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Jones Early Learning Center

Midland, 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
12 deficiencies on the state’s summary
8 high or medium-high risk
May 18, 2026 most recent inspection

The operation

Type
Licensed child care center
State permit
Full Permit, issued January 23, 2020
Capacity
73 children
Ages served
Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten
Hours
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 07:00 AM-05:30 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
1691898

Where

126 Thornridge Dr
Midland, TX 79703

Deficiencies by risk level

  • High 3
  • Medium-high 5
  • Medium 3
  • Medium-low 1
  • Low 0

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.

InspectionRiskStandardCorrected
May 18, 2026Medium High746.1301(a)(4)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric CPR
State’s note: “The Director did not have an updated Pediatric First Aid/CPR Certificate of training available for review.”
June 1, 2026
October 21, 2025High746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
State’s note: “Based on the DFPS Investigation there is information indicating that a caregiver grabbed a three year old child, threw the child to the ground and left. Another caregiver picked up the child. Note: Caregiver is no longer employed with the operation.”
December 4, 2025
October 21, 2025High746.307(b)(4) - Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
State’s note: “Based on the DFPS Investigation there is information that the operation did not notify the parent immediately about a caregiver grabbing a three year old child and throwing the child to the ground.”
December 4, 2025
January 29, 2025Medium746.1309(a) - Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
State’s note: “4 caregivers did not have the required 24 clock hours of training.”
February 12, 2025
February 29, 2024Medium746.2421(a) - Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional
State’s note: “Two infant feeding instructions were not signed nor dated by parents.”
March 7, 2024
February 29, 2024Medium High746.1315(b)(1) - CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based
State’s note: “Director's Pediatric First Aid/CPR does not include the use of a CPR manikin.”
March 7, 2024
September 22, 2023Medium746.2803(4)(D) - Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Brief Supervised Separation
State’s note: “A staff used inappropriate discipline to redirect a child who was made to sit on a playground bench for 30 minutes.”
November 2, 2023
September 26, 2022Medium Low746.401(9) - Posting Requirements - List entitled "Current Employees"--sized at least 81/2 X 11 inches, printed legibly, include employee first and last name
State’s note: “A list of Current Employees was missing in the required postings. Corrected at Inspection when the Director posted a current employees list.”
At the inspection
September 26, 2022Medium High746.401(10) - Required Postings-Child's Food Allergies
State’s note: “Operation has one child with food allergies. The list of child's food allergies was not in the required postings. Corrected at inspection when the Director posted the list of the child's food allergies.”
At the inspection
May 10, 2022High746.2401(6) - Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers
State’s note: “The infant classroom was not free of objects that cause choking. An infant choked on a plastic piece and the heimlich maneuver had to be done.”
May 25, 2022
January 18, 2022Medium High746.305(a)(4) - Report Outbreak of Communicable Illness
State’s note: “Operation failed to notify licensing of a reportable illness within the required timeframe.”
January 18, 2022
December 10, 2021Medium High746.1601 - Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
State’s note: “During walk through of the operation, caregiver in the 12-18 month class was out of ratio.”
January 12, 2022

Recent inspections and visits

How many times has the state inspected Jones Early Learning Center?

Texas HHSC's file lists 4 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on May 18, 2026. 3 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.

Does Jones Early Learning Center have deficiencies on its record?

The state's summary for this operation lists 12: 3 high-risk, 5 medium-high-risk, 3 medium-risk, 1 medium-low-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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