Growing in Grace Academy LLC
Licensed Center in Kingsville, Texas. License #1788291, issued May 22, 2024.
- Address
- 144 N 4th St, Kingsville, TX 78363
- Phone
- (361) 522-7800
- Licensed capacity
- 154 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, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care, Part Time Care.
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 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 31, 2025. From the state's provider report of April 3, 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 4,246 standards at Growing in Grace Academy LLC between November 16, 2023 and April 27, 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 | 360 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 336 | 0 |
| Personnel | 3 | 465 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 108 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 270 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 57 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 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 | 3 | 135 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 452 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 308 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 225 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 1 |
| Pools | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 0 |
| Transportation | 4 | 196 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,227 of those standards. The remaining 19, including 3 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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Tell me about new inspections
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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 18 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on June 5, 2026, and 6 citations.
One of those visits began with Growing in Grace Academy LLC 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.
- 1High
- 4Medium High
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 6. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High April 14, 2026 Correction verified April 27, 2026
746.4907(e): Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Must Not be Used Indoors
The preschool and school age playground lacked the required 6inches of loose fill surfacing.
- Medium High April 14, 2026 Correction verified April 27, 2026
746.3407: Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
The large playground was observed to have animal feces, broken glass, exposed wires, broken toys, trash, and fire ants. A protruding barrier stake was also observed around the playground structure.
- Medium High January 9, 2026 Correction verified February 4, 2026
746.1203(3)(D): Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
Based on investigation by DFPS, caregivers were observed on their phones while supervising children.
- Medium High May 20, 2025 Correction verified May 22, 2025
746.1311(d): Director Annual Training - Caring for children under 24 months
The following trainnig is not current for an employee: Recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma; Understanding and using safe sleep practices and preventing sudden infant death syndrome(SIDS); Understanding early childhood brain develpment and Child Maltreatment.
- Medium Low January 24, 2025 Correction verified January 27, 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 December 13, 2023 Correction verified January 31, 2024
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 the information gathered, a child was not supervised by a caregiver in the playground due to caregiver completing other work duties. This allowed the child to squeeze through the bars of the gate causing her to wander outside the operation unsupervised for approximately 10 minutes. Child was unharmed.
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About this record
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