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Tree House Children’s Academy - Frankford

A licensed child care center in Lubbock, Texas 79424

5044 Frankford Ave Ste 700, Lubbock, Texas 79424. (806) 776-0834.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 4 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. 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?

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 149 child care providers in Lubbock County had 1.

20 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 22, 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 Sep 11, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment, at the report to the state on Feb 8, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

4 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.

Sep 15, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “It was found during this inspection that the operations last sanitation inspection was conducted on 8/31/2025.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 22, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 22, 2026.

Sep 11, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “During the investigation it was found that a child was left alone on the playground.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 8, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 22, 2026.

Aug 12, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

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

    “It was found during the inspection the operation does not have at least 6 inches of surfacing in the required use zones.”

    Rule 746.4907(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 9, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 9, 2024.

Feb 8, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment

    “It was found during the investigation that a caregiver inappropriately disciplined a child.”

    Rule 746.2805(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 28, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 4, 2024.

7 deficiencies older than three years
Nov 14, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

    “1 out 1 files reviewed for Food Allergies found that a heath care professional signature was missing.”

    Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 18, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 18, 2022.

  • Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    “1 out of 10 records reviewed was missing an updated shot rercord.”

    Rule 746.613(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 18, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 18, 2022.

  • Health Statement parent sign - Dated within past yr, name/address health care professional, states child can participate. Follow by signed statement

    “2 out of 10 records reviewed did not have a Health Statement on file and have been enrolled with the facility for at least 13 or more months.”

    Rule 746.611(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 5, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 23, 2022.

Mar 31, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device

    “During the inspection it was found that a 10 month old infant was sleeping in a bouncer for approximately 20 minutes. This was corrected at the inspection by the caregiver placing the infant in their assigned crib.”

    Rule 746.2426. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 31, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 5, 2022.

Jan 4, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know Group Responsible For

    “3 out of 4 classrooms inspected caregivers did not know how many children were in the classroom.”

    Rule 746.1203(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 4, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 14, 2022.

  • Maximum Group Size 13 or More Children

    “It was found during the inspection the 18-24 month old classroom had 20 children present in the class therefore was over the maximum group size for this age group.”

    Rule 746.1609. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 4, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 14, 2022.

  • Documentation PEDIATRIAC CPR-1st aid original certificate on file at center or copy available if licensing requests

    “1 out of 4 records reviewed did not have their First Aid/CPR certification on file or available for Licensing to review during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.1329(c)(2). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 5, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 14, 2022.

All 27 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 22, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 15, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 11, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Apr 14, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Feb 18, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jan 21, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Jan 20, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jan 6, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Dec 30, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Dec 8, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 29, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jun 11, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jan 27, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 9, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Aug 12, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 29, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 25, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Mar 4, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 12, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 8, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Oct 5, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Nov 14, 2022Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Apr 5, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Mar 31, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 29, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Jan 14, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jan 4, 2022Inspection3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 20, 2018.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 113 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.
  • 7 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 149 child care providers in Lubbock County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 4.
Source:

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

11 of the 149 in Lubbock County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Ywcare at Preston Smith1
Hope Lutheran School5
Lakeridge United Methodist Church1
Kappikare2
Grow With Me Learning Academy Lubbock4
Holy Spirit Parents Day Out & Preschool0
Depot Express 20
Depot Express 30
Depot Express 40
Ywcare at Cooper West Elementary0
Tree House Children’s Academy - Frankford This child care provider4
Children’s Orchard Academy5

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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