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Daycares in Texas

Child care centers and home daycares in Texas, town by town, with the ages each one serves, its hours and, where the state publishes it, its inspection record. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

daycares listed
14,306
towns
820
take infants
10,340
accept subsidy
5,958

Map of Texas: each dot is a town with daycares, sized by how many are listed

Texas

Largest towns in Texas

Houston1,469 daycaresSan Antonio751 daycaresAustin567 daycaresDallas434 daycaresFort Worth418 daycaresEl Paso346 daycaresKaty304 daycaresArlington206 daycaresSpring192 daycaresCorpus Christi160 daycaresPlano160 daycaresKilleen159 daycares

Programs

Programs in Texas

Counts come from the state record and what each daycare says it offers. A daycare without a tag may still offer the program; ask.

ProgramListed
Take infants10,340
Child care centers9,595
Accept subsidy5,958
In-home daycares4,711
Christian & church daycares1,317
Montessori schools733
Preschools & pre-K13,150
24-hour daycare159
Night daycare1,367
Early morning daycare6,146
Weekend daycare1,190
Part-time daycare543
Drop-in daycare230
After-school care12,562
Bilingual daycare380
Head Start565

The Texas state record

Texas Health and Human Services, Child Care Regulation licenses daycares in Texas.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
The ages on each license
Inspections
Every visit the state publishes back to 2021
Cited rules
The inspector's finding, in the state's own words, with the risk level
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the Texas state records

Texas

Cost, inspections and ratios in Texas

Daycare cost in TexasWeekly prices by age and countyWhat Texas inspectors citeThe rules cited most, and what they meanStaff-to-child ratios in TexasHow many children each adult may care forTour checklist for TexasQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 820 Texas towns, A to Z

A42 towns
B69 towns
C75 towns
D28 towns
E30 towns
F36 towns
G36 towns
H52 towns
I9 towns
J14 towns
K25 towns
L56 towns
M54 towns
N21 towns
O12 towns
P47 towns
Q3 towns
R40 towns
S82 towns
T29 towns
U2 towns
V13 towns
W41 towns
Y3 towns
Z1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Oklahoma2,625 daycaresLouisiana2,503 daycaresArkansas2,215 daycaresNew Mexico709 daycares

Questions

Questions about daycare in Texas

How many daycares are in Texas?

14,306 daycares are listed across 820 Texas towns: 9,595 child care centers and 4,711 home daycares.

Who licenses daycares in Texas?

Texas Health and Human Services, Child Care Regulation licenses daycares in Texas. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.

How many Texas daycares take infants?

10,340, by the state record or their own description. A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.

How many Texas daycares accept child care subsidies?

5,958 are listed as accepting subsidies. Ask each one whether it has a subsidy spot open now.