Licensed child care center · public record
Children's Safari Private School
Mesquite, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
25 state inspections, last 2 years
16 deficiencies on the state’s summary
14 high or medium-high risk
August 31, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued June 11, 2024
- Capacity
- 277 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:30 AM-06:30 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
- 1796774
Where
3550 Clay Mathis Rd
Mesquite, TX 75181
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 |
|---|---|---|
| June 3, 2026 | Medium High | 746.3001(1) - Field Trips - Signed Permission State’s note: “This standard was tasked as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. There were no signed permission slips on file for children to attend a field trip.” |
| June 3, 2026 | Medium | 746.605(9) - Required Admission Information - Field Trip Permission State’s note: “This standard was tasked as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. Field trip agreements on file for children indicate for transportation to planned field trips in which a parent had not agreed.” |
| June 3, 2026 | Medium High | 746.3003 - Field Trips - Notification to Parents State’s note: “This standard was tasked as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. There was no notification provided to a parent for a field trip that a child attended.” |
| June 3, 2026 | Medium High | 746.3001(6) - Field Trips - Children Identified with Center State’s note: “This standard was tasked as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. There were no identifiers worn on children who attended field trips.” |
| November 21, 2025 | Medium | 746.707 - Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent State’s note: “Based on evidence gathered throughout the investigation, it has been determined that the operation did not provide an incident report to the child's guardians within the required time frame.” |
| November 21, 2025 | High | 746.307(b)(4) - Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk State’s note: “Based on evidence gathered throughout the investigation, it was determined that the operation did not contact a child's guardian when a child was alone in a classroom for approximately 5 minutes.” |
| November 21, 2025 | 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: “Based on evidenced gathered throughout the investigation, it was determined that a child went into another classroom and was alone for approximately 5 minutes.” |
| November 6, 2025 | 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: “This standard was tasked as part of an investigation and found to be deficient. A child was left unattended for a period of time without adequate supervision.” |
| October 2, 2025 | High | 746.2805(5) - Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling State’s note: “During the course of the investigation, it has been determined that a caregiver has yelled at children in care at the operation.” |
| October 2, 2025 | High | 746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling State’s note: “During the course of the investigation, it has been determined that a caregiver has grabbed children in care at the operation.” |
| June 18, 2025 | High | 745.641 - AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation State’s note: “A caregiver was present and caring for children with an inactive background check.” |
| June 17, 2025 | 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: “Based on evidenced gathered throughout the investigation, it was determined that a caregiver left two children alone on the operation's playground.” |
| May 13, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3701 - Safety - Areas Free From Hazards State’s note: “The grassy area on one of the operations playgrounds was found to have a deep step down with the sprinkler system being exposed.” |
| May 9, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3701 - Safety - Areas Free From Hazards State’s note: “The grassy area on one of the operations playgrounds was found to have a deep step down with the sprinkler system being exposed.” |
| December 9, 2024 | Medium High | 746.3317(6) - Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Use Sanitary Holders State’s note: “A classroom was observed giving snack to the children on the bare table without using a napkin or barrier for the food. This was corrected at inspection when the caregiver re-distrubited snack in a disposable bowl.” |
| November 26, 2024 | High | 746.2805(5) - Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling State’s note: “During the investigation it was determined through interviews that caregivers yell at the children.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- August 31, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 18, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 14, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- August 13, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 6, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 4, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- July 21, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- July 2, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- June 16, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- June 3, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- May 12, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- May 5, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- April 23, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- April 21, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- March 17, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
How many times has the state inspected Children's Safari Private School?
Texas HHSC's file lists 25 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on August 31, 2026. 10 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Children's Safari Private School have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 16: 8 high-risk, 6 medium-high-risk, 2 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.
About this record. Public record from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation: the operations file, the inspections file and the non-compliance file on data.texas.gov, read daily. We summarize the state’s counts and quote its words; we don’t rate, rank or review anyone. For the official record or a complaint, go to HHSC Child Care Regulation. Is this your operation, and is something wrong? Tell us.
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