Texas Daycares

15,222

Facilities

54.6

Avg Score

33.2

Avg Violations

A
B
C
D
F

Grade Distribution

Data Freshness & Provenance

Inspection coverage

14,053 of 15,222 providers have inspection history

Active providers

15,211 providers appear active in the current roster

Last refreshed

April 3, 2026

Latest inspection

April 2, 2026

Provenance

Texas licensing data plus DaycareCheck safety scoring

State Snapshot

Texas currently has 15,222 tracked facilities. 14,053 have inspection history, 15,211 appear active, and 4,162 facilities hold an A or B grade. The latest inspection in the dataset is April 2, 2026.

Updated April 3, 2026 from state licensing records and DaycareCheck scoring.

Largest Cities in Texas

Houston

1,655 facilities

43.2 avg score

San Antonio

775 facilities

47.3 avg score

Austin

610 facilities

56.2 avg score

Dallas

472 facilities

49.8 avg score

Fort Worth

449 facilities

57.6 avg score

El Paso

354 facilities

67.4 avg score

Katy

326 facilities

53.8 avg score

Arlington

220 facilities

53.7 avg score

Cities in Texas

B
69

Bacliff

1 daycare

F

Baird

1 daycare

D

Balch Springs

8 daycares

A

Ballinger

4 daycares

A

Bandera

1 daycare

F

Bangs

3 daycares

F

Banquete

1 daycare

F

Bartlett

1 daycare

C

Bartonville

1 daycare

F

Bastrop

28 daycares

A

Batesville

1 daycare

F

Bay City

12 daycares

A

Baytown

49 daycares

A

Beasley

2 daycares

F

Beaumont

61 daycares

A

Beckville

2 daycares

A

Bedford

28 daycares

A

Bee Cave

2 daycares

A

Beeville

7 daycares

B

Bellaire

10 daycares

A

Bellmead

2 daycares

F

Bellville

5 daycares

A

Belton

17 daycares

A

Ben Wheeler

1 daycare

F

Benbrook

11 daycares

A

Bertram

4 daycares

C

Big Lake

2 daycares

A

Big Sandy

1 daycare

C

Big Spring

8 daycares

D

Blanco

2 daycares

C

Blanket

1 daycare

A

Blessing

2 daycares

F

Blossom

2 daycares

A

Blue Mound

1 daycare

F

Blue Ridge

4 daycares

A

Boerne

30 daycares

B

bogata

1 daycare

Bonham

7 daycares

A

Borger

3 daycares

F

Bowie

7 daycares

A

Boyd

3 daycares

A

Boys Ranch

2 daycares

B

Brackettville

1 daycare

B

Brady

2 daycares

A

Brazoria

4 daycares

A

Breckenridge

5 daycares

A

Brenham

16 daycares

A

Bridge City

9 daycares

A

Bridgeport

3 daycares

F

Broaddus

1 daycare

F

Brookshire

16 daycares

A

Brownfield

6 daycares

A

Brownsboro

4 daycares

A

Brownsville

111 daycares

A

Brownwood

14 daycares

A

Bryan

70 daycares

A

Bryson

2 daycares

C

Buda

28 daycares

A

Buffalo

2 daycares

F

Buffalo Gap

4 daycares

A

Bullard

1 daycare

F

Bulverde

5 daycares

D

Buna

6 daycares

A

Burkburnett

6 daycares

A

Burke

1 daycare

B

Burleson

33 daycares

A

Burnet

9 daycares

A

Burton

1 daycare

F

Byers

1 daycare

D
C
76

Caddo Mills

9 daycares

A

Caldwell

7 daycares

A

Cameron

9 daycares

B

Camp Wood

1 daycare

B

Canadian

2 daycares

F

Canton

6 daycares

A

Canutillo

2 daycares

A

Canyon

11 daycares

A

Canyon Lake

8 daycares

A

Carrizo Springs

6 daycares

D

Carrollton

92 daycares

A

Carthage

5 daycares

A

Castroville

4 daycares

F

Cedar Creek

6 daycares

A

Cedar Hill

47 daycares

A

Cedar Park

73 daycares

A

Celina

30 daycares

A

Center

3 daycares

A

Center Point

1 daycare

B

Centerville

3 daycares

F

Chandler

2 daycares

C

Channelview

7 daycares

A

Charlotte

1 daycare

F

Cherokee

1 daycare

F

Childress

8 daycares

A

Chillicothe

1 daycare

A

China

3 daycares

C

China Spring

4 daycares

A

Christoval

1 daycare

A

Cibolo

23 daycares

A

Cisco

1 daycare

F

city

1 daycare

Clarendon

3 daycares

A

Clarksville

2 daycares

F

Claude

2 daycares

F

Cleburne

16 daycares

A

Cleveland

10 daycares

A

Clifton

2 daycares

F

Clint

2 daycares

A

Clute

8 daycares

B

Clyde

5 daycares

A

Coldspring

3 daycares

B

Coleman

6 daycares

A

College Station

49 daycares

A

Colleyville

13 daycares

A

Collinsville

1 daycare

F

colmesneil

1 daycare

Colorado City

3 daycares

D

Columbus

5 daycares

B

Comanche

3 daycares

A

Combes

1 daycare

A

Comfort

2 daycares

A

Commerce

4 daycares

B

Conroe

87 daycares

A

Converse

25 daycares

A

Cooper

2 daycares

F

Coppell

29 daycares

A

Copperas Cove

25 daycares

A

Corinth

10 daycares

C

Corpus Christi

163 daycares

A

Corrigan

1 daycare

B

Corsicana

25 daycares

A

Cotulla

2 daycares

A

Coupland

1 daycare

A

Crandall

10 daycares

A

Crane

2 daycares

A

Crawford

3 daycares

A

Crockett

6 daycares

A

Crosby

16 daycares

A

Crosbyton

1 daycare

C

Cross Plains

1 daycare

F

Crowell

1 daycare

D

Crowley

22 daycares

A

Crystal City

6 daycares

A

Cuero

10 daycares

A

Cypress

126 daycares

A
H
53

Hallettsville

9 daycares

B

Hallsburg

1 daycare

F

Hallsville

6 daycares

A

Haltom City

15 daycares

A

Hamilton

5 daycares

A

Hamlin

2 daycares

D

Hardin

1 daycare

F

Harker Heights

25 daycares

A

Harleton

2 daycares

A

Harlingen

53 daycares

A

Harper

1 daycare

D

Hart

1 daycare

F

Haskell

2 daycares

D

Haslet

22 daycares

A

Hawkins

2 daycares

F

Hawley

2 daycares

F

Hearne

3 daycares

D

Heartland

10 daycares

A

Heath

2 daycares

A

Hebbronville

6 daycares

F

Helotes

11 daycares

A

Hemphill

3 daycares

A

Hempstead

11 daycares

A

Henderson

12 daycares

A

Henrietta

3 daycares

A

Hereford

5 daycares

A

Hewitt

6 daycares

A

Hickory Creek

4 daycares

A

Hico

2 daycares

F

Hidalgo

6 daycares

A

Highland Village

7 daycares

A

Highlands

3 daycares

A

Hillsboro

7 daycares

A

hobson

1 daycare

Hockley

7 daycares

C

Holland

2 daycares

A

Holliday

2 daycares

A

Hollywood Park

1 daycare

B

Hondo

7 daycares

C

Hooks

1 daycare

B

Horizon City

13 daycares

A

Houston

1655 daycares

A

Howe

2 daycares

F

Hubbard

1 daycare

F

Hudson Oaks

4 daycares

F

Huffman

6 daycares

B

Hughes Springs

2 daycares

D

Humble

113 daycares

A

Huntington

2 daycares

F

Huntsville

23 daycares

A

Hurst

18 daycares

A

Hutchins

1 daycare

D

Hutto

37 daycares

A
L
58

La Feria

7 daycares

A

La Grange

12 daycares

A

La Joya

3 daycares

F

La Marque

13 daycares

B

La Porte

18 daycares

A

La Pryor

1 daycare

C

La Salle

1 daycare

C

La Vernia

10 daycares

A

Lacoste

1 daycare

F

Lago Vista

5 daycares

D

Lake Dallas

4 daycares

D

Lake Jackson

24 daycares

A

Lake Worth

2 daycares

F

Lakeway

10 daycares

A

Lamarque

1 daycare

F

Lamesa

3 daycares

C

Lampasas

10 daycares

A

Lancaster

28 daycares

A

Lantana

3 daycares

F

Laporte

1 daycare

F

Laredo

136 daycares

A

Larue

2 daycares

A

Lavon

6 daycares

A

Lawn

1 daycare

A

League City

37 daycares

A

Leander

98 daycares

A

Leonard

2 daycares

D

Levelland

10 daycares

A

Lewisville

45 daycares

A

Lexington

3 daycares

A

Liberty

7 daycares

A

Liberty Hill

27 daycares

A

Lindale

13 daycares

A

Linden

2 daycares

F

Lindsay

3 daycares

A

Lipan

1 daycare

F

Little Elm

60 daycares

A

Little River Academy

1 daycare

F

Littlefield

4 daycares

A

Live Oak

12 daycares

D

Liverpool

1 daycare

F

Livingston

7 daycares

A

Llano

3 daycares

D

Lockhart

14 daycares

A

Lolita

1 daycare

F

Lone Oak

1 daycare

A

Longview

57 daycares

A

Lorena

5 daycares

A

Los Fresnos

11 daycares

A

Lott

1 daycare

F

Louise

1 daycare

F

Lubbock

171 daycares

A

Lucas

4 daycares

A

Lufkin

36 daycares

A

Luling

2 daycares

B

Lumberton

9 daycares

A

Lyford

1 daycare

C

Lytle

4 daycares

F
M
55

Mabank

6 daycares

A

Macdona

1 daycare

A

Madisonville

10 daycares

A

Magnolia

27 daycares

A

Malakoff

2 daycares

A

Manchaca

9 daycares

A

Manor

26 daycares

A

Mansfield

45 daycares

A

Manvel

15 daycares

A

Marble Falls

8 daycares

A

Marion

3 daycares

A

Marlin

5 daycares

F

Marshall

16 daycares

A

Mart

1 daycare

F

Martindale

1 daycare

F

Mason

3 daycares

D

Mathis

2 daycares

A

Maud

2 daycares

A

Maxwell

1 daycare

F

Maypearl

1 daycare

F

McAllen

77 daycares

A

McCamey

1 daycare

C

McGregor

9 daycares

A

McKinney

146 daycares

A

Meadow

1 daycare

B

Meadows Place

6 daycares

B

Medina

2 daycares

B

Melissa

19 daycares

A

Memphis

1 daycare

C

Menard

1 daycare

A

Mercedes

13 daycares

A

Meridian

3 daycares

A

Merkel

7 daycares

B

Mesquite

71 daycares

A

Mexia

6 daycares

F

Midland

104 daycares

A

Midlothian

24 daycares

A

Miles

1 daycare

D

Mineola

5 daycares

B

Mineral Wells

10 daycares

A

Mission

76 daycares

A

Missouri City

69 daycares

A

Monahans

4 daycares

F

Mont Belvieu

7 daycares

B

Monte Alto

2 daycares

A

Montgomery

15 daycares

A

Moody

1 daycare

A

moulton

1 daycare

Mount Pleasant

9 daycares

B

Mount Vernon

2 daycares

F

Mountain Home

1 daycare

F

Muenster

2 daycares

A

Muleshoe

5 daycares

B

Munday

4 daycares

F

Murphy

14 daycares

A
P
49

Paducah

1 daycare

F

Palacios

4 daycares

A

Palestine

14 daycares

A

Palmer

1 daycare

B

Palmview

16 daycares

A

Pampa

8 daycares

A

Panhandle

2 daycares

A

Pantego

3 daycares

D

Paradise

5 daycares

B

Paris

21 daycares

C

parker

1 daycare

Pasadena

52 daycares

A

Pearland

93 daycares

A

Pearsall

8 daycares

A

Pecos

3 daycares

A

Penitas

5 daycares

D

Perryton

5 daycares

A

Pettus

3 daycares

F

Pflugerville

82 daycares

A

Pharr

59 daycares

A

Pilot Point

6 daycares

A

Pinehurst

3 daycares

F

Pineland

1 daycare

F

Pipe Creek

1 daycare

F

Pittsburg

6 daycares

C

Plainview

14 daycares

A

Plano

166 daycares

A

Pleasanton

7 daycares

D

Pointblank

1 daycare

C

Pollok

2 daycares

A

Ponder

5 daycares

A

Port Aransas

1 daycare

A

Port Arthur

18 daycares

A

port bolivar

1 daycare

Port Isabel

3 daycares

A

Port Lavaca

13 daycares

A

Port Neches

7 daycares

A

Port O Connor

1 daycare

F

Porter

14 daycares

A

Portland

14 daycares

A

Post

4 daycares

A

Poteet

2 daycares

F

Poth

3 daycares

B

Pottsboro

3 daycares

A

Premont

2 daycares

B

Presidio

2 daycares

F

Princeton

26 daycares

A

Prosper

40 daycares

A

Providence Village

9 daycares

A
S
85

Sabinal

2 daycares

A

Sachse

21 daycares

A

Sadler

1 daycare

F

Saginaw

25 daycares

A

Saint Hedwig

3 daycares

A

Salado

6 daycares

B

San Angelo

75 daycares

A

San Antonio

775 daycares

A

San Augustine

3 daycares

A

San Benito

21 daycares

A

San Carlos

1 daycare

F

San Diego

3 daycares

D

San Elizario

3 daycares

A

San Felipe

1 daycare

F

San Juan

33 daycares

A

San Marcos

35 daycares

A

San Saba

8 daycares

A

Sanger

12 daycares

A

Santa Fe

18 daycares

A

Santa Rosa

1 daycare

A

Santo

2 daycares

B

Savannah

6 daycares

A

Schertz

35 daycares

A

Schulenburg

2 daycares

A

scotland

1 daycare

Scurry

2 daycares

A

Seabrook

5 daycares

D

seadrift

1 daycare

Seagoville

7 daycares

A

Seagraves

1 daycare

D

Sealy

8 daycares

A

Seguin

26 daycares

A

Selma

6 daycares

B

Seminole

7 daycares

A

Seven Points

1 daycare

F

Seymour

3 daycares

D

Shady Shores

2 daycares

F

Shallowater

3 daycares

C

Shenandoah

2 daycares

C

Shepherd

3 daycares

A

Sherman

32 daycares

A

Shiner

5 daycares

B

Sierra Blanca

1 daycare

B

Silsbee

9 daycares

B

Sinton

4 daycares

A

Skellytown

1 daycare

C

skidmore

1 daycare

Slaton

4 daycares

A

Smithville

2 daycares

A

Snyder

7 daycares

A

Socorro

15 daycares

A

Somerset

1 daycare

F

Somerville

2 daycares

A

Sonora

2 daycares

A

Sour Lake

3 daycares

A

South Houston

3 daycares

A

Southlake

19 daycares

A

Spearman

4 daycares

F

Spicewood

6 daycares

A

Splendora

5 daycares

B

Spring

209 daycares

A

Spring Branch

4 daycares

F

Springtown

8 daycares

A

spur

1 daycare

St Paul

1 daycare

A

Stafford

21 daycares

D

Stamford

3 daycares

B

Stanton

3 daycares

B

Stephenville

17 daycares

A

Sterling City

1 daycare

B

Stinnett

1 daycare

A

Stockdale

4 daycares

B

Stratford

3 daycares

C

Strawn

1 daycare

F

Sudan

1 daycare

C

Sugar Land

99 daycares

A

Sugarland

2 daycares

F

Sullivan City

3 daycares

D

Sulphur Springs

12 daycares

A

Sundown

1 daycare

F

Sunnyvale

7 daycares

A

Sunray

1 daycare

F

Sutherland Springs

1 daycare

A

Sweeny

6 daycares

A

Sweetwater

7 daycares

A
W
40

Waco

91 daycares

A

Wake Village

5 daycares

A

Waller

12 daycares

A

Watauga

13 daycares

A

Waxahachie

45 daycares

A

Weatherford

27 daycares

A

Webster

14 daycares

A

Weimar

3 daycares

A

Wellington

2 daycares

D

Weslaco

45 daycares

A

West

4 daycares

D

West Columbia

5 daycares

C

West Lake Hills

7 daycares

A

Westlake

2 daycares

C

Westminster

1 daycare

C

Westworth Village

2 daycares

A

Wharton

5 daycares

B

Wheeler

1 daycare

F

White Settlement

6 daycares

A

Whitehouse

7 daycares

B

Whitesboro

3 daycares

A

Whitewright

2 daycares

F

Whitney

2 daycares

F

Wichita Falls

63 daycares

A

Willis

11 daycares

B

Willow Park

5 daycares

A

Wills Point

7 daycares

A

Wimberley

8 daycares

A

Windcrest

7 daycares

A

Windthorst

1 daycare

C

Wink

1 daycare

A

Winnie

7 daycares

D

Winnsboro

4 daycares

C

Winona

1 daycare

F

Winters

1 daycare

D

Wolfe City

1 daycare

C

Wolfforth

7 daycares

A

Woodville

4 daycares

B

Woodway

6 daycares

A

Wylie

39 daycares

A

Childcare Regulations in Texas

Texas requires all childcare operations serving more than three unrelated children to be licensed or registered through HHSC. Minimum standards cover caregiver qualifications, building safety, nutrition, and supervision. Licensed centers, licensed homes, and registered homes each have distinct requirements.

Staff-to-Child Ratios

Age GroupStaff : Children
Infants (0-11 months)1:4
Toddlers (12-17 months)1:5
Toddlers (18-23 months)1:9
Preschool (2 years)1:11
Preschool (3 years)1:15
Preschool (4 years)1:18
School Age (5-13 years)1:22

Licensing Agency

Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), Child Care Regulation

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Inspection Frequency

Licensed centers receive at least one unannounced inspection per year. Newly licensed operations are inspected more frequently during their first year. Complaint-based inspections occur at any time and are always unannounced.

Background Check Requirements

All owners, directors, caregivers, and employees must pass a name-based criminal history check through the Texas Department of Public Safety and an FBI fingerprint check. A search of the Texas sex offender registry and the central abuse and neglect registry (DFPS) is also required before employment.

Average Monthly Cost

$1,225/mo

Center-based infant care

Know Your Rights

Texas law guarantees parents the right to enter and observe their child's childcare operation at any time during hours of operation without prior notice. Inspection and investigation reports are publicly available through the HHSC search tool.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How are daycares regulated in Texas?

Texas requires all childcare operations serving more than three unrelated children to be licensed or registered through HHSC. Minimum standards cover caregiver qualifications, building safety, nutrition, and supervision. Licensed centers, licensed homes, and registered homes each have distinct requirements. The regulatory agency is the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), Child Care Regulation. All owners, directors, caregivers, and employees must pass a name-based criminal history check through the Texas Department of Public Safety and an FBI fingerprint check. A search of the Texas sex offender registry and the central abuse and neglect registry (DFPS) is also required before employment.

What are the staff-to-child ratios for daycares in Texas?

Texas requires specific staff-to-child ratios based on age group. Infants (0-11 months): 1:4. Toddlers (12-17 months): 1:5. Toddlers (18-23 months): 1:9. Preschool (2 years): 1:11. Preschool (3 years): 1:15. Preschool (4 years): 1:18. School Age (5-13 years): 1:22. These ratios apply to licensed childcare centers.

How often are daycares inspected in Texas?

Licensed centers receive at least one unannounced inspection per year. Newly licensed operations are inspected more frequently during their first year. Complaint-based inspections occur at any time and are always unannounced.