Valley Christian Preschool
A child care center in Russellville, Arkansas 72802
1609 S Dayton Ave, Russellville, Arkansas 72802. (479) 219-5225.
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The short answer
- 6 deficiencies in the last three years
- 4 at the state’s most serious level (needs attention)
- Feb 122026 the latest visit on record
- 94 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?
15 visits in the last three years, the latest on Feb 12, 2026.
6 deficiencies cited in the last three years, 4 of them serious.
Arkansas lists 4 complaints, the latest received Sep 17, 2025; it lists regulations cited for 4 of them.
Serious Deficiency: Infants and toddlers shall not be mixed with preschool children, except as listed in the following requirement., Sep 24, 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., Sep 27, 2024
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:, Sep 23, 2024
1 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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
6 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2025. Most serious: Serious Deficiency. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 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 |
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 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Sep 24, 2025: complaint Visit1 deficiency
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Infants and toddlers shall not be mixed with preschool children, except as listed in the following requirement.
Sep 27, 2024: complaint Visit2 deficiencies
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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.
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The use of cell phones by staff while supervising children shall be prohibited except in emergency situations.
Sep 23, 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:
Apr 12, 2024: monitor Visit1 deficiency
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The use of cell phones by staff while supervising children shall be prohibited except in emergency situations.
Apr 12, 2024: 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.
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2026 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Complaint Visit | 1 deficiency cited, 1 serious |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| May 21, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Complaint Visit | 2 deficiencies cited, 1 serious |
| Sep 23, 2024 | Complaint Visit | 1 deficiency cited, 1 serious |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| May 15, 2024 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Complaint Visit | 1 deficiency cited, 1 serious |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Monitor Visit | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Nov 20, 2023 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center.
- Provider type: Center Based, Private School Based.
- Approved capacity by age group: Infant/Toddler License Type 25, Preschool License Type 69, School Age License Type 0.
- Capacity: 94 children.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 24, 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 24, 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: Community Christian School.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
How is it rated?
- Not rated in Better Beginnings (Arkansas lists it at Level 0).
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 29 child care providers in Pope County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 0; this one had 6.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| AEL Russellville Elmira | 0 |
| Arkansas Early Learning-Russellville H. Street | 0 |
| Sissy’s Corner | 0 |
| Center Valley-RSD Preschool | 0 |
| Valley Christian Preschool This child care provider | 6 |
| Lakepoint ARVAC | 0 |
| Friendship Pediatric Services | Not given |
| Dwight- RSD Preschool | 0 |
| Dover Little Pirate Preschool Program | 0 |
| AEL Hector | 0 |
| Little Apache Pre-K | 2 |
| TLC-The Little Church--1ST United Methodist | 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 Oct 24, 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 24, 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 24, 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 24, 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 24, 2026.
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