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Southwood Learning Center

A licensed child care center in College Station, Texas 77845

1814 Sara Dr, College Station, Texas 77845. (979) 693-6556.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.

The last 24 months 1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2024. Most serious: Medium High. Every month

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

What these words mean5
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.
Texas’s risk levels
Texas gives each child care deficiency a risk level, by how likely it is to harm a child: Low, Medium Low, Medium, Medium High or High. High is its most serious. Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation.
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?

1 deficiency cited in the last three years

The middle of the 105 child care providers in Brazos County had 2.

11 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 28, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2024. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

1 deficiency by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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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 Texas’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Jul 25, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Required Admission Information-Completed Food Allergy Plan

    “One child in care with a known food allergy does not have a food allergy plan on file.”

    Rule 746.605(16). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 9, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 26, 2024.

4 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 5, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “Observed 4 staff files, the staff files were missing the following training topics; Preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases, including immunizations Administering medication( the owner stated that the do administer medication) Preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction Understanding building and physical premises safety, including identification and protection from hazards that can cause bodily injury such as electrical hazards, bodies of water, and vehicular traffic Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials including compliance with ?746.3425 of this chapter”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 12, 2023.

  • Children’s Records - Admission Information

    “Observed 8 children files. One file was missing health statements, and one child was missing authorization for emergency medical attention.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 11, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 8, 2023.

Jan 31, 2023: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Report Situation Placing Children at Risk

    “The operation did not report an incident that placed a child at risk to Child Care Regulations.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 13, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 28, 2023.

  • Release of Children

    “A child was released to a person that did not have authorization to pick the child up.”

    Rule 746.4101. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 30, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 14, 2023.

All 13 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 28, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 22, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 1, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 28, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 25, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Dec 11, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Sep 5, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Apr 14, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Feb 28, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Feb 13, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 31, 2023Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Sep 6, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Nov 29, 2021InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 7, 1987.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 81 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

  • No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
  • 2 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

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

Who owns it?

  • Texas’s open data doesn’t list owners.

How is it rated?

  • Texas Rising Star: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 105 child care providers in Brazos County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 1.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 105 in Brazos County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Southwood Learning Center This child care provider1
Janettes Childcare0
Covenant Presbyterian Children’s Center2
Jack & Jill Preschool15
Traditions Montessori School1
A Step Above1
Primrose School of College Station10
Kiddie Academy of College Station4
First Adventures LLC0
Prodigy Learning Center8
Dual After School Program D.a.s.p.1
Happy Feet Childcare LLC2

What the record doesn’t say

  • Texas doesn’t publish whether a complaint was substantiated.
  • Texas rates some paperwork slips as High risk, so read what was actually cited.
  • Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.

Sources

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Source:

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

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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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