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Licensed daycares in 79536 — Merkel, TX
There are 9 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 79536 — 1 licensed center and 8 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 5 violations across 8 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.63 violations per inspection, which is above the Merkel average of 0.11.
7 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 physical safety (3 citations), followed by health and medication (1). 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 9 providers
Clean record — no violations in 3 years
7 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
1 provider. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
1 provider. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
Questions to ask when you tour in 79536
Physical safety is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by health and medication. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
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