# Rancho Del Cielo Head Start

Rancho Del Cielo Head Start is a licensed child care program (child care center) in Brownsville, TX serving ages Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School, with 70 licensed seats. It is regulated by TX HHSC.

## Key facts
- Status: Full Permit · Operating
- Address: 3 Old Ebony St, Brownsville, TX 78520

- Ages: Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Capacity: 70
- License/permit: 820203- 4070
- Operator: not published
- Phone: (956) 350-8889
- Website: www.ninosinc.org
- Hours: 07:30 AM-03:30 PM (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
- Accepts child care subsidies: no
- Official regulator profile: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/OperationDetails?operationId=211609

## Inspection record
3 findings across 6 Texas HHSC inspections (2022-08-29 to 2026-03-23); 1 rated serious; 0 open at last record.
- 2024-05-01 — Supervision & ratios, Medium risk, Corrected at inspection: Notification of Change in Space: Observed one classroom removed without the operation providing notification to licensing.     NOTE: CORRECTED AT INSPECTION as notification was provided along with updated floor plan. (§746.301(2); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-301-2))
- 2022-08-29 — Staff qualifications & clearances, Medium-high risk, Correction verified 2022-08-30: Report Change in Controlling Person: Controlling person list is not being kept current.  Previous director no longer present at this center has not been removed as a controlling person. (§746.305(a)(7); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-305-a-7))
- 2022-08-29 — Supervision & ratios, Medium risk, Corrected at inspection: Background Check Validation - You must inactivate a subject who is no longer associated with your operation within 7 days of leaving: Employee no longer employed has not been inactivated. Last day of employment was 8/5/2022.    NOTE: CORRECTED AT INSPECTION as employee was inactivated at the time of inspection. (§745.651(1); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-745-651-1))

## Nearby programs
- [Rancho Del Cielo Early Childcare Development Center](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-160149) — 0.18 km, capacity 57
- [A.x. Benavides Head Start Child Development](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1384638) — 0.43 km, capacity 17
- [A World of Adventures Academy](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1301238) — 1.11 km, capacity 78
- [Imagination Station Academy 5](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1373164) — 1.61 km, capacity 73
- [Little Angels Funland Daycare Co.](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1347670) — 2.12 km, capacity 42
- [Kidbridge Academy](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1172274) — 2.47 km, capacity 70

## Sources
- tx_hhsc_operations record 211609 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-05): https://data.texas.gov/resource/bc5r-88dy.json?operation_id=211609
- us_census_geocoder record 3 OLD EBONY ST|BROWNSVILLE|TX|78520 (corroborated, retrieved 2026-11-05): https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/

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Source page: https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-211609 · Kinfield — Childcare Intelligence. Facts come from public regulator records; historical inspection data is labelled. Missing data never means no issue exists.