Licensed child care center · public record
A Place to Grow II
El Paso, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued January 30, 2014
- Capacity
- 172 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Accepts child care subsidies
- Yes
- Conditions on the permit
- No
- Corrective action listed
- No
- Adverse action listed
- No
- Temporarily closed
- No
- State operation number
- 1520671- 10751
Where
12300-A Pellicano
El Paso, TX 79936
Deficiencies by risk level
The state’s own summary counts for this operation, as published in the HHSC operations file.
Citations on the record
Each standard the state found not met, newest first, with its risk level and when it was corrected.
| Inspection | Risk | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| August 20, 2026 | High | 746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling State’s note: “During an incident involving a child in care received an injury, a caregiver is observed pushing roughly a child down to the side to remove him from a foam climbing structure, the child falls face forward hitting himself on the mouth or nose area.” |
| January 30, 2026 | Medium High | 746.1316(a) - Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually State’s note: “The last transportation training the caregiver took was in February 2024. There was no transportation training for the 2025 year.” |
| December 11, 2024 | High | 746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling State’s note: “On the operation?s video it was observed how a teacher, grabbed the child, pulled the arm, lifted, and made the child walk towards the back door.” |
| December 11, 2024 | High | 746.1203(1) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know Minimum Standards State’s note: “At the time of the incident two teachers were doing other activities such as cutting paper for the children's activities and another teacher was placing hooks outside the hallway for the children's backpacks and coats, instead of supervising the children.” |
| September 27, 2023 | Medium High | 746.631(a) - Sign-in and Sign-out Tracking System State’s note: “The operation did not have a tracking system for each child coming in early in the morning.” |
| September 22, 2023 | Medium High | 746.1601 - Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children State’s note: “The infant room was over ratio, the room had twelve (0-17 months) and nine (18 month- 2 years old), total of 21 children with one caregiver. The second classroom had children nine (2year olds) and five (3 year olds), total of 14 children with one teacher. The classroom was over ratio by three children.” |
| August 12, 2023 | Medium | 746.307(c) - Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries State’s note: “A child in care was bitten by another child and the operation did not notify the parent(s) of this incident.” |
| August 12, 2023 | High | 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 State’s note: “In the Toddler #3 classroom, there is a history of a child biting other children in care. This has been reported and acknowledged by the operation. The operation has not provided the level of supervision necessary to ensure each child's safety and well-being.” |
| February 10, 2023 | Medium | 746.801(12) - Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Sanitation Inspection Report State’s note: “The operation did not have a current health inspection, the last inspection was done on 1/31/22.” |
| January 19, 2023 | High | 746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk State’s note: “Operation failed to notify Child Care Regulations in a timely manner of a child who was not supervised for five hours and was in an empty classroom.” |
| January 19, 2023 | High | 746.1203(4) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children State’s note: “A two-year-old child was in an empty classroom with no other children or staff. The child was not supervised for five hours until a teacher found him.” |
| January 19, 2023 | Medium | 746.701(5) - Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk State’s note: “The operation failed to generate an incident/illness report for a child that was placed at risk.” |
| January 19, 2023 | High | 746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control State’s note: “A caregiver failed to escort a two-year-old child to the classroom and provide the child to the teacher. The child was unsupervised for five hours in an empty classroom until another caregiver found him.” |
| June 2, 2022 | Medium High | 746.1605 - Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age State’s note: “Two infants, (12 month and 16 month) were combined with children as old as seven years old.” |
| May 10, 2022 | Medium High | 746.801(11) - Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Fire Inspection Report, Including Written Approval for Above/Below Ground Level Care State’s note: “The operation does not have a current fire inspection, the last inspection was conducted on 4/6/21.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- September 14, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 20, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 20, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- March 19, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- February 3, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- January 30, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- July 11, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- July 7, 2025 Report · deficiency found: No
- May 19, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- January 17, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 13, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 11, 2024 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- July 25, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- July 18, 2024 Report · deficiency found: No
- June 25, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
How many times has the state inspected A Place to Grow II?
Texas HHSC's file lists 8 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on September 14, 2026. 3 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does A Place to Grow II have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 15: 7 high-risk, 5 medium-high-risk, 3 medium-risk. Each one is listed below with its date and whether it was corrected.
Is this a rating?
No. This page shows the State of Texas's own public records, summarized. It is not a rating, a review or our opinion. Ask the operation or HHSC about anything here.
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