Learning Steps Daycare & Academy LLC
Licensed Center in Mission, Texas. License #1803219, issued April 9, 2025.
- Address
- 608 S Abram Rd, Mission, TX 78572
- Phone
- (956) 271-4181
- Licensed capacity
- 51 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-06:30 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, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
Texas Rising Star 3-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 11, 2026. From the state's provider report of August 19, 2026.
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 4,189 standards at Learning Steps Daycare & Academy LLC between October 7, 2024 and April 1, 2026 and recorded 7 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 | 372 | 1 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 337 | 1 |
| Personnel | 3 | 480 | 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 | 4 | 452 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 312 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 300 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 2 |
| Pools | 3 | 90 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 1 |
| Transportation | 3 | 147 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,184 of those standards. The remaining 5, including 0 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 6 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on April 1, 2026, and 7 citations.
- 1High
- 3Medium High
- 3Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 7. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High April 1, 2026 Correction verified April 22, 2026
746.4907(d): Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained
There is a slide structure surrounded by 1-3 in of pea gravel.
- Medium October 7, 2025 Correction verified October 7, 2025
746.603(a)(4): Children's Records - Immunizations
One out of six children's records reviewed is missing immunization records.
- Medium January 14, 2025 Correction verified January 29, 2025
746.1111: Education Outside of U.S.
A caregiver's education documentation was not translated into English.
- High December 6, 2024 Correction verified December 6, 2024
746.5531: Child-Care Center Must be Equipped with a Working Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection System
The operation did not have a working carbon monoxide detector. The carbon monoxide detector was missing the batteries.
- Medium High December 6, 2024 Correction verified December 9, 2024
746.4907(d): Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained
The loose-fill surfacing materials (rock pebbles) were not maintained at the proper depth required for a play equipment in the outdoor playground.
- Medium October 7, 2024 Correction verified October 8, 2024
746.501(a)(26): Written Operational Policies - Preventing and Responding to Abuse and Neglect
The operational policies reviewed were missing the follwoing information; Methods for increasing employee and parent awareness of issues regarding child abuse and neglect, including warning signs that a child may be a victim of abuse or neglect and factors indicating a child is at risk for abuse or neglect; and Methods for increasing employee and parent awareness of prevention techniques for child abuse and neglect;
- Medium High October 7, 2024 Correction verified October 8, 2024
746.2411(2)(B): Safety Requirements for Play Yards - Snug Fitting Sheets
The mattresses to three play yards did not have sheets.
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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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