Little Britches
Licensed Center in Martindale, Texas. License #1717122, issued June 6, 2021.
- Address
- 57 Thomas Dr, Martindale, TX 78655
- Phone
- (512) 357-9911
- Licensed capacity
- 99 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-06:00 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, Skill Classes, Part Time Care, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.
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 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 April 7, 2026. From the state's provider report of May 20, 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 4,176 standards at Little Britches between December 2, 2021 and September 28, 2026 and recorded 36 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 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 326 | 4 |
| Personnel | 3 | 435 | 4 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 140 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 357 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 74 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 80 | 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 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 338 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 220 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 1 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 1 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,095 of those standards. The remaining 81, including 24 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.
Changes we have recorded
Texas HHSC publishes the register as it stands today and overwrites it, so nothing in the state's own data shows that a figure used to be different. We compare the register against the previous day's copy and keep what moved. We have been doing that since October 24, 2026.
- November 7, 2026Administrator “Penelope Lucio” to “”
Each date is the day we first saw the new value, not the day the program changed anything or the day the state recorded it. A change made in February can appear in the register in May. We do not know which, so we do not say.
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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 34 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on September 28, 2026, and 36 citations.
One of those visits began with Little Britches 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.
- 8High
- 15Medium High
- 11Medium
- 2Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing the 25 most recent of 36. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High September 28, 2026 Reported corrected October 30, 2026, not yet verified
746.5101(b): Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal
The last completed fire inspection was in April 2025.
- Low September 28, 2026 Correction verified October 5, 2026
746.1105(3): Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2985)
Three caregiver files were missing the required notarized affidavit.
- Medium High September 28, 2026 Correction verified October 5, 2026
746.1301(a)(4)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric CPR
Two caregivers were missing their CPR and First Aid certification.
- Medium High September 28, 2026 Correction verified October 15, 2026
746.5307(a): Inspect Fire Extinguishers Monthly
The operation has not inspection the smoke and carbon monoxide detector and fire extinguishers since December 2025.
- Medium September 28, 2026 Correction verified October 15, 2026
746.603(a)(3): Children's Records - Health Statement
One child file was missing a health statement.
- Medium November 19, 2025 Correction verified December 3, 2025
746.801(10): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Documentation for Emergency Drills, Fire Extinguishers, & Smoke Detectors
The operation was missing documentation of lock down drills.
- Medium November 19, 2025 Correction verified December 3, 2025
746.603(a)(4): Children's Records - Immunizations
Two children did not have updated immunization records.
- Medium High November 19, 2025 Correction verified December 3, 2025
746.3415(4): Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child
I watched 3 diaper changes in two classrooms, with two different teachers. Both teachers chose not to wear gloves, and both teachers forgot to wash their hands after helping the child wash their hands, then sanitizing the mat.
- High November 19, 2025 Correction verified December 3, 2025
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The annual fire inspection is not current.
- Medium High November 13, 2025 Correction verified November 19, 2025
746.3415(4): Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child
One teacher did not wash hands after diapering.
- Medium High November 13, 2025 Correction verified November 19, 2025
746.1205(a)(3): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children's names and ages
In two classrooms, the care givers did not know the ages of their youngest child in care.
- Medium High November 13, 2025 Correction verified November 19, 2025
746.3417(3): Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering
One child in the 2-3-year old classroom did not have help to wash his hands after diapering.
- Medium November 12, 2025 Correction verified January 5, 2026
746.707: Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
The operation did not get a signed incident report for an incident that required medical attention.
- Medium High July 30, 2025 Correction verified August 8, 2025
746.4305: Fenced Outdoor Activity Space
Four children between the ages of 2-3 years old were engaged in water activities in an outdoor space without a fence. This was corrected when the children went back to their classroom.
- Medium High July 30, 2025 Correction verified August 8, 2025
746.2101(a): Child/Caregiver Ratio - Splashing/Wading Activities
One caregiver was supervising 4 children during water activities. The children were playing in a wading pool with a slide. The youngest child in the group was 2 years old. This was corrected when the caregiver ended the water activities and took the children back to their classroom.
- High July 30, 2025 Correction verified August 8, 2025
746.4601(8): No Asphalt or Concrete Under Climbing Equipment Unless Unitary Surfacing Covers Use Zone
The inflatable wading pool was set up over concrete. This was corrected with the pool was removed from the concrete area.
- High January 22, 2025 Correction verified February 18, 2025
746.307(b)(4): Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
It was found that the parents of a child were not notified of an incident involving their child.
- High January 22, 2025 Correction verified February 18, 2025
746.305(a)(6): Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
The operation did not report a situation placing a child at risk to Child Care Regulation.
- Medium January 22, 2025 Correction verified February 18, 2025
746.701(5): Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
It was found that a report was not created for an incident that occurred between two children.
- Medium January 13, 2025 Correction verified January 27, 2025
746.603(a)(4): Children's Records - Immunizations
Two children files did not have an updated immunization record on file.
- Medium January 13, 2025 Correction verified January 27, 2025
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
Two infants in care did not have feeding forms available for review.
- Medium September 30, 2024 Correction verified October 9, 2024
746.2803(4)(D): Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Brief Supervised Separation
During a DFPS investigation, it was found that a caregiver uses 15 minute long time outs for school age children.
- Medium September 21, 2024 Correction verified December 11, 2024
746.2207(a): Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two
During a DFPS investigation, a caregiver said that she allowed the 1 year old children in her class to have screen time.
- Medium High June 7, 2024 Correction verified August 8, 2024
746.4305: Fenced Outdoor Activity Space
At the follow up inspection, the exterior fence in the outdoor play area still did not meet the 4 ft. minimum requirement.
- Medium High May 7, 2024 Correction verified June 7, 2024
746.4305: Fenced Outdoor Activity Space
The exterior fence in the outdoor play area does not meet the 4 ft. minimum requirement.
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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 7, 2026. Full methodology.
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