Licensed child care center · public record
Hughes Springs Head Start Center
Hughes Springs, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
4 state inspections, last 2 years
7 deficiencies on the state’s summary
6 high or medium-high risk
December 3, 2025 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued February 8, 2002
- Capacity
- 76 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 07:30 AM-04:00 PM
- Accepts child care subsidies
- No
- Conditions on the permit
- No
- Corrective action listed
- No
- Adverse action listed
- No
- Temporarily closed
- No
- State operation number
- 813897- 845
Where
903 E 1st
Hughes Springs, TX 75656
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 |
|---|---|---|
| September 4, 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 reviewed as part of an investigation and found non-compliant. It was discovered that a child was left unsupervised outside for approximately two minutes when another staff had found the child.” |
| September 4, 2025 | High | 746.307(b)(4) - Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk State’s note: “This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found non-compliant. The parent was not conducted regarding their child being left outside for approximately two minutes unsupervised until the child was picked up at end of day.” |
| September 29, 2023 | Medium High | 746.2803(4) - Discipline - Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance State’s note: “This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found non-compliant. It was discovered during the investigation that several staff were not using positive methods of discipline and guidance when staff were raising their voice at children when they got up from the table at lunch time.” |
| September 29, 2023 | High | 746.2805(10) - Prohibited Punishments - Using Inappropriate Long Period of Silence or Inactivity Including Requiring Child to Remain in a Restrictive Device State’s note: “This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found non- compliant. It was discovered a three year old child was placed in time out for seventeen minutes for discipline.” |
| April 27, 2023 | Medium | 746.401(11) - Required Postings-Licensing notices with instructions to post State’s note: “During the inspection it was observed that the operation did not have their Permit Renewal Letter posted. This was corrected at inspection when it was printed and posted.” |
| April 27, 2023 | Medium High | 746.605(6) - Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact State’s note: “During a review files two of eight children's files were lacking a complete address for their emergency contact person. This was corrected at inspection when the opertion obtained the complete addresses for both children.” |
| April 24, 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: “This standard was investigated as part of an investigation and found to be in non-compliance. It was discovered that a child was left unsupervised in the restroom for approximately one minute and was discovered by another staff who was walking down the hallway at the time. The staff responsible for the child was not aware that they were still in the rest…” |
Recent inspections and visits
- December 3, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- October 8, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 4, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 4, 2025 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- January 23, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- February 6, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- November 2, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- October 3, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 29, 2023 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- May 4, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- April 27, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- April 24, 2023 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- May 11, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: No
How many times has the state inspected Hughes Springs Head Start Center?
Texas HHSC's file lists 4 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on December 3, 2025. 1 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Hughes Springs Head Start Center have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 7: 4 high-risk, 2 medium-high-risk, 1 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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