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Methodist School for Little Children

A licensed child care center in Coldspring, Texas 77331

1 Cemetery Rd, Coldspring, Texas 77331. (936) 653-3866.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.

The last 24 months 7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. Most serious: High. Every month

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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?

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 7 child care providers in San Jacinto County had 2.

7 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 7, 2026: 3 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children, at the inspection on Oct 27, 2025

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.

7 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Oct 7, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Health Statement on File within 1 Week of Admission

    “One of six children did not have the required physician health statement.”

    Rule 746.611(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 14, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 9, 2026.

  • Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements

    “One caregiver did not have the required proof of education.”

    Rule 746.901(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 14, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 9, 2026.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)

    “Three caregivers hired after 9/2023 do not have the required pre-employment affidavit.”

    Rule 746.901(5). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 14, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 9, 2026.

Oct 27, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children

    “In two different classrooms there were cans of lysol that were within reach of children. I one of the rooms there was a bottle of spray hand sanitizer within reach of children. This was all corrected at the time of the inspection by the caregivers putting the materials in an area that were not accessible to children.”

    Rule 746.3407(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 27, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 3, 2025.

  • Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games

    “Upon entering the 2mo-12mo old room there was a caregiver on her cell phone while supervising 3 children. This was corrected at the time of the inspection by the caregiver putting her phone away.”

    Rule 746.1203(3)(D). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 27, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 3, 2025.

Nov 4, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

    “There were two pieces of play equipment that did not have the required loose fill. The Director is going to correct this by upping supervision and getting the required amount of loose fill installed.”

    Rule 746.4907(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 13, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 5, 2024.

Dec 12, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

    “There was a classroom that had children under the age of two that were watching a movie. The caregiver corrected this at the time of the inspection by turning the TV off.”

    Rule 746.2207(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 12, 2023.

1 deficiency older than three years
Feb 22, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “Two out of five children’s records reviewed were missing health statements. The Director is going to correct this by getting the health statements.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 25, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 24, 2022.

All 7 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 7, 2026Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Nov 3, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 27, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Nov 4, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Dec 12, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jan 26, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Feb 22, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 27, 1993.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 60 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

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

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 7 child care providers in San Jacinto County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 7.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

7 of the 7 in San Jacinto County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
God’s Precious Creations Daycare7
Methodist School for Little Children This child care provider7
Getgap Head Start and Early Head Start at Coldspring1
Lil Pirates Daycare and Learning Center10
Darlynn Sherrard SchoppeNot given
Mimi’s Learning Place1
Shepherd Isd Early Learning Center2
Love and Learning Academy2

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 Oct 30, 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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