Sunshine Turtle Daycare LLC
Sunshine Turtle Daycare LLC is a licensed child care center in San Benito, TX, licensed for up to 36 children and serving infants through school-age children. It has held its Texas license since 2025. Since October 2021, state inspectors have visited 8 times. Inspectors recorded 3 citations, 0 of them high-risk, most often for staff ratios (1 of 3). None of them came in the last 12 months. Its last 2 inspections found no violations. Measured by risk-weighted citations per inspection, it is #10 of 17 centers in San Benito and better than 76% of licensed centers statewide.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
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Observed eight children being supervised by one caregiver in the infant room ages ranging from 3 months to 20 months.
Two staff members are missing the following training topics: Recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma; Understanding and using safe sleep practices and preventing sudden infant death syndrome; Understanding early brain development.
A staff file is missing proof of TB test and 8 hours of pre service training.
About this center
Common questions
Does Sunshine Turtle Daycare LLC take infants?
Yes. Texas licenses it to care for infants through school-age children.
What are Sunshine Turtle Daycare LLC’s hours?
6 AM to 6 PM, Monday through Friday, according to its state licensing record. Confirm holiday and summer hours with the center.
Does Sunshine Turtle Daycare LLC accept child care subsidies?
Yes, according to its state licensing record.
How much does Sunshine Turtle Daycare LLC cost?
Texas does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Sunshine Turtle Daycare LLC for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-day price at licensed centers in the Cameron area, which includes San Benito, is $41.00 a day for infants, $39.80 a day for toddlers and $38.80 a day for 3-year-olds (2025 Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey).
Has Sunshine Turtle Daycare LLC had any serious violations?
No high-risk citations since 2021. It has 3 lower-risk citations, listed above.
How does Sunshine Turtle Daycare LLC compare with other daycares in San Benito?
It is #10 of 17 centers in San Benito by risk-weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 76% of licensed centers statewide (out of 9,147 Texas centers with enough inspection history).
When was Sunshine Turtle Daycare LLC last inspected?
Jan 23, 2026. No violations were found during that visit.
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Citations are quoted from Texas HHS inspection records. Many are corrected the same day, and a citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall.
To see the official record, search operation 1799607 on Search Texas Child Care. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026.