Jones Early Learning Center
Licensed Center in Midland, Texas. License #1691898, issued January 23, 2020.
- Address
- 126 Thornridge Dr, Midland, TX 79703
- Phone
- (432) 240-8308
- Licensed capacity
- 73 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-05:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
Programs listed with the state: 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 August 12, 2026. From the state's provider report of October 20, 2026.
Where this is
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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 3,930 standards at Jones Early Learning Center between December 3, 2021 and May 18, 2026 and recorded 12 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 | 481 | 2 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 334 | 0 |
| Personnel | 3 | 467 | 2 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 267 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 48 | 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 | 338 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 232 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 225 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 84 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 202 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 147 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,908 of those standards. The remaining 22, including 7 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 22 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on May 18, 2026, and 12 citations.
2 of those visits began with Jones Early Learning Center 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.
- 3High
- 5Medium High
- 3Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 12. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High May 18, 2026 Correction verified June 1, 2026
746.1301(a)(4)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric CPR
The Director did not have an updated Pediatric First Aid/CPR Certificate of training available for review.
- High October 21, 2025 Correction verified December 12, 2025
746.307(b)(4): Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
Based on the DFPS Investigation there is information that the operation did not notify the parent immediately about a caregiver grabbing a three year old child and throwing the child to the ground.
- High October 21, 2025 Correction verified December 12, 2025
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
Based on the DFPS Investigation there is information indicating that a caregiver grabbed a three year old child, threw the child to the ground and left. Another caregiver picked up the child. Note: Caregiver is no longer employed with the operation.
- Medium January 29, 2025 Correction verified February 11, 2025
746.1309(a): Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
4 caregivers did not have the required 24 clock hours of training.
- Medium February 29, 2024 Correction verified February 29, 2024
746.2421(a): Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional
Two infant feeding instructions were not signed nor dated by parents.
- Medium High February 29, 2024 Correction verified March 1, 2024
746.1315(b)(1): CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based
Director's Pediatric First Aid/CPR does not include the use of a CPR manikin.
- Medium September 22, 2023 Correction verified November 10, 2023
746.2803(4)(D): Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Brief Supervised Separation
A staff used inappropriate discipline to redirect a child who was made to sit on a playground bench for 30 minutes.
- Medium Low September 26, 2022 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 missing in the required postings. Corrected at Inspection when the Director posted a current employees list.
- Medium High September 26, 2022 Corrected at inspection
746.401(10): Required Postings-Child's Food Allergies
Operation has one child with food allergies. The list of child's food allergies was not in the required postings. Corrected at inspection when the Director posted the list of the child's food allergies.
- High May 10, 2022 Correction verified May 27, 2022
746.2401(6): Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers
The infant classroom was not free of objects that cause choking. An infant choked on a plastic piece and the heimlich maneuver had to be done.
- Medium High January 18, 2022 Correction verified January 18, 2022
746.305(a)(4): Report Outbreak of Communicable Illness
Operation failed to notify licensing of a reportable illness within the required timeframe.
- Medium High December 10, 2021 Correction verified January 20, 2022
746.1601: Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
During walk through of the operation, caregiver in the 12-18 month class was out of ratio.
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About this record
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