Little Scholars Academy of Maumelle (East)
A child care center in Maumelle, Arkansas 72113
10910 Maumelle Blvd, Maumelle, Arkansas 72113. (501) 803-0300.
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The short answer
- 7 deficiencies in the last three years
- 3 at the state’s most serious level (needs attention)
- Jun 262026 the latest visit on record
- 189 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 Jun 26, 2026.
7 deficiencies cited in the last three years, 3 of them serious.
Arkansas lists 4 complaints, the latest received Jan 23, 2025; it lists regulations cited for 4 of them.
Serious Deficiency: Vehicles shall be licensed and maintained in proper working condition including air conditioning and heating systems., Aug 27, 2024
Serious Deficiency: Rosters listing the date, the names, and the ages or dates, of birth of all children being transported as well as the name of the driver and any other staff member on the vehicle shall be maintained. These rosters shall be used to check children on and off the vehicle when they are picked up and dropped off at home, school, etc. and when they arrive at and leave the facility. Transportation rosters shall be kept by the facility and available for review for one (1) year., Aug 14, 2024
Serious Deficiency: To ensure that children have safely arrived in the appropriate classroom, the transportation roster shall be reviewed by the Director or designee and compared with classroom attendance records. The Director or designee shall sign off on the transportation roster to verify that all children have safely transitioned from the vehicle to the classroom., Aug 14, 2024
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing and Facility complaints, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
7 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: Serious Deficiency. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 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 |
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 27, 2026. Updated daily.
Jun 26, 2026: child Record Review Visit; Staff Record Review Visit; Transportation2 deficiencies
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The following persons shall be required to have their background reviewed through an Arkansas Child Maltreatment Central Registry Check. Prospective employees who have not lived in the State of Arkansas during the preceding five (5) years will be subject to current federal guidelines regarding conducting a child maltreatment background check in any states where they resided during the past five (5) years.
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Arkansas State Police Criminal Background Check The following persons shall be required to have their background reviewed through a fingerprint criminal records check (which includes the Arkansas Sexual Offender Registry) conducted by the Arkansas State Police. A prospective staff member may not begin work until the Arkansas State Police criminal record check result has been returned as satisfactory. Following receipt of the satisfactory result, this individual must be supervised at all times, pending completion of all of the required background check components, by a staff member who has successfully completed all required background checks. A National Sexual Offender Registry check will also be conducted on prospective employees. Prospective employees who have not lived in the State of Arkansas during the preceding five (5) years will be subject to current federal guidelines regarding conducting a criminal background check and sexual offender registry check in any states where they resided during the past five (5) years.
Mar 20, 2025: revisit Complaint1 deficiency
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The child care facility shall maintain a record for each child in care which shall be on site. Records for children no longer enrolled may be maintained off site. Children’s records shall contain the following information:
Aug 27, 2024: complaint Visit2 deficiencies
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Vehicles shall be licensed and maintained in proper working condition including air conditioning and heating systems.
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The vehicle(s) used for the transportation of children shall be in compliance with Arkansas state laws on transportation of children.
Aug 14, 2024: complaint Visit2 deficiencies
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Rosters listing the date, the names, and the ages or dates, of birth of all children being transported as well as the name of the driver and any other staff member on the vehicle shall be maintained. These rosters shall be used to check children on and off the vehicle when they are picked up and dropped off at home, school, etc. and when they arrive at and leave the facility. Transportation rosters shall be kept by the facility and available for review for one (1) year.
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To ensure that children have safely arrived in the appropriate classroom, the transportation roster shall be reviewed by the Director or designee and compared with classroom attendance records. The Director or designee shall sign off on the transportation roster to verify that all children have safely transitioned from the vehicle to the classroom.
All 17 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | Child Record Review Visit; Staff Record Review Visit; Transportation | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Nov 6, 2025 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Sep 3, 2025 | Revisit Complaint | No deficiencies cited |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Jul 24, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| May 22, 2025 | Revisit Complaint | No deficiencies cited |
| Apr 29, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Revisit Complaint | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Revisit Complaint; Special Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Feb 13, 2025 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Jan 24, 2025 | Children’s Records; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Aug 27, 2024 | Complaint Visit | 2 deficiencies cited, 1 serious |
| Aug 14, 2024 | Complaint Visit | 2 deficiencies cited, 2 serious |
| Jun 14, 2024 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Apr 18, 2024 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center.
- Provider type: Center Based.
- Voucher Participant (School Readiness Assistance).
- ABC Facility (Arkansas Better Chance).
- CACFP Facility (Child and Adult Care Food Program).
- Approved capacity by age group: Preschool License Type 60, School Age License Type 129.
- Capacity: 189 children.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 27, 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 27, 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 Scholars Academy LLC.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
How is it rated?
- Better Beginnings: Level 3.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Comparisons appear once all of Pulaski County’s providers are read.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 2026.
From the provider
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Replies
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