Small World Learning Center and Child Care
A licensed child care center in Odessa, Texas 79761
1400 E 7th St, Odessa, Texas 79761. (432) 653-5441.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.
- 3 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Ector County: 1
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 13 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?
3 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 58 child care providers in Ector County had 1.
13 inspections on record. The latest, on Jan 28, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual, at the report to the state on Nov 24, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization, at the inspection on Feb 27, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
3 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 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 30, 2026. Updated daily.
Nov 24, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
“Caregiver was seen using unusual punishment while children were in care.”
Feb 25, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“While outside there were 24 prek children to 1 caregier.”
Feb 27, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization
“Child files reviewed were missing emergency care authorization information.”
7 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 16, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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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
“Class room was left unsupervised when the caregvier opened the front door.”
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“5 children were in the infant room with one caregiver.”
Dec 20, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“Children’s files did not have an updated immunization record.”
Apr 1, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric first aid with rescue breathing
“Caregivers did not have current CPR/First Aide cards”
Jan 5, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“In the infant room there were 6 children and 1 caregiver.”
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“Opetation did not have drills done for the last two moths of 2021.”
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Children’s Products- Annual Certification
“Operation did not have a current certification of the product safety sheet.”
All 19 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 6, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 25, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 6, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 20, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 8, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 27, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 27, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 16, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 25, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 24, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 20, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 19, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 5, 2022 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 23, 2021 | Report to the state | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 14, 2019.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 46 children.
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.
- 6 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 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: 2-Star (the first of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 58 child care providers in Ector County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 3.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Mga Odessa | 19 |
| Little Angels Play School, LLC | 3 |
| Montessori School of Odessa | 1 |
| Doodlebugs Daycare & Learning Center | 2 |
| Small World Learning Center and Child Care This child care provider | 3 |
| Carter Early Head Start School Readiness Academy | 9 |
| Hollingsworth Head Start Center | 6 |
| Baby Blues Kids Learning Center | 18 |
| Odessa Y Learning Center | 6 |
| Small World Learning Center & Childcare | 5 |
| Little Texans Learning Center, LLC | 0 |
| Shandria She’trice Moore | 0 |
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 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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