Trinity Lutheran Early Childhood Center
Licensed Center in Riesel, Texas. License #521839, issued January 29, 1997.
- Address
- 264 C R 143, Riesel, TX 76682
- Phone
- (254) 896-7105
- Licensed capacity
- 93 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-05:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
Programs listed with the state: After School Care, Snacks Provided, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
Texas Rising Star 4-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since July 30, 2025. From the state's provider report of October 29, 2026.
Where this is
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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 3,717 standards at Trinity Lutheran Early Childhood Center between July 27, 2022 and October 28, 2026 and recorded 6 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 | 2 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 334 | 1 |
| Personnel | 3 | 467 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 270 | 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 | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 339 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 232 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 225 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 202 | 0 |
| Transportation | 2 | 98 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,709 of those standards. The remaining 8, including 3 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 7 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 28, 2026, and 6 citations.
- 3High
- 2Medium High
- 1Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 6. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- High January 22, 2026 Correction verified January 26, 2026
746.201(1): Policies Comply with Rules
The parent handbook was missing information on daily health checks, procedures for policy changes, and instructions on how to access minimum standards online.
- Medium February 25, 2025 Correction verified February 28, 2025
746.801(3): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records
Some of the director's training records for the 2023-2024 training year were not available for review during the inspection.
- High March 27, 2024 Correction verified April 10, 2024
746.2415(b): AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age
There was a burp rag present in a crib where an infant under 12 months old was sleeping. This was corrected during the inspection when a caregiver removed the burp rag from the crib.
- High March 27, 2024 Correction verified April 1, 2024
746.201(1): Policies Comply with Rules
The parent handbook did not have procedures for infant safe sleep or hearing and vision screenings, a notification to parents that an animal is present at the center, the benefits of physical activity, criteria that the center will use to determine when extreme weather prohibits outdoor play, a plan for physical activity to occur indoors when weather prohibits outdoor play, procedures for applying insect repellent and sunscreen, the center's policy on employee vaccinations, and information about the center being a gang-free zone.
- Medium High March 27, 2024 Corrected at inspection
746.4601(2): Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - Used According to Manufacturer's Instructions
There was a slide designed for residential use only being used on the playground. This was corrected when the slide was removed from the playground.
- Medium High July 27, 2022 Correction verified August 3, 2022
746.1309(d): Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required
A caregiver responsible for infants did not have a current training in SIDS.
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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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