Happy Kids Child Care
Licensed Center in Brownsville, Texas. License #1000646, issued May 5, 2010.
- Address
- 2575 Hipp Ave, Brownsville, TX 78521
- Phone
- (956) 541-2468
- Licensed capacity
- 61 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-07:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age 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 March 26, 2025. From the state's provider report of June 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 3,847 standards at Happy Kids Child Care between November 29, 2021 and July 16, 2026 and recorded 9 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 | 1 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 331 | 2 |
| Personnel | 3 | 442 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 2 | 108 | 0 |
| Activities | 2 | 68 | 0 |
| Infants | 2 | 177 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 2 | 44 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 2 | 36 | 0 |
| School-age | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Discipline | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 451 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 298 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 299 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 270 | 2 |
| Transportation | 4 | 181 | 1 |
The table adds up to 3,843 of those standards. The remaining 4, 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.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 7 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on July 16, 2026, and 9 citations.
- 1High
- 3Medium High
- 4Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 9. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High August 18, 2025 Correction verified August 27, 2025
746.1301(a)(4)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric CPR
1 of 4 files reviewed does not include current CPR/FA certificaiton. The employee has been employed more than 90 days.
- Medium September 12, 2023 Correction verified September 22, 2023
746.5205(4): Documentation of Drills
The documentation of emergency drills was not available for review.
- Medium September 12, 2023 Correction verified September 22, 2023
746.503: Provide Parents With Copy of Policies
Three of four files reviewed did not include the acknowledgment of operational policies being provided.
- High September 12, 2023 Correction verified October 26, 2023
746.5625(a): Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle
The center has purchased a 15 passanger van. It has not been equipped with a child safety alarm.
- Medium Low September 12, 2023 Correction verified October 26, 2023
746.901(4): Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit
One of four files was missing an affidavit of employment.
- Medium High October 10, 2022 Correction verified October 14, 2022
746.3405: Corrections Made to Annual Sanitation Inspection
Correction to the health inspection has not been completed. Broken tile has not been repaired.
- Medium High October 10, 2022 Correction verified October 14, 2022
746.3701(3): Safety - Air Conditioners, Fans, Heaters Safeguarded
Observed 2 air condition units in the outdoor playground without safeguards accessible to the children at the time of inspection.
- Medium November 29, 2021 Correction verified December 21, 2021
746.901(5): Required Personnel Records- Training Hours
The staff files were missing training hours for their most recent training year.
- Medium November 29, 2021 Correction verified December 14, 2021
746.5205(4): Documentation of Drills
The fire drills have not been documented.
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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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