Elevate Creative Minds Academy LLC
A licensed child care center in Andrews, Texas 79714
601 NW 6th St, Andrews, Texas 79714. (432) 223-3000.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.
- 2 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Andrews County: 2
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 17 inspections on record
- 2-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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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?
2 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 6 child care providers in Andrews County had 2.
17 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 26, 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 Oct 16, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization, at the inspection on Mar 6, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
2 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
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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.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Oct 16, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“Caregiver was observed sitting in play structure while children were playing on the playground. Caregiver did not properly supervise the playground.”
Mar 6, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization
“Files that were reviewed were missing the emergency authorization.”
12 deficiencies older than three years
Aug 8, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“Operation did not have a current health inspection.”
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Children’s Records Maintained
“Multiple children’s files were not complete.”
May 10, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“A child was left outside on the playground for approximately 3 min.”
Sep 28, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Documentation of Fire Inspection
“Operation did not have documentaion of a recent fire inspection for liceninsg to view.”
Jul 21, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“Cargiver in charge did not have a cleared background and had direct access to children.”
Jul 12, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Report Outbreak of Communicable Illness
“Operation did not notify licensing of a communicable illness with in the 48 hour time frame.”
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Tracking System or Sign-in and Sign-out Logs
“Operation did not have completed tracing system of signing in and out for the children.”
Apr 12, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“Operation could not porvide licensing with documentation of monthly fire drills.”
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Children’s Products- Annual Certification
“Operation did not have a current Product safety sheet for licensing to review at time of inspection.”
Nov 10, 2021: inspection3 deficiencies
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Background Check Validation ? Every 3 months each operation, other than a licensed, registered, or listed home, must validate current list
“Employee validation has not been updated with in the 3 month time frame.”
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Required Admission Information - School Information for School-age Child
“Multiple children records who were school age did not have the school information available.”
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Required Personnel Records
“Multiple staff records did not contain the necessary information required by licensing.”
All 24 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 23, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 20, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 4, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 23, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 6, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 12, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 8, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 13, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 15, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 10, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 20, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 8, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 28, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 21, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 12, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 12, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 12, 2022 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 5, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 10, 2021 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 5, 2019.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 142 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 24, 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 A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 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: 2-Star (the first of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 6 child care providers in Andrews County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 2.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Elevate Creative Minds Academy LLC This child care provider | 2 |
| Andrews Headstart Program | 0 |
| Andrews Isd Daycare | 1 |
| Stacy Upchurch | 24 |
| King’s Kids LLC | 4 |
| Kiddie Kollege Learning Center | 2 |
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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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
Released Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
Released Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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