Licensed child care center · public record
Instituto Lumen, LLC
Mcallen, 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
16 deficiencies on the state’s summary
12 high or medium-high risk
August 18, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued January 30, 2019
- Capacity
- 57 children
- Ages served
- Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 07:30 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
- 1677561
Where
4108 N 10th St Suite 500
Mcallen, TX 78504
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 18, 2026 | Medium High | 746.1301(a)(5)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training State’s note: “3 out of 6 staff files reviewed are missing trainings in the following topics: 1) Emergency prepardness 2) Allergies 3) Transportation” |
| September 25, 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: “A child was obserevd unattended in a dark classroom.” |
| September 25, 2025 | Medium High | 746.1301(a)(3)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing State’s note: “1 out of 6 staff files reviewed is not current with First Aid and CPR.” |
| November 4, 2024 | Medium High | 746.1107(2) - Additional Minimum Qualifications for Caregivers - HS Diploma, Equivalent, Certification of Completion State’s note: “There was no documentation showing how a caregiver meets the education requirements.” |
| November 4, 2024 | Medium High | 746.3417(3) - Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering State’s note: “The caregiver failed to wash the child's hands following a diaper change.” |
| November 4, 2024 | Medium High | 746.1301(a)(2)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training State’s note: “A caregiver hired on 10/29/24 and counted in ratio did not have 8 hours of pre-service training.” |
| October 23, 2024 | Medium High | 746.1601 - Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children State’s note: “There was one caregiver caring for 15 children. The specified age for the group was 2 years which allows 11 children to 1 caregiver. Note The ratios were left in compliance.” |
| November 7, 2023 | Medium High | 746.3407 - Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment State’s note: “The outdoor play area was observed with wooden logs with sharp edges and rough surface areas prone for splinters. There was multiple small paper and plastic pieces scattered throughout the mulch in the outdoor area used by the children. There were overgrown weeds in the outdoor area along the wall.” |
| November 7, 2023 | Medium | 746.901 - Required Personnel Records State’s note: “Two personnel records did not have the following information: Affidavit, education translation, and statement of orientation.” |
| November 7, 2023 | Medium | 746.1311(a) - Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required State’s note: “Director did not have the required annual training topics for training period, 8/01/22-8/01/23.” |
| November 7, 2023 | Medium High | 746.3401(a) - Annual Sanitation Inspection State’s note: “The operation does not have a current Sanitation Inspection. The last health inspection conducted was on 6/24/22.” |
| November 16, 2022 | Medium | 746.1311(c) - Director Annual Training -Required 1 hour in prevention, recognition and reporting of child maltreatment State’s note: “Director did not have the following trainings for the training period, 8/2021-8/2022: (1)Recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma (2)Understanding and using safe sleep practices and preventing sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and (3)Understanding early childhood brain development. -- Transportation training” |
| November 16, 2022 | Medium High | 746.5205(3) - Sheltering Drills for Lock-Down-4 times in a calendar year State’s note: “There was only three out of four lock down drills conducted for 2021.” |
| December 15, 2021 | Medium High | 746.4907(d) - Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained State’s note: “A climbing play structure did not have the proper depth of surfacing/mulch.” |
| December 15, 2021 | Medium | 746.901(10) - Required Personnel Records- signed dated statement that employee attended abuse/neglect training State’s note: “There was no documentation for an employee hired on August 2021 for an Orientation and Pre-Service Training.” |
| December 15, 2021 | Medium High | 746.605(16) - Required Admission Information-Completed Food Allergy Plan State’s note: “A child with a diagnosed food allergy did not have a Food Allergy Emergency Plan.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- August 18, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- October 3, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 25, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- November 15, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- November 4, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- October 23, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- December 1, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- November 7, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- November 16, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- December 15, 2021 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
How many times has the state inspected Instituto Lumen, LLC?
Texas HHSC's file lists 4 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on August 18, 2026. 2 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Instituto Lumen, LLC have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 16: 1 high-risk, 11 medium-high-risk, 4 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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