St Francis Kindergarten and Nursery
Licensed Center in Waco, Texas. License #15433, issued March 17, 1987.
- Address
- 612 N 3rd St, Waco, TX 76701
- Phone
- (254) 753-5565
- Licensed capacity
- 150 children
- Licensed for
- Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-05:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
- Website
- stfrancistordaycare.org
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, 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 2-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since October 2, 2026. From the state's provider report of October 2, 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 3,736 standards at St Francis Kindergarten and Nursery between December 8, 2021 and March 26, 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 | 358 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 331 | 1 |
| Personnel | 3 | 442 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,711 of those standards. The remaining 25, including 5 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 14 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on March 26, 2026, and 7 citations.
One of those visits began with St Francis Kindergarten and Nursery 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.
- 4High
- 2Medium High
- 1Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 7. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- High March 19, 2026 Correction verified March 26, 2026
746.1205(a)(4): Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
A child was observed walking into the office without supervision and caregivers were unaware he had walked away.. In another incident children were observed transitioning inside without proper supervision, as a caregiver was observed walking to get a child who had walked off, leaving the children in the middle of the line were unsupervised. The children in the end of the line were supervised by a second caregiver, however she could not see the children in the middle of the line.
- High March 11, 2026 Correction verified March 19, 2026
746.1205(a)(4): Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
A child was observed to have walked out of a classroom and walk outside with another group without a caregiver supervising the child during the transition.
- Medium High March 15, 2022 Correction verified March 21, 2022
746.3819: Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
One child in care did not have a food allergy plan on file.
- Medium High March 15, 2022 Correction verified March 18, 2022
746.613(b): Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
One child in care did not have a copy of their immunization record on file.
- High March 1, 2022 Correction verified March 9, 2022
746.1203(4): Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
There was no caregiver observed in a 4 year old classroom during nap time.
- Medium February 18, 2022 Correction verified February 25, 2022
746.2905(1): Children Not Required to Sleep - May Not Force Child to Sleep
A caregiver was observed putting her hand on a child's head and telling the child to go back to sleep. Naptime had started at 12:00pm and the caregiver was observed after 1:00pm telling the child to go to sleep.
- High December 8, 2021 Correction verified December 17, 2021
746.2805: Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
A child was observed placed in a classroom with no other caregiver present and the caregiver who placed the child in there walked out and closed the door.
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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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