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Lil Tikes Day Care Center

San Antonio, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.

11 state inspections, last 2 years
24 deficiencies on the state’s summary
16 high or medium-high risk
October 19, 2026 most recent inspection

The operation

Type
Licensed child care center
State permit
Full Permit, issued March 8, 2001
Capacity
49 children
Ages served
Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:30 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
548969

Where

2710 Tortuga St
San Antonio, TX 78224

Deficiencies by risk level

  • High 5
  • Medium-high 11
  • Medium 7
  • 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
August 26, 2026Medium High746.1605(1) - Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
State’s note: “There were 15 children combined in the front room. The age of the youngest child was five months and the age of the oldest child was three years. This was corrected at inspection when the infants went to their room.”
At the inspection
August 26, 2026Medium746.2207(a) - Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two
State’s note: “Infants and children were observed having screen time. This was corrected at inspection when the television was turned off.”
At the inspection
August 14, 2026Medium High746.3407(13) - Using, Storing and Disposing of Hazardous Materials
State’s note: “Disenfectant spray was accessible to children waiting in line for the bathroom. This was corrected at inspection when spray can was removed.”
At the inspection
August 14, 2026High746.3701(9) - Safety - Bodies of Water Inaccessible to Children
State’s note: “A mop bucket full of water was accessible to children waiting in line for the bathroom. This was corrected at inspection when the mop bucket was removed.”
At the inspection
August 10, 2026Medium High746.1601 - Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
State’s note: “There were five infants with one caregiver in Infant room. The ages of the infants were five months, seven months, eight months, 11 months, and 19 months, The specified age group was 0 to 11 months. This was corrected at inspection when a child wa moved to another room.”
August 14, 2026
February 19, 2026Medium746.605(13) - Required Admission Information - School Information for School-age Child
State’s note: “One of the three children files was missing school age information. NOTE: Corrected at inspection.”
At the inspection
February 19, 2026Medium High746.3301(b) - Nutrition and Food Service - Follow Meal Patterns
State’s note: “During snack time the children were provided one component (pudding) instead of two components.”
February 19, 2026
July 14, 2025Medium High746.5401 - Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection
State’s note: “At the time of inspection, the gas inspection was unavailable for review.”
July 21, 2025
July 14, 2025Medium746.4135(b) - Children's Products- Annual Certification
State’s note: “The Consumer Report form was observed to have been last reviewed on 5.12.24. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection.”
At the inspection
July 14, 2025Medium746.2421(b) - Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
State’s note: “One of the feeding schedules for a bottle-feeding infant was unavailable at the time of inspection.”
July 21, 2025
March 21, 2025Medium High746.1601 - Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
State’s note: “The infant classroom was observed out of ratio when the second caregiver left the room several times to open the front door throughout drop off. The specifed age group was 0-11 months and there were 7 infants present. This was corrected when the second caregiver returned to the infant classroom and child/caregiver ratio was back in compliance.”
March 21, 2025
March 13, 2025High746.201(1) - Policies Comply with Rules
State’s note: “Based on the evidence gathered, the operation was enforcing a policy regarding toilet-trained children, but this policy was not written in the center's operational policies when provided to parents at enrollment.”
May 9, 2025
November 12, 2024High746.2415(b) - AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age
State’s note: “An infant under 12 months was observed asleep in a crib propped up with a boppy pillow and a blanket. This was corrected when the items were removed from the crib.”
At the inspection
November 5, 2024Medium746.201(7) - Operation Open to Parents At All Times
State’s note: “Based on the evidence gathered, parents were not allowed to visit their children at the daycare while their children participated in a holiday event.”
December 23, 2024
November 5, 2024Medium High746.3407(8) - Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner
State’s note: “Based on the evidence gathered, a caregiver did not follow proper health and safety practices when they asked the child to hold their wet pull-up during potty training.”
December 23, 2024
November 5, 2024Medium High746.2803(4) - Discipline - Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance
State’s note: “Based on the evidence gathered, a caregiver did not use positive methods of redirection with a child during potty training. The caregiver had the child hold their wet pull-up while they placed a clean pull-up on the child.”
December 23, 2024
September 4, 2024Medium High746.801(11) - Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Fire Inspection Report, Including Written Approval for Above/Below Ground Level Care
State’s note: “The operation did not have their current fire inspection report on file or available for review.”
September 11, 2024
September 4, 2024Medium Low746.521(5)(A) - Parent right to receive HHSC's inspection report
State’s note: “Four out of the six children's files evaluated did not have signed Parent's Rights form.”
September 13, 2024
September 4, 2024Medium746.611(a)(3) - Health Statement parent sign - Dated within past yr, name/address health care professional, states child can participate. Follow by signed statement
State’s note: “One out of the six children's files evalauted did not have a signed healthcare provider statement on file. The child had been enrolled over 12 months.”
September 18, 2024
September 20, 2023Medium High746.1203(3)(A) - Administrative and clerical duties that take caregiver's attention away from children
State’s note: “A caregiver was observed having to leave a classroom of preschool children unattended for less than minute to unlock the front door to receive children coming in for care. Caregiver was also put in charge of administrative/clerical duties as all employees present were responsible for supervising children in care. This was corrected when the director arrived …”
At the inspection
September 5, 2023Medium High746.5202(1) - Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down procedures
State’s note: “The emergency preparedness plan is missing written procedures for the evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down of children during different types of emergency situations.”
September 15, 2023
September 5, 2023High746.3407(12) - Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children
State’s note: “A large bottle of homemade weed killer along with bottles of vinegar and dish soap were on the floor within children's reach as they walked to and from the restroom. This was corrected at inspection when the solutions were moved from the area and made inaccessible to children.”
At the inspection
September 13, 2022Medium746.611(a)(3) - Health Statement parent sign - Dated within past yr, name/address health care professional, states child can participate. Follow by signed statement
State’s note: “Two children did not have signed healthcare provider statements on file after being enrolled for 12 months or more.”
September 20, 2022
September 13, 2022High745.641 - AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
State’s note: “An employee with a pending background check was observed caring for children. She completed fingerprints however the employee recently recieved notice that the fingerprints did not go through and they will have to be resubmitted.”
September 13, 2022

Recent inspections and visits

How many times has the state inspected Lil Tikes Day Care Center?

Texas HHSC's file lists 11 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on October 19, 2026. 8 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.

Does Lil Tikes Day Care Center have deficiencies on its record?

The state's summary for this operation lists 24: 5 high-risk, 11 medium-high-risk, 7 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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