Carousel Academy
A licensed child care center in Dallas, Texas 75216
4500 S Lancaster Rd # 75, Dallas, Texas 75216. (214) 375-7530.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.
- 8 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Dallas County: 2
- 1 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 10 inspections on record
- 4-Star 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?
8 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 986 child care providers in Dallas County had 2.
10 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 2, 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 Aug 21, 2026
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
8 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: High. 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 |
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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.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Aug 21, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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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
“A caregiver was observed leaving the Pre-K classroom unattended.”
Sep 2, 2025: inspection7 deficiencies
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Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required
“Certificate documentation is not avaiable for review at the time of inspection.”
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
“At the time of inspection, the certifidate on file is not from a minimum standard accepted traiing vendor.”
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
“At the time of inspection, the certifidate on file is not from a minimum standard accepted traiing vendor.”
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Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained
“Playground loose fill is not maintained according to minimum stadards.”
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Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required
“Certificate documentation is not available for review at the time of inspection.”
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Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Employees’ Attendance
“Director’s attendance records are not available for review at the time of inspection.”
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Required Personnel Records
“Required documentation is not availble for review at the time of inspection.”
2 deficiencies older than three years
Jan 24, 2023: assessment1 deficiency
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Director Qualifications - 13 or More Children
“The operation has not provided director qualifications.”
Nov 8, 2021: inspection1 deficiency
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Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity
“The daycare is missing an operational policy for the promotion of indoor and outdoor physical actviity.”
All 13 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 25, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 15, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 2, 2025 | Inspection | 7 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 3, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 5, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 4, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 19, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 24, 2023 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 24, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 8, 2021 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 14, 2014.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 80 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 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 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 Oct 31, 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).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 986 child care providers in Dallas County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 8.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Willie White | 0 |
| Carousel Academy This child care provider | 8 |
| Southern Crest Day Care Ctr | 1 |
| Community Academy Day Care Center | 33 |
| St John Learners Academy | 15 |
| Ama Doke | 2 |
| Jefferson Place Learning and Developmental Center | 1 |
| Childcare Paradise Learning Center | 8 |
| Youth Conversion at Harry Stone Montessori | 1 |
| Days of Fun | 1 |
| A+ Highpointe Academy | 15 |
| Venessa Taylor | Not given |
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 Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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