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Licensed daycares in 77979 — Port Lavaca, TX
There are 13 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 77979 — 10 licensed centers and 3 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 60 violations across 100 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.60 violations per inspection, which is above the Port Lavaca average of 0.29.
2 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 caregiver-to-child ratio (15 citations), followed by physical safety (12). 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 13 providers
Clean record — no violations in 3 years
2 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
3 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
8 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
Questions to ask when you tour in 77979
Caregiver-to-child ratio is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by physical safety. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
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?
What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?
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