, and 8 citations.
One of those visits began with Grace Lutheran Early Child Center/Preschool 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.
- 2High
- 3Medium High
- 3Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 8. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium February 24, 2026 Correction verified March 3, 2026
746.611(a)(3): Health Statement parent sign - Dated within past yr, name/address health care professional, states child can participate. Follow by signed statement
One out of six children's files evaluated lacked a health statement on file.
- Medium High February 24, 2026 Correction verified March 3, 2026
746.613(b): Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
One out of six children's files evaluated lacked a current exemption for immunizations.
- Medium High May 9, 2024 Correction verified May 13, 2024
746.1311(d): Director Annual Training - Caring for children under 24 months
The director lacked current SIDS/Shaken Baby training.
- Medium May 9, 2024 Correction verified May 13, 2024
746.501(a)(30): Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services
The operational policies lacked information regarding children with special needs.
- High November 1, 2023 Correction verified November 14, 2023
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
Based on information gathered, a child was briefly left on the playground unsupervised. The caregiver realized the child was missing when she completed her counts when going back into the classroom.
- Medium April 5, 2023 Correction verified April 5, 2023
746.503: Provide Parents With Copy of Policies
One out of two children's files evaluated lacked acknowledgment of receiving the operational policies.
- High October 26, 2022 Correction verified October 31, 2022
746.201(1): Policies Comply with Rules
The operational policies were not complete.
- Medium High October 26, 2022 Correction verified October 31, 2022
746.5202(4): Emergency Preparedness Plan-Continuity of Care Until Children Released
The emergency preparedness plan lacked information on how the operation would continue to care for the children during an emergency.
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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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