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Licensed daycares in 78501 — Mcallen, TX
There are 39 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 78501 — 28 licensed centers and 11 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 205 violations across 219 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.94 violations per inspection, which is above the Mcallen average of 0.48.
8 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.
The most-cited issue here is recordkeeping (69 citations), followed by caregiver-to-child ratio (30). Worth knowing before you tour.
Every record below comes from Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation and links back to the state's own document.
Compare all 39 providers
Clean record — no violations in 3 years
8 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
10 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
21 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
Questions to ask when you tour in 78501
Recordkeeping is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by caregiver-to-child ratio. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?
How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?
When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?
A note on Texas records
Texas does not publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.
Data synced from Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation on Jul 10, 2026. Source records · Report an error