Growing Minds Early Educational Center LLC
Licensed Center in Castroville, Texas. License #1812620, issued October 10, 2025.
- Address
- 2851 Us Highway 90 E, Castroville, TX 78009
- Phone
- (830) 584-3331
- Licensed capacity
- 44 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:15 AM-05:45 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not 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
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.
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 3,829 standards at Growing Minds Early Educational Center LLC between March 28, 2025 and October 29, 2026 and recorded 14 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 | 371 | 1 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 337 | 4 |
| Personnel | 3 | 476 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 108 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 270 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 57 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 135 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 339 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 234 | 1 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 225 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 90 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 201 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 147 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,815 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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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 11 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 29, 2026, and 14 citations.
One of those visits began with Growing Minds Early Educational Center 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.
- 2High
- 5Medium High
- 6Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 14. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium June 11, 2026 Correction verified June 30, 2026
746.1311(a): Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required
Re-cite: The director's record was lacking certificates for 16.5 out of the 30 annual training hours required.
- Medium April 28, 2026 Correction verified April 29, 2026
746.901(2): Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements
One out of four employee records reviewed was lacking documentation on how the employee meets the educational requirements.
- Medium High April 28, 2026 Correction verified June 2, 2026
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
The operation has not had an annual sanitation inspection in over 12 months.
- Medium April 28, 2026 Correction verified June 11, 2026
746.1311(a): Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required
The director's record was lacking certificates for 16.5 out of the 30 annual training hours required.
- Medium High December 3, 2025 Correction verified December 11, 2025
746.1605(1): Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
The operation combined two classrooms in which the youngest child and oldest child were more than 18 months apart in age. The youngest child was 15 months old and the oldest child was 4 years old. This was corrected at inspection when the 15 month old was moved to the infant room.
- Medium December 3, 2025 Correction verified December 11, 2025
746.301(2): Notification of Change in Space
The operation changed space by renovating and removing a wall between a classroom and office as well as adding a half wall between the entrance and pre-k room. The operation did not notify Child Care Regulation of these changes.
- Medium High September 12, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.1205(a)(3): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children's names and ages
A caregiver did not know the ages of the children they were supervising and they did not have a list available with the information to reference. This was corrected at inspection when a list with the children's names and birth dates was provided to the caregiver.
- Medium High September 12, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.2411(2)(I): Safety Requirements for Play Yards - Label for Each Infant
Three out of four play yards were not labeled for each infant. This was corrected at inspection when labels were made and added above each play yard.
- Medium High July 9, 2025 Correction verified July 10, 2025
746.3701(4): Safety - Sliding Door Glass Marked
The sliding doors are not marked with a decal or other material at the children's eye level.
- Medium June 12, 2025 Correction verified June 17, 2025
746.611(b): Health Statement on File within 1 Week of Admission
Two out four children's records evaluated were lacking a complete health statement.
- Medium Low June 12, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.401(9): Posting Requirements - List entitled "Current Employees"--sized at least 81/2 X 11 inches, printed legibly, include employee first and last name
A list of current employees was not posted. This was corrected at inspection when an current list of employees was posted.
- High June 12, 2025 Correction verified June 12, 2025
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
An employee with a pending background check was present and providing care to children at the operation. This was corrected at inspection when the employee left the operation.
- Medium June 12, 2025 Correction verified June 13, 2025
746.605(10): Required Admission Information - Physician Information
One out of four children's records evaluated were lacking physician information and information for an emergency care facility.
- High June 12, 2025 Correction verified June 13, 2025
746.605(11): Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization
One out of four children's records evaluated were lacking an emergency medical authorization.
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About this record
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