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Early Morning Daycare in Texas

Daycares that open before 7 AM in Texas, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

daycares that open before 7 AM listed
6,146
towns
570
towns have their own early morning daycare page
294
of all Texas daycares
43%

Map of Texas: each dot is a town with daycares that open before 7 AM, sized by how many are listed

Opens early
What puts a daycare on this listThe hours on its state license record open before 7 AM, or run 24 hours. Where the state publishes no hours, its public business listing gives the same opening time before 7 AM on every weekday.Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

Texas

Largest towns for early morning daycare in Texas

Houston843 open before 7 AMSan Antonio375 open before 7 AMFort Worth225 open before 7 AMDallas198 open before 7 AMEl Paso198 open before 7 AMKaty181 open before 7 AMKilleen135 open before 7 AMSpring129 open before 7 AMArlington97 open before 7 AMAustin94 open before 7 AMCypress74 open before 7 AMHumble63 open before 7 AM

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
All daycares14,306
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

Before you enroll

Choosing early morning care in Texas

  1. 1

    Check the opening time

    Each listing shows its hours. Ask whether staff are there to take children at opening every day.

  2. 2

    Ask about breakfast

    Ask whether children who arrive early get breakfast, and whether you send it.

  3. 3

    Ask about the early group

    Some daycares combine age groups early in the morning. Ask who is with your child until the rooms open.

  4. 4

    Check the license record

    Open a listing for its state license, its hours as the state lists them and the inspection record.

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 570 Texas towns with early morning daycare, A to Z

A34 towns
B47 towns
C49 towns
D21 towns
E22 towns
F22 towns
G23 towns
H36 towns
I6 towns
J10 towns
K16 towns
L43 towns
M35 towns
N16 towns
O6 towns
P36 towns
Q2 towns
R26 towns
S54 towns
T20 towns
U2 towns
V10 towns
W32 towns
Y2 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Oklahoma1,034 open before 7 AMLouisiana816 open before 7 AMArkansas460 open before 7 AMNew Mexico200 open before 7 AM

Questions

Questions about early morning daycare in Texas

How many daycares that open before 7 AM are in Texas?

6,146 daycares that open before 7 AM are listed in 570 Texas towns. Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

Which Texas town has the most daycares that open before 7 AM?

Houston, with 843 listed. Next are San Antonio (375) and Fort Worth (225).

Which daycares in Texas open at 6 AM?

3,034 daycares open at 6 AM or earlier by the hours we hold in Texas. All 6,146 on this list open before 7 AM. Call to confirm the time.

Which daycares in Texas open at 5 AM?

311 open at 5 AM or earlier, 159 of them open 24 hours.

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.