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A licensed child care center in McKinney, Texas 75070

4501 S Ridge Rd, McKinney, Texas 75070. (214) 592-0210.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 18 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2025. Most serious: 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?

18 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 647 child care providers in Collin County had 2.

21 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 1, 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 May 2, 2024

Rated High by Texas: Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk, at the report to the state on May 2, 2024

Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on Apr 25, 2024

3 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

18 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

18 deficiencies 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.

May 29, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

    “A caregiver is responsible for supervising a group of infants ranging from 5 months to 17 months with a specified age-group of 11 months. The ratio for 0-11 months is 4 to 1. The deficiency was corrected during the inspection when the second caregiver returned to the classroom.”

    Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 29, 2025.

  • Nutrition and Food Service - Follow Meal Patterns

    “During the inspection, 2 pre-k classes are not served meat/protein alternative during lunch. The menu did not list a protein served for the day. The meal patterns established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Child and Adult Care Food Program are not followed.”

    Rule 746.3301(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 3, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 4, 2025.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “A child did not have a immunization record on file.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 4, 2025.

Jul 29, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

    “A careegiver lacks 24 annual training hours from September 2022 to September 2023. A caregiver lacks 22 annual training horus from November 2022 to November 2023. A caregiver lacks 21 annual training hours from September 2022 to September 2023. A caregiver lacks 4.5 annual training hours from April 2023 to April 2024. A caregiver lacks 19 annual training hours from August 2022 to August 2023.”

    Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 12, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 19, 2024.

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “A child did not have a health statement on file.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 5, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 7, 2024.

Jul 11, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies
  • Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

    “A driver does not have current transportation training.”

    Rule 746.1316(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 29, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 29, 2024.

  • Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection

    “The operation does not have a current gas inspection.”

    Rule 746.5401. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 25, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 29, 2024.

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “A child did not have a health statement on file.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 25, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 29, 2024.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “A child did not have shot records or an immunization exemption form on file.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 25, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 29, 2024.

Jun 12, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
  • Arrangement of Napping Equipment - Not Blocking Entrances or Exits

    “A child was observed napping in front of an entrance and exit door. Placing a child to nap in front of an exit door poses a risk of a child being walked on and injured during an emergency evacuation. The director immediately moved the child in an appropriate nap area in the classroom.”

    Rule 746.2909(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 12, 2024.

May 2, 2024: report to the state3 deficiencies
  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “Based on the interviews with staff, the operation was found to been out of compliance with the minimum standards for a licensed childcare center. 4 young children were left in a classroom unsupervised.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 30, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 6, 2024.

  • Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk

    “The operation did not notify 4 children parents of a situation that placed them at risk at the time of the incident. The children were left unattended in a classroom. The deficiency was corrected during the inspection when the director contacted the parents by phone.”

    Rule 746.307(b)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 6, 2024.

  • Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent

    “Management did share an incident report with the parents of 4 children of an incident that placed that children at risk. The children were left in a classroom unattended.”

    Rule 746.707. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 8, 2024. Correction verified: May 23, 2024.

Apr 25, 2024: report to the state3 deficiencies
  • Report Situation Placing Children at Risk

    “Based on a DFPS investigation, it was determined that management did not report to Child Care Regulations a situation that placed a child at risk within 2 days of the occurrence.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 10, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 12, 2024.

  • Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk

    “Based on a DFPS investigation, it was determined that management did not immediately notify the parent of a child that was in a situation that placed the child at risk.”

    Rule 746.307(b)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 10, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 14, 2024.

  • Storage of Medication - Inaccessible to Children

    “Based on a DFPS investigation, it was determined that a young child had access to medication.”

    Rule 746.3807(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 10, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 12, 2024.

Apr 24, 2024: report to the state2 deficiencies
  • Storage of Medication - Inaccessible to Children

    “Based on interviews with the staff and the parent, a caregiver observed a young mobile infant with a pill in the child’s mouth as the child was crawling during floor time.”

    Rule 746.3807(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 23, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 6, 2024.

  • Infant Daily Report - Share with Parent

    “Based on documents provided, the operation did not maintain a daily report on ,4/23/2024, to share with a young infant’s parents.”

    Rule 746.2431. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 23, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 6, 2024.

4 deficiencies older than three years
Aug 29, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies
  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The operation’s last documented fire inspection by the local Fire Marshal was on 4/3/21. No other record of a recent inspection was available for review.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 12, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 6, 2023.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “At the time of inspection, five children enrolled into care full time did not have their most current, based on their age, immunizations on file available for review.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 12, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 12, 2023.

  • Children’s Records - Vision and Hearing Screening

    “Two children did not have the required vision and hearing screenings on file for review.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(6). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 12, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 12, 2023.

Jun 13, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
  • Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling

    “Based on a review of the information a caregiver at the operation did not deny that she yelled at the children.”

    Rule 746.2805(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 27, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 9, 2022.

All 27 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jun 1, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 15, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 14, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Nov 25, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 29, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Dec 12, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Dec 2, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Nov 6, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Oct 30, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 7, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jul 29, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jul 11, 2024Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Jun 12, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 6, 2024InspectionNo violation found
May 14, 2024InspectionNo violation found
May 7, 2024InspectionNo violation found
May 6, 2024InspectionNo violation found
May 2, 2024Report to the state3 deficiencies cited
Apr 25, 2024Report to the state3 deficiencies cited
Apr 25, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 24, 2024Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Sep 27, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Aug 29, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Oct 14, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Aug 9, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jun 13, 2022Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Mar 1, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 2, 2015.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 188 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.
  • 6 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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

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

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 647 child care providers in Collin County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 18.
Source:

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

11 of the 647 in Collin County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
YMCA at Comstock Elementary9
The Learning Experience This child care provider18
Psa Mckinney0
Heartland Montessori Academy5
Mckinney Academy13
Xplor7
Revathi Potluri9
Childrens Lighthouse of Mckinney23
The Academy at Craig Ranch43
Naushaba AlamNot given
Auntie Audreys House0
Laura Vargas8

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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