Marlin Headstart Center EOAC
Licensed Center in Marlin, Texas. License #213302, issued October 1, 1993.
- Address
- Hwy 6 Fm 147, Marlin, TX 76661
- Phone
- (254) 803-9905
- Licensed capacity
- 73 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:30 AM-03:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
Programs listed with the state: Meals Provided, Snacks Provided.
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
Texas Rising Star is voluntary, and a program joins it by applying. It is tied to accepting child care scholarships, so most programs that are not in it never applied rather than failed. Roughly three in five licensed programs in Texas have no rating.
This says nothing about the quality of this program. What the state has assessed about it is the inspection record below.
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 3,712 standards at Marlin Headstart Center EOAC between January 6, 2022 and March 19, 2026 and recorded 11 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 | 357 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 326 | 2 |
| Personnel | 3 | 435 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 1 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 1 |
| Infants | 3 | 267 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 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 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 338 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 220 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 1 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 1 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,698 of those standards. The remaining 14, including 4 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
One short message each time Texas HHSC records an inspection here, saying that it happened and linking to the record. We do not tell you what the inspector found: a finding without whether it was corrected is misleading, and that pair belongs on the page rather than split across an email.
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 14 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on March 19, 2026, and 11 citations.
One of those visits began with Marlin Headstart Center EOAC 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
- 3Medium High
- 6Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 11. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High March 3, 2026 Correction verified March 19, 2026
746.1605(1): Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
Two classes were combined outside with the youngest child being 15 months old and the oldest child being 36 months old. This was corrected during the inspection when one of the classes went inside.
- Medium February 25, 2026 Correction verified March 3, 2026
746.4503(b): Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child's Name
The cots in one of the classrooms were not labeled.
- Medium February 25, 2026 Correction verified March 17, 2026
746.901: Required Personnel Records
Out of four staff files reviewed, one was missing a diploma and one was missing a statement that they attended orientation with an overview on abuse and neglect.
- Medium High February 25, 2026 Correction verified March 3, 2026
746.4907(d): Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained
The loose-fill at the exits of the slides for the older playground had been compacted, and there was insufficient fresh loose-fill on top.
- Medium High February 25, 2026 Correction verified March 3, 2026
746.1601: Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
One of the caregivers in the infant room stepped out of the classroom briefly, leaving one caregiver with six infants. This was corrected during the inspection when another caregiver entered the classroom to put the room in ratio.
- Medium February 25, 2026 Correction verified March 17, 2026
746.603(a): Children's Records Maintained
Out of six children's records reviewed, two children were missing an admission date, one was missing parental consent to emergency treatment, one was missing a health statement, and one needed an updated shot record.
- Medium April 21, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.4501(b): Chairs - Safety Straps Used if Required by Manufacturer
3 of the 4 high chairs that were observed did not have safety straps on them. a child was sitting in a highchair that did not have a sfety strap. Caregiver removed the child. Safety straps were installed in 3 of the 4 highchairs during second walk through.
- Medium June 27, 2024 Correction verified June 28, 2024
746.1309(e): Documented Annual Training- Required Content
Out of six staff files reviewed, one caregiver did not have a certificate for medication training.
- High April 4, 2022 Correction verified April 11, 2022
746.2805(6): Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
Based on information gathered during the investigation it was determined that children in care were being yelled at inappropriately by a caregiver.
- High April 4, 2022 Correction verified April 11, 2022
746.2805: Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
Based on the information gathered during the investigation it was determined that prohibit punishment was used against a child in care.
- Medium January 6, 2022 Corrected at inspection
746.2207(a): Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two
During the inspection observed as 23 month old watching a cartoon on a tablet. This was corrected during the inspection by the caregiver removing the tablet.
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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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