San Carlos Head Start Center
Licensed Center in San Carlos, Texas. License #415925- 5371, issued August 8, 2000.
- Address
- 134 N 86th St, San Carlos, TX 78539
- Phone
- (956) 381-9119
- Licensed capacity
- 105 children
- Licensed for
- Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-04:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- hchsp.org
Programs listed with the state: Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, 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
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 3,163 standards at San Carlos Head Start Center between October 4, 2022 and October 9, 2026 and recorded 10 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 | 2 | 242 | 1 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 329 | 2 |
| Personnel | 3 | 466 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 108 | 0 |
| Infants | 2 | 180 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 2 | 44 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 57 | 0 |
| School-age | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Field trips | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 2 | 89 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 338 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 222 | 1 |
| Physical facilities | 2 | 149 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 2 | 192 | 1 |
| Pools | 3 | 84 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 2 | 135 | 0 |
| Transportation | 2 | 83 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,145 of those standards. The remaining 18, 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.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 14 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 13, 2026, and 10 citations.
- 1High
- 2Medium High
- 7Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 10. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- High September 8, 2026 Correction verified September 11, 2026
746.5617(a)(5): Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher
The fire extinguisher in the two transportation vehicles did not have a service tag to indicate the last inspection and whether it meets safety codes.
- Medium September 8, 2026 Correction verified September 22, 2026
746.801(3): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records
Training records were not available for review.
- Medium September 9, 2025 Correction verified September 23, 2025
746.4913: Required Documentation for Unitary Surfacing Materials
There was no documentation for the Unitary Surfacing Material (playground flooring).
- Medium September 9, 2025 Correction verified September 9, 2025
745.651(1): Background Check Validation - You must inactivate a subject who is no longer associated with your operation within 7 days of leaving
The background check for four former employees has not been inactivated within the required timeframe.
- Medium September 9, 2025 Correction verified September 23, 2025
746.801(3): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records
Staff training records and assessment tools were not available for review.
- Medium High September 9, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.401(10): Required Postings-Child's Food Allergies
The food allergy emergency plan for five children was not posted in the childcare operation. The teachers in three out of the four classrooms were not familiar with the diagnosis, symptoms, and the steps to take if the child has an allergic reaction. Corrected at Inspection: The food allergy emergency plans were posted in the operation.
- Medium High September 20, 2024 Correction verified September 24, 2024
746.3407: Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
Ants were observed throughout the playground area. The water table in the playground area was also observed with insects.
- Medium October 13, 2023 Correction verified October 31, 2023
746.4503(a): Individual Cot, Bed, or Mat for Each Walking Child Through 4 Years of Age
There were 18 children present in a classroom and only 11 mats available for nap/rest time. There are 22 children enrolled in this classroom. The operation confirmed that a few of the children were resting on their tables today during rest/naptime.
- Medium September 25, 2023 Correction verified October 13, 2023
746.4503(a): Individual Cot, Bed, or Mat for Each Walking Child Through 4 Years of Age
A child was observed napping on a carpet, without a mat, during inspection. Additionally, in two groups of children, mats were labeled incorrectly with another child's name or not labeled.
- Medium October 4, 2022 Correction verified October 5, 2022
746.4135(b): Children's Products- Annual Certification
The annual children's products certification form was not available for review during inspection.
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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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