Little Lambs Learning Center
A child care center in Highland, Arkansas 72542
1638 US-62 Suite B, Highland, Arkansas 72542. (870) 751-1301.
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The short answer
- 1 deficiency in the last three years
- 0 at the state’s most serious level
- Jul 232026 the latest visit on record
- 51 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?
13 visits in the last three years, the latest on Jul 23, 2026.
1 deficiency cited in the last three years, none of them serious.
Arkansas lists 1 complaint, received Apr 23, 2026; it lists the regulations its investigation cited.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing and Facility complaints, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: Non-Compliant. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2023 | Nov | Dec | ||||||||||
| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
Apr 27, 2026: complaint Visit1 deficiency
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When a total of eight (8) or fewer children are in care at a licensed site, age groups may be mixed according to the following ratios: Number of Staff Number of Children Ages of Children
All 13 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| May 8, 2026 | Revisit Complaint | No deficiencies cited |
| Apr 27, 2026 | Complaint Visit | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Jul 10, 2025 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Jun 6, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| May 23, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Apr 18, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Mar 13, 2025 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Oct 24, 2024 | New Study | No deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center.
- Provider type: Center Based, Private School Based.
- Voucher Participant (School Readiness Assistance).
- Approved capacity by age group: Infant/Toddler License Type 36, Preschool License Type 15.
- Capacity: 51 children.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 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?
- Owner, as Arkansas lists it: Little Lambs Learning Center.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 8 child care providers in Sharp County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 0; this one had 1.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Mrs. Krystal’s Preschool | 0 |
| Little Lambs Learning Center This child care provider | 1 |
| Highland Wee Care Child Enrichment Center | Not given |
| Highland Head Start | 0 |
| Hugs-N-Tugs Family Home Daycare/ Preschool | 10 |
| Highland Schools | 1 |
| Cave City Head Start | 0 |
| Cave City ABC Preschool | 0 |
| Evening Shade Day Care | 0 |
| From the Beginning | Not given |
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 Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026.
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