Texas Daycares

15,472

Facilities

39.9

Avg Score

126.7

Avg Violations

A
B
C
D
F

Grade Distribution

Data Freshness & Provenance

Inspection coverage

14,269 of 15,472 providers have inspection history

Active providers

15,458 providers appear active in the current roster

Last refreshed

May 18, 2026

Latest inspection

May 15, 2026

Provenance

Texas licensing data plus DaycareCheck safety scoring

State Snapshot

Texas currently has 15,472 tracked facilities. 14,269 have inspection history, 15,458 appear active, and 2,723 facilities hold an A or B grade. The latest inspection in the dataset is May 15, 2026.

Updated May 18, 2026 from state licensing records and DaycareCheck scoring.

Largest Cities in Texas

Houston

1,685 facilities

30.2 avg score

San Antonio

789 facilities

29.7 avg score

Austin

616 facilities

40.9 avg score

Dallas

478 facilities

35.8 avg score

Fort Worth

460 facilities

38.9 avg score

El Paso

360 facilities

44.8 avg score

Katy

331 facilities

41.0 avg score

Arlington

222 facilities

41.2 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

F

Bartonville

1 daycare

F

Bastrop

28 daycares

A

Batesville

1 daycare

F

Bay City

12 daycares

A

Baytown

50 daycares

A

Beasley

2 daycares

F

Beaumont

61 daycares

A

Beckville

2 daycares

B

Bedford

28 daycares

A

Bee Cave

2 daycares

A

Beeville

7 daycares

C

Bellaire

10 daycares

C

Bellmead

2 daycares

F

Bellville

5 daycares

B

Belton

17 daycares

A

Ben Wheeler

1 daycare

F

Benbrook

11 daycares

A

Bertram

4 daycares

F

Big Lake

2 daycares

C

Big Sandy

1 daycare

F

Big Spring

8 daycares

F

Blanco

2 daycares

F

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

4 daycares

B

Boys Ranch

2 daycares

F

Brackettville

1 daycare

F

Brady

2 daycares

C

Brazoria

4 daycares

B

Breckenridge

5 daycares

A

Brenham

17 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

112 daycares

A

Brownwood

14 daycares

A

Bryan

70 daycares

A

Bryson

2 daycares

F

Buda

28 daycares

A

Buffalo

2 daycares

F

Buffalo Gap

4 daycares

A

Bullard

1 daycare

F

Bulverde

5 daycares

F

Buna

6 daycares

A

Burkburnett

7 daycares

A

Burke

1 daycare

D

Burleson

33 daycares

A

Burnet

9 daycares

B

Burton

1 daycare

F

Byers

1 daycare

F
C
77

Caddo Mills

9 daycares

A

Caldwell

7 daycares

A

Cameron

9 daycares

C

Camp Wood

1 daycare

D

Canadian

2 daycares

F

Canton

6 daycares

A

Canutillo

2 daycares

C

Canyon

11 daycares

C

Canyon Lake

9 daycares

A

Carrizo Springs

6 daycares

F

Carrollton

92 daycares

A

Carthage

5 daycares

A

Castroville

4 daycares

F

Cedar Creek

7 daycares

A

Cedar Hill

47 daycares

A

Cedar Park

75 daycares

A

Celina

32 daycares

A

Center

3 daycares

A

Center Point

1 daycare

C

Centerville

3 daycares

F

Chandler

2 daycares

D

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

B

Clifton

2 daycares

F

Clint

2 daycares

A

Clute

8 daycares

B

Clyde

5 daycares

A

Coldspring

3 daycares

B

Coleman

6 daycares

B

College Station

49 daycares

A

Colleyville

13 daycares

A

Collinsville

1 daycare

F

colmesneil

1 daycare

Colorado City

3 daycares

F

Columbus

5 daycares

D

Comanche

3 daycares

C

Combes

1 daycare

B

Comfort

2 daycares

A

Commerce

4 daycares

D

Conroe

88 daycares

A

Converse

26 daycares

A

Cooper

2 daycares

F

Coppell

29 daycares

A

Copperas Cove

26 daycares

A

Corinth

10 daycares

F

Corpus Christi

164 daycares

A

Corrigan

1 daycare

D

Corsicana

25 daycares

A

Cotulla

2 daycares

A

Coupland

1 daycare

A

Crandall

10 daycares

A

Crane

2 daycares

C

Crawford

3 daycares

C

Crockett

6 daycares

A

Crosby

16 daycares

B

Crosbyton

1 daycare

C

Cross Plains

1 daycare

F

Cross Roads

1 daycare

A

Crowell

1 daycare

F

Crowley

23 daycares

A

Crystal City

6 daycares

D

Cuero

10 daycares

A

Cypress

128 daycares

A
H
53

Hallettsville

9 daycares

C

Hallsburg

1 daycare

F

Hallsville

6 daycares

A

Haltom City

15 daycares

A

Hamilton

5 daycares

B

Hamlin

2 daycares

F

Hardin

1 daycare

F

Harker Heights

26 daycares

A

Harleton

2 daycares

A

Harlingen

53 daycares

A

Harper

1 daycare

F

Hart

1 daycare

F

Haskell

2 daycares

D

Haslet

23 daycares

A

Hawkins

2 daycares

F

Hawley

2 daycares

F

Hearne

3 daycares

F

Heartland

10 daycares

A

Heath

2 daycares

B

Hebbronville

6 daycares

F

Helotes

11 daycares

A

Hemphill

3 daycares

A

Hempstead

11 daycares

A

Henderson

13 daycares

A

Henrietta

3 daycares

A

Hereford

5 daycares

B

Hewitt

6 daycares

A

Hickory Creek

4 daycares

A

Hico

2 daycares

F

Hidalgo

6 daycares

B

Highland Village

8 daycares

A

Highlands

3 daycares

B

Hillsboro

7 daycares

C

hobson

1 daycare

Hockley

7 daycares

F

Holland

2 daycares

B

Holliday

2 daycares

A

Hollywood Park

1 daycare

B

Hondo

7 daycares

F

Hooks

1 daycare

B

Horizon City

13 daycares

A

Houston

1685 daycares

A

Howe

2 daycares

F

Hubbard

1 daycare

F

Hudson Oaks

4 daycares

F

Huffman

6 daycares

B

Hughes Springs

2 daycares

F

Humble

117 daycares

A

Huntington

2 daycares

F

Huntsville

23 daycares

A

Hurst

18 daycares

A

Hutchins

1 daycare

F

Hutto

37 daycares

A
L
59

La Feria

7 daycares

A

La Grange

12 daycares

A

La Joya

3 daycares

F

La Marque

13 daycares

D

La Porte

19 daycares

A

La Pryor

1 daycare

D

La Salle

1 daycare

C

La Vernia

10 daycares

B

Lacoste

1 daycare

F

Lago Vista

5 daycares

F

Lake Dallas

4 daycares

F

Lake Jackson

24 daycares

A

Lake Worth

2 daycares

F

Lakeway

10 daycares

A

Lakewood Village

1 daycare

F

Lamarque

1 daycare

F

Lamesa

3 daycares

F

Lampasas

10 daycares

A

Lancaster

29 daycares

A

Lantana

3 daycares

F

Laporte

1 daycare

F

Laredo

136 daycares

A

Larue

2 daycares

C

Lavon

6 daycares

A

Lawn

1 daycare

A

League City

37 daycares

A

Leander

101 daycares

A

Leonard

2 daycares

D

Levelland

10 daycares

C

Lewisville

48 daycares

A

Lexington

3 daycares

C

Liberty

7 daycares

A

Liberty Hill

28 daycares

A

Lindale

13 daycares

A

Linden

2 daycares

F

Lindsay

3 daycares

B

Lipan

1 daycare

F

Little Elm

64 daycares

A

Little River Academy

1 daycare

F

Littlefield

4 daycares

A

Live Oak

12 daycares

F

Liverpool

1 daycare

F

Livingston

7 daycares

A

Llano

4 daycares

C

Lockhart

15 daycares

A

Lolita

1 daycare

F

Lone Oak

1 daycare

A

Longview

57 daycares

A

Lorena

5 daycares

B

Los Fresnos

12 daycares

A

Lott

1 daycare

F

Louise

1 daycare

F

Lubbock

172 daycares

A

Lucas

4 daycares

A

Lufkin

36 daycares

A

Luling

2 daycares

D

Lumberton

10 daycares

B

Lyford

1 daycare

F

Lytle

4 daycares

F
M
55

Mabank

6 daycares

A

Macdona

1 daycare

A

Madisonville

11 daycares

A

Magnolia

27 daycares

B

Malakoff

2 daycares

A

Manchaca

9 daycares

A

Manor

27 daycares

A

Mansfield

46 daycares

A

Manvel

16 daycares

A

Marble Falls

8 daycares

A

Marion

3 daycares

C

Marlin

5 daycares

F

Marshall

16 daycares

A

Mart

1 daycare

F

Martindale

1 daycare

F

Mason

3 daycares

F

Mathis

2 daycares

B

Maud

2 daycares

A

Maxwell

1 daycare

F

Maypearl

1 daycare

F

McAllen

78 daycares

A

McCamey

1 daycare

D

McGregor

9 daycares

A

McKinney

150 daycares

A

Meadow

1 daycare

C

Meadows Place

6 daycares

B

Medina

2 daycares

F

Melissa

20 daycares

A

Memphis

1 daycare

F

Menard

1 daycare

D

Mercedes

13 daycares

A

Meridian

3 daycares

A

Merkel

8 daycares

B

Mesquite

74 daycares

A

Mexia

7 daycares

F

Midland

106 daycares

A

Midlothian

25 daycares

A

Miles

1 daycare

F

Mineola

5 daycares

B

Mineral Wells

10 daycares

C

Mission

77 daycares

A

Missouri City

73 daycares

A

Monahans

4 daycares

F

Mont Belvieu

7 daycares

D

Monte Alto

2 daycares

A

Montgomery

15 daycares

A

Moody

1 daycare

A

moulton

1 daycare

Mount Pleasant

9 daycares

C

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
50

Paducah

1 daycare

F

Palacios

4 daycares

B

Palestine

14 daycares

A

Palmer

1 daycare

F

Palmview

16 daycares

B

Pampa

8 daycares

A

Panhandle

2 daycares

C

Pantego

3 daycares

F

Paradise

5 daycares

C

Paris

21 daycares

D

parker

1 daycare

Pasadena

52 daycares

A

Pearland

95 daycares

A

Pearsall

8 daycares

B

Pecos

3 daycares

C

Penitas

5 daycares

F

Perryton

5 daycares

B

Pettus

3 daycares

F

Pflugerville

82 daycares

A

Pharr

60 daycares

A

Pilot Point

6 daycares

A

Pinehurst

3 daycares

F

Pineland

1 daycare

F

Pipe Creek

1 daycare

F

Pittsburg

6 daycares

D

Plainview

14 daycares

A

Plano

170 daycares

A

Pleasanton

7 daycares

F

Pointblank

1 daycare

F

Pollok

2 daycares

A

Ponder

5 daycares

A

Poolville

1 daycare

A

Port Aransas

1 daycare

C

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

16 daycares

A

Portland

15 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

27 daycares

A

Prosper

40 daycares

A

Providence Village

10 daycares

A
S
86

Sabinal

2 daycares

C

Sachse

21 daycares

A

Sadler

1 daycare

F

Saginaw

25 daycares

A

Saint Hedwig

3 daycares

A

Salado

6 daycares

D

San Angelo

75 daycares

A

San Antonio

789 daycares

A

San Augustine

3 daycares

A

San Benito

21 daycares

A

San Carlos

1 daycare

F

San Diego

3 daycares

F

San Elizario

3 daycares

A

San Felipe

1 daycare

F

San Juan

34 daycares

A

San Marcos

36 daycares

A

San Saba

8 daycares

B

Sanger

12 daycares

A

Santa Fe

18 daycares

A

Santa Rosa

1 daycare

B

Santo

2 daycares

C

Savannah

6 daycares

B

Schertz

36 daycares

A

Schulenburg

2 daycares

A

scotland

1 daycare

Scurry

2 daycares

A

Seabrook

5 daycares

F

seadrift

1 daycare

Seagoville

7 daycares

A

Seagraves

1 daycare

F

Sealy

8 daycares

C

Seguin

26 daycares

C

Selma

6 daycares

F

Seminole

7 daycares

B

Seven Points

1 daycare

F

Seymour

3 daycares

F

Shady Shores

2 daycares

F

Shallowater

3 daycares

F

Shenandoah

2 daycares

D

Shepherd

3 daycares

B

Sherman

33 daycares

A

Shiner

5 daycares

F

Sierra Blanca

1 daycare

D

Silsbee

9 daycares

C

Sinton

4 daycares

A

Skellytown

1 daycare

C

skidmore

1 daycare

Slaton

4 daycares

A

Smithville

2 daycares

A

Snyder

7 daycares

B

Socorro

15 daycares

A

Somerset

1 daycare

F

Somerville

2 daycares

C

Sonora

2 daycares

D

Sour Lake

4 daycares

A

South Houston

3 daycares

A

Southlake

19 daycares

A

Spearman

4 daycares

F

Spicewood

6 daycares

A

Splendora

5 daycares

C

Spring

215 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

C

Stanton

3 daycares

C

Starbase

1 daycare

F

Stephenville

17 daycares

B

Sterling City

1 daycare

D

Stinnett

1 daycare

A

Stockdale

4 daycares

D

Stratford

3 daycares

F

Strawn

1 daycare

F

Sudan

1 daycare

C

Sugar Land

100 daycares

A

Sugarland

2 daycares

F

Sullivan City

3 daycares

F

Sulphur Springs

12 daycares

C

Sundown

1 daycare

F

Sunnyvale

7 daycares

A

Sunray

1 daycare

F

Sutherland Springs

1 daycare

C

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

46 daycares

A

Weatherford

27 daycares

A

Webster

14 daycares

A

Weimar

3 daycares

B

Wellington

2 daycares

F

Weslaco

45 daycares

A

West

4 daycares

F

West Columbia

5 daycares

F

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

7 daycares

A

Whitehouse

7 daycares

C

Whitesboro

3 daycares

B

Whitewright

2 daycares

F

Whitney

2 daycares

F

Wichita Falls

64 daycares

A

Willis

11 daycares

D

Willow Park

5 daycares

B

Wills Point

7 daycares

A

Wimberley

8 daycares

A

Windcrest

7 daycares

B

Windthorst

1 daycare

C

Wink

1 daycare

A

Winnie

7 daycares

D

Winnsboro

4 daycares

F

Winona

1 daycare

F

Winters

1 daycare

F

Wolfe City

1 daycare

F

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.