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Little Einstein’s Academy

A licensed child care center in Temple, Texas 76502

2902 Cottonwood Ln, Temple, Texas 76502. (254) 531-0122.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 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?

3 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 237 child care providers in Bell County had 2.

9 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 3, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

3 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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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.

Feb 20, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “Walls and garbage accessible to children must be clean and in good repair. This was corrected during the inspection when the walls were cleaned and covered and the garbage cans were wiped clean.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 20, 2026.

  • First Aid Kit - Supplies Not Expired

    “The first aid kit had expired medication in it. This was corrected during the inspection when the medication was removed and discarded.”

    Rule 746.4003(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 20, 2026.

Apr 11, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “Children were observed playing on outdoor equipment that had multiple broken parts or missing pieces with exposed rough edges.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 25, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 12, 2024.

5 deficiencies older than three years
May 12, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Requirements for Feeding Infants - No Walking or Sleeping with Bottle or Cup

    “Observed an infant sleeping in a crib next to a bottle of milk. This was corrected when the bottle was removed.”

    Rule 746.2419(7). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 12, 2023.

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times

    “Observed children ages 18 months -2 years old using the television to watch tv. This was corrected when the television was turned to a black screen and music and the caregiver was spoken to about not allowing children under two years old to have any screen time.”

    Rule 746.2207(c)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 12, 2023.

Oct 3, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Requirements for Feeding Infants - Other Use of Handwashing Sink

    “During a walk-through of the childcare facility, a caregiver was observed rinsing an infant’s bottle in the hand-washing sink. A discussion was held regarding cross-contamination and sanitary ways to rinse infant bottles, bringing the facility into compliance. Feeding utensils that included bowls and spoons were observed sitting in the hand washing sink. The feeding utensils were immediately removed when addressed, bringing the facility into compliance.”

    Rule 746.2419(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 3, 2022.

Jun 20, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “Rugs in several classrooms were observed to be stained and in need of cleaning.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 19, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 2, 2022.

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “A child enrolled in care since March of 2021 did not have a physician’s health statement on file for review.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 5, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 5, 2022.

All 10 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jun 3, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Feb 20, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Mar 12, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 28, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 11, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 12, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Oct 3, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 30, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 2, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jun 20, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Oct 27, 2017.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 112 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.
  • 1 report 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 star-rated in Texas Rising Star (TWC’s code: ELD).
Source:

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

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 237 child care providers in Bell County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 3.
Source:

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

11 of the 237 in Bell County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Sabrina?s Family Childcare0
Floralba’s Childcare Home0
St Francis Episcopal School0
Extreme Cheer & Tumble3
A + Learning Academy9
Little Einstein’s Academy This child care provider3
Primrose School of Temple13
Because We Care Learning Academy9
Little Loves Learning Academy17
Sonya PearsonNot given
The Ark Learning Center8
Kids R Kids of West Temple32

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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