Little Hawks Children’s Academy
A child care center in Pea Ridge, Arkansas 72751
912 E Pickens Rd, Pea Ridge, Arkansas 72751. (479) 556-0557.
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The short answer
- 7 deficiencies in the last three years
- 5 at the state’s most serious level (needs attention)
- Jun 192026 the latest visit on record
- 66 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?
24 visits in the last three years, the latest on Jun 19, 2026.
7 deficiencies cited in the last three years, 5 of them serious.
Arkansas lists 4 complaints, the latest received Feb 11, 2025; it lists regulations cited for 4 of them.
Serious Deficiency: The following staff child ratios shall be maintained: Ages of Children Number of Staff Number of Children, Jun 20, 2025
Serious Deficiency: At no time shall children be left unsupervised or unattended. The child care center shall provide additional staff for any temporary absence of primary child caring staff for activities such as breaks, meal preparation, transportation, etc., Mar 18, 2025
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:, Dec 26, 2024
2 more at that level; all are listed below.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing and Facility complaints, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
7 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: Serious Deficiency. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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| 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 | Nov |
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 Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
May 26, 2026: child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit2 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.
Jun 20, 2025: monitor Visit1 deficiency
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The following staff child ratios shall be maintained: Ages of Children Number of Staff Number of Children
Mar 18, 2025: complaint Visit1 deficiency
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At no time shall children be left unsupervised or unattended. The child care center shall provide additional staff for any temporary absence of primary child caring staff for activities such as breaks, meal preparation, transportation, etc.
Dec 26, 2024: 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:
Aug 6, 2024: complaint Visit1 deficiency
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Group size shall be limited to two (2) times the number of children allowed with one (1) staff member. This does not apply to periodic or special group activities. (Existing structures licensed prior to November 1, 2002 are exempt from this requirement. However, any expansions, additions, or any newly licensed structures effective November 1, 2002 shall be in compliance.)
May 13, 2024: 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:
All 24 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2026 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| May 26, 2026 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Aug 5, 2025 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Aug 5, 2025 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Aug 5, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Monitor Visit | 1 deficiency cited, 1 serious |
| Jun 12, 2025 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| May 12, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Complaint Visit | 1 deficiency cited, 1 serious |
| Feb 7, 2025 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Jan 21, 2025 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Dec 26, 2024 | Complaint Visit | 1 deficiency cited, 1 serious |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Aug 6, 2024 | Complaint Visit | 1 deficiency cited, 1 serious |
| May 29, 2024 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| May 13, 2024 | Complaint Visit | 1 deficiency cited, 1 serious |
| Apr 17, 2024 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Jan 8, 2024 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Jan 8, 2024 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center.
- Provider type: Center Based.
- Voucher Participant (School Readiness Assistance).
- CACFP Facility (Child and Adult Care Food Program).
- Approved capacity by age group: Infant/Toddler License Type 14, Preschool License Type 19, School Age License Type 33.
- Capacity: 66 children.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Nov 2, 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 2, 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: KKD, Inc.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Nov 2, 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 2, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 182 child care providers in Benton County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 0; this one had 7.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Busy Minds Academy Pea Ridge | Not given |
| Pea Ridge Pre-K | 0 |
| Little Hawks Children’s Academy This child care provider | 7 |
| Connie’s Day Care | 0 |
| Kids Academy of Pea Ridge, LLC | 1 |
| A home child care provider | 0 |
| Decatur Pre-K | 2 |
| Amazing Childcare | 2 |
| Discovery STEAM Program Vaughn Elementary | 0 |
| A home child care provider | 0 |
| Aplus Academy | 3 |
| Discovery STEAM Program Willowbrook/Brightfield Elementary | 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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 2026.
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