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The Kids Castle

A licensed child care center in Wichita Falls, Texas 76306

4236 Burkburnett Rd, Wichita Falls, Texas 76306. (940) 232-3830.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 6 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. 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?

6 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 62 child care providers in Wichita County had 1.5.

18 inspections on record. The latest, on May 27, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

6 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

6 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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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.

May 27, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)

    “There is not an affidavit in newly hired employee file.”

    Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 29, 2026. Correction verified: May 28, 2026.

Feb 2, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Mounting of Fire Extinguishers

    “Three fire extinguishers were sitting on the floor in the kitchen.”

    Rule 746.5305. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 6, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 6, 2026.

Jun 30, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner

    “A large amount of gnats were observed in the kitchen area and bathroom areas. Furthermore, the operation was observed to be cluttered and not prepared to receive children when they opened for the day. Rooms had cleaning supplies and other supplies in piles and accessible to children.”

    Rule 746.3407(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 11, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 14, 2025.

  • Documentation of Training Requirements - Date

    “Caregivers were missing required training certificates.”

    Rule 746.1329(b)(2). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 11, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 14, 2025.

Aug 22, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

    “Staff training records were not available to review.”

    Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 9, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 6, 2024.

Mar 29, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

  • AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization

    “Evidence gathered during this investigation shows the operation did not report the incident within the required time frame.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 24, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 5, 2024.

8 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 7, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “There is broken equipment and debris on the playground that needs to be removed. There are boxes, building supplies, and other materials in some of the classrooms that need to be removed.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 14, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 19, 2023.

Sep 19, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher

    “Two of the vehicles used for transportation are missing a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 20, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 28, 2022.

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “There is a shed door on the playground that will not close properly. There are cleaning supplies stored within reach of the children in the school age building. These pose a hazard to the children.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 28, 2022.

  • Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

    “Staff training records were not available to review.”

    Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 10, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 21, 2022.

  • Children’s Records Maintained

    “Several of the children’s records reviewed were missing health statements, emergency contact information, or immunization records.”

    Rule 746.603(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 3, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 3, 2022.

Jul 11, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children’s Records Maintained

    “Several of the kids records were missing items including medical authorization consent.”

    Rule 746.603(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 13, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 13, 2022.

Jul 8, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “During the investigation inspection, the playground was observed to have broken bricks, wire, and broken toys on it. Also the cleaning supplies in the school age room needs to be moved out of the children’s reach.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 13, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 13, 2022.

  • Screen Time Activities - Age-appropriate

    “Evidence gathered during this investigation shows children were allowed to use their tablets and phones while in care. The children were viewing information that was not age appropriate or part of the operation’s planned activities for educations goals.”

    Rule 746.2207(c)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 5, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 15, 2022.

All 28 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
May 27, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 2, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jan 30, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Nov 14, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Nov 11, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 14, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jun 30, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Sep 16, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Sep 4, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 22, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 10, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 5, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Mar 29, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Sep 19, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Sep 7, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 25, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Dec 6, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Nov 29, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Nov 29, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Nov 20, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 28, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Sep 19, 2022Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Aug 15, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jul 27, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jul 11, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 8, 2022Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Jul 6, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 15, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Dec 31, 2013.
  • Its permit has conditions.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 121 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.
  • 10 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 62 child care providers in Wichita County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1.5; this one had 6.
Source:

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

11 of the 62 in Wichita County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Miracles From Above3
The Kids Castle This child care provider6
Kids Central Learning Center Too0
Huey Learning Center5
Jessica Clark1
YMCA After School Program at City View Elementary School2
Alicia Valdez1
Kid City4
Mary Lou McferrinNot given
Childrens Corner Daycare LLC10
Ben Donnell Center3
Ymcawf Dillard Early Learning & Youth Academy23

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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