Earle School District Childcare
A child care center in Earle, Arkansas 72331
1401 Third Street, Earle, Arkansas 72331. (870) 792-8486.
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The short answer
- 6 deficiencies in the last three years
- 2 at the state’s most serious level (needs attention)
- Feb 132026 the latest visit on record
- 50 children, its licensed capacity
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean6
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- The state’s most serious level
- Each state grades findings on its own scale and in its own words, so the record counts a state’s findings at that state’s top level. Two states’ top levels aren’t the same thing, so the counts aren’t compared across states. Source: How this site reads each state’s scale.
- Quality rating
- Many states rate child care in a quality rating system that goes past the licensing rules, such as Texas Rising Star or Kentucky All STARS. Taking part is often voluntary, so a program with no rating hasn’t been rated low. Source: Each state’s quality rating system.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
17 visits in the last three years, the latest on Feb 13, 2026.
6 deficiencies cited in the last three years, 2 of them serious.
Arkansas lists 1 complaint, received Nov 12, 2025; it lists the regulations its investigation cited.
Serious Deficiency: The following activities or threats of such activities are unacceptable as behavior guidance measures and shall not be used for children. These include, but are not limited to the following:, Feb 13, 2026
Serious Deficiency: The following staff child ratios shall be maintained: Ages of Children Number of Staff Number of Children, Jan 29, 2025
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing and Facility complaints, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
6 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: Serious Deficiency. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each deficiency, in its source’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Feb 13, 2026: complaint Visit1 deficiency
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The following activities or threats of such activities are unacceptable as behavior guidance measures and shall not be used for children. These include, but are not limited to the following:
Oct 22, 2025: complaint Visit2 deficiencies
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Infants and toddlers shall be placed in age appropriate cribs, cots, or mats meeting Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) standards, for when they fall asleep. (Note: Also, any items used in the crib must be used according to manufacturer guidelines, regardless if the child is sleeping or not, in accordance with 1001.1.)
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Floors, ceilings, and walls shall be in good repair and kept clean. Paints used at the facility shall be lead free.
Jan 29, 2025: child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit1 deficiency
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The following staff child ratios shall be maintained: Ages of Children Number of Staff Number of Children
Oct 16, 2024: monitor Visit2 deficiencies
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Bibs, necklaces, and garments with ties or hoods shall be removed from infants prior to rest and naptime to reduce the risk of entanglement and strangulation while the child is sleeping.
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There shall be a safe diaper changing table that meets the following requirements:
All 17 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2026 | Complaint Visit | 1 deficiency cited, 1 serious |
| Feb 11, 2026 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Nov 19, 2025 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Complaint Visit | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| May 21, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Apr 17, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Feb 24, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Jan 29, 2025 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | 1 deficiency cited, 1 serious |
| Dec 10, 2024 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Nov 21, 2024 | Monitor Visit; Special Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Oct 23, 2024 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Monitor Visit | 2 deficiencies cited |
| May 31, 2024 | New Study | No deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center.
- Provider type: Public School Based.
- Approved capacity by age group: Infant/Toddler License Type 26, Preschool License Type 24.
- Capacity: 50 children.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Arkansas acted against it?
- No corrective action agreements listed by Arkansas.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility corrective action agreements, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Who does the caring?
- Arkansas doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.
Who owns it?
- Arkansas’s record lists no owner for this provider.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How is it rated?
- Better Beginnings: Level 2.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 31 child care providers in Crittenden County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 6.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Earle School District Childcare This child care provider | 6 |
| Dunbar Creative Learning Center | 0 |
| Earle Elementary Preschool | 1 |
| Tosin’s Global Academy | 2 |
| Little Zion Learning Center | 4 |
| Kids-R-Us Daycare LLC | 1 |
| Countryview Preschool LLC | 3 |
| Lasting Impressions Child Care & Enrichment Center - West | 0 |
| Little Learner’s Daycare | 0 |
| Ctc | 0 |
| All My Children’s Daycare | 0 |
| Alice Wilson | 0 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Arkansas’s visit records cover the last three years only.
- Arkansas lists the regulation each deficiency cited, not what the licensing staff saw.
- Arkansas lists complaints and the regulations their investigations cited, not what was alleged.
Sources
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Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing.
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Arkansas.gov’s acceptable-use terms: linking is allowed; no framing, no presenting the content as one’s own, no implied endorsement.
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Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing.
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Arkansas.gov’s acceptable-use terms: linking is allowed; no framing, no presenting the content as one’s own, no implied endorsement.
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Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility complaints, Arkansas eLicensing.
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Arkansas.gov’s acceptable-use terms: linking is allowed; no framing, no presenting the content as one’s own, no implied endorsement.
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Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility corrective action agreements, Arkansas eLicensing.
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Arkansas.gov’s acceptable-use terms: linking is allowed; no framing, no presenting the content as one’s own, no implied endorsement.
If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood. Arkansas’s own record is on ardhslicensing.my.site.com. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.
This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
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