Hope Lutheran School
A licensed child care center in Lubbock, Texas 79424
5700 98th St, Lubbock, Texas 79424. (806) 798-2747.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 5 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Lubbock County: 1
- 3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 14 inspections on record
- Not rated Texas Rising Star rating
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?
5 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 149 child care providers in Lubbock County had 1.
14 inspections on record. The latest, on May 5, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the report to the state on Mar 5, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk, at the report to the state on Mar 5, 2026
Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the inspection on Jun 4, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
5 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 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 | Nov |
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Each deficiency, in Texas’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Apr 28, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child
“It was observed in a class that a caregiver, after diapering a child did not wash the child’s hands or her hands when moving on to diaper the next child.”
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Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering
“It was observed in a classroom that a caregiver did not wash the child’s hands after a disper change.”
Mar 5, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“It was found during the investigation that a caregiver did not supervise a child appropriately resulting in the child being left unsupervised.”
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Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
“It was found during the investigation that the operation did not notify a parent within the required time frame after a child was found to be unsupervised.”
Jun 4, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“It was found during the inspection the operation allowed a person to be present in a classroom with children without having a clear background check. The operation sent this person home during the inspection.”
7 deficiencies older than three years
Feb 15, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit
“While inspecting all 3 vehicles used to transport children, items were found to be missing in all first aid kits. This was corrected at the inspection.”
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Documentation of Drills
“It was found during the inspection that July, October, November, and December of 2022 Fire Drills were not documented. This was corrected at the inspection by writing in the information for each missing month.”
Jul 6, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies
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CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based
“1 out of 10 records reviewed found that one caregiver did not have the hands on skill based CPR training required.”
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“During the walk through of the operation it was found that in one of the infant rooms with the Specified Age Group of 0-11 month olds there was one caregiver and five infants therefore this room was over the required ratio. This was corrected during the inspection as the 2nd caregiver came back into the room after her break.”
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Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required
“It was found that the Director completed 22.5 hours of required annual trainings. Required annual trainings for 746.1311(c)(d)(e) is needed.”
May 26, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children
“Evidence obtained during the Abuse/Neglect investigation found that caregivers were not supervising the children appropriately. As of result of the caregivers not being in close proximity and intervening in time a child received 2nd degree burns to the hands.”
Feb 1, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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AP Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - No Child Unattended
“It was determined during the DFPS investigation that a 6 year old child was left unattended on the bus.”
All 19 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 10, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 11, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 4, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 21, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 15, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 3, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 6, 2022 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| May 26, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 21, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 1, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 6, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 8, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 14, 2021 | Report to the state | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 28, 1991.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 300 children.
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.
- 5 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
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?
- Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 149 child care providers in Lubbock County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 5.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Ywcare at Preston Smith | 1 |
| Hope Lutheran School This child care provider | 5 |
| Lakeridge United Methodist Church | 1 |
| Kappikare | 2 |
| Grow With Me Learning Academy Lubbock | 4 |
| Holy Spirit Parents Day Out & Preschool | 0 |
| Depot Express 2 | 0 |
| Depot Express 3 | 0 |
| Depot Express 4 | 0 |
| Ywcare at Cooper West Elementary | 0 |
| Tree House Children’s Academy - Frankford | 4 |
| Children’s Orchard Academy | 5 |
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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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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