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Academy 1 Preschool

A license type: III in Gretna, Louisiana 70056

555 Holmes Blvd, Gretna, Louisiana 70056. (504) 363-3315.

Louisiana’s own record, on louisianaschools.com

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The short answer

Record last released by Louisiana Department of Education on Oct 27, 2026.

The last 24 months 11 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 46. Last cited Dec 2025. Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean4
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.
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.

What did inspectors find?

Louisiana lists 15 inspection visits, the latest on Jan 21, 2026 (Follow Up To Annual).

Louisiana says deficiencies were cited at 5 of them.

The Department’s file lists 11 deficiencies cited at 2 visits from Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 19, 2026, each in its words below.

Source:

Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, inspection visits. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Louisiana Department of Education, Public records response of Oct 27, 2026: deficiencies cited at early learning centers and family child care homes, Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 19, 2026. Released Oct 27, 2026. Not updated on a schedule: the Department sent this file once, in answer to a public records request.

When those deficiencies happened

11 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 46. Last cited Dec 2025. The last 4 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

11 deficiencies by month over the last 4 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

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.

Source:

Louisiana Department of Education, Public records response of Oct 27, 2026: deficiencies cited at early learning centers and family child care homes, Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 19, 2026. Released Oct 27, 2026. Not updated on a schedule: the Department sent this file once, in answer to a public records request.

Dec 4, 2025: annual Inspection7 deficiencies
  • Orientation Training

    “1719.B. Based on record review at 8:30 a.m., S1 failed to have documentation that S3( DOH 09/19/2025) completed the LDE Key Module 1 within seven days of the first day present at the center, and LDE Key Training Module 2 and 3 within 30 days of the first day present at the center. S3’s first day working at the center was on 09/19/2025.”

    Rule 1719.A.-C.

  • CPR and First Aid Certifications

    “1723.A.B. Based on record review at 9:00 a.m., S1 failed to have documentation that 5 of 6 staff on the premises and accessible to the children had current certification in Infant and Child CPR through a trainer approved by the Department. S1, S2, S4, S5, and S6’s certifications expired on 03/31/2025.”

    Rule 1723.A.&B.

  • Pediatric First Aid

    “1723.C. Based on record review at 9:00 a.m., S1 failed to have documentation that 5 of 6 staff on premises and accessible to children had current certification in Pediatric First Aid through a trainer approved by the Department. S1, S2, S4, S5, and S6’s certifications expired on 03/31/2025.”

    Rule 1723.C.

  • Medication Management Training

    “1725.B. based on record review at 10:00 a.m., S1 failed to have at least two staff members trained in medication administration whether the early learning center administers medication or not. S2 is the only staff with documentation of the of the current training.”

    Rule 1725.A.-C.

  • Child Neglect and Abuse Mandatory Reporter Training

    “1727. A. &B. Based on record review at 9:00 a.m., S1 failed to have documentation that S1, S2, S5, S6 completed the required annual Online Child Abuse and Neglect Mandated Reporter Training provided by DCFS. S2’s mandated reporter certificate expired on December 27, 2022. S1, S5, and S6 did not have a previous mandated reporter certificate on file.”

    Rule 1727.A.-C.

  • The Safety Box

    “1901.Q. Based on observations at 8:30 a.m., S1 failed to have the current ’ Safety Box’ newsletter issued by the Louisiana Office of the Attorney General posted in the center. Specialist observed no posted safety box at the center.”

    Rule 1901.Q.

  • Tornado Drills

    “1921.E. Based on Record review at 11:00 a.m., S1 failed to have completed documentation of tornado drills that were conducted at least once per month during the months of March, April, and May 2025.”

    Rule 1921.E.

Dec 12, 2024: annual Inspection4 deficiencies
  • Daily Attendance Records - Visitors

    “1507.E. Based on record review at 10:22 a.m., S1 failed to maintain documentation of a daily attendance record for Visitor’s to include departure times for the following dates: 02/06/2024, 02/07/2024, 03/04/2024, 03/18/2024, 03/19/2024, 05/15/2024 and 05/20/2024.”

    Rule 1507.E.

  • CCCBC-Based Determinations of Eligibility for Child Care Purposes Required for Volunteers and Staff

    “1807.B. Based on record review at 9:33 a.m., S1 failed to have documentation of staff on the center’s CCCBC roster for S4 (DOH 11/01/22). S1 stated she accidentally deleted S4 off the center’s roster.”

    Rule 1807.B.

  • End-of-Day Check

    “1901.C. Based on record review at 10:35 a.m., S1 failed to have documentation that the entire center and play yard was checked after the last child departed on 07/03/24, 07/11/2024 and 08/30/24 to ensure that no child was left unattended at the center.”

    Rule 1901.C.

  • Tornado Drills

    “1921.E. Based on record review at 11:43 a.m., S1 failed to have documentation for the number of children present during a tornado drill for 05/06/2024.”

    Rule 1921.E.

All 15 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jan 21, 2026Follow Up To AnnualNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Dec 4, 2025Annual InspectionDeficiencies were cited on this date
Jan 30, 2025Follow Up To AnnualNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Dec 12, 2024Annual InspectionDeficiencies were cited on this date
Jan 19, 2024Annual InspectionNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Mar 15, 2023Follow-Up to Annual SurveyDeficiencies were cited on this date
Dec 13, 2022Annual SurveyDeficiencies were cited on this date
Dec 7, 2021Annual SurveyNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Jun 21, 2021ComplianceNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Dec 9, 2020Annual SurveyNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Jul 21, 2020ComplianceNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Feb 10, 2020ComplaintNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Feb 4, 2020Follow-Up to Annual SurveyNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Dec 4, 2019Annual SurveyDeficiencies were cited on this date
Jul 29, 2019ComplaintNo deficiencies were cited on this date

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed. License type: III. Licensed Center. Takes the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP).
  • Ages served: Infant (Under 1)-PK (ages 3-4).
Source:

Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, early childhood profiles. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Louisiana acted against it?

  • Louisiana’s School Finder doesn’t show enforcement actions, such as fines or licence revocations, for individual providers.

Who does the caring?

  • Louisiana’s School Finder doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.

Who owns it?

  • Louisiana’s School Finder doesn’t list owners.

How is it rated?

  • Louisiana’s Early Childhood Performance Rating for 2024-2025: High Proficient, with a site score of 5.69.
Source:

Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, early childhood profiles. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Providers aren’t compared with each other here: the Department’s file doesn’t grade its deficiencies by how serious they are.
Source:

Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, inspection visits. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

1 compared
Place
Academy 1 Preschool This child care providerNot given

What the record doesn’t say

  • Each deficiency here is from the file of deficiencies the Department of Education sent in answer to a public records request, covering Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 19, 2026, as it wrote them. The file lists only deficiencies, so a visit that found none isn’t in it; the School Finder’s visits are listed below.
  • The Department’s file doesn’t grade deficiencies by how serious they are. Its statements of deficiencies, the reports themselves, open from Louisiana’s own page for this provider.
  • Louisiana lists only recent visits. In its words: “Inspection displayed on this page are the last 15 visits or last visits done within 3 years period of time.”
  • Louisiana also says: “Inspections conducted before July 2024 that do not have deficiencies may not have an available Inspection Report.”
  • Louisiana’s School Finder doesn’t show owners, staffing levels or enforcement actions for individual providers.

Sources

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Louisiana Department of Education. Louisiana’s own record is on louisianaschools.com. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

From the provider

The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.

Replies

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Paid listing

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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