Little Dreamers Academy
A licensed child care center in China Spring, Texas 76633
12693 China Spring Rd, China Spring, Texas 76633. (254) 836-5200.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.
- 13 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in McLennan County: 6
- 7 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 13 inspections on record
- 4-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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?
13 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 132 child care providers in McLennan County had 6.
13 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 9, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for, at the report to the state on Jun 3, 2026
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 Jun 3, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on Jun 3, 2026
4 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
13 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. 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.
Jun 3, 2026: report to the state6 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
“It was determined from a DFPS investigation that a caregiver was unaware of the number of children in their group.”
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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
“Based on evidence from a DFPS investigation, it was determined a child was able to get away from his caregiver and was in an unopened and unfenced area.”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“Based on information from the DFPS investigation, it was determined the operation did not report an incident that put a child at risk.”
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Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
“Based on the evidence from the DFPS investigation, it was determined a parent was not notified of a situation that placed their child at risk.”
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Additional Minimum Qualifications for Caregivers - Age Requirement
“It was determined a sole caregiver in a classroom did not meet the age requirement to be the only caregiver in the classroom.”
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Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
“Based on the evidence from a DFPS investigation, it was determined the operation did not have an incident report for an incident that placed a child at risk.”
Jun 3, 2026: 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
“A child, who was outdoors in the playground area, was observed to have sent inside alone by a caregiver and there was no caregiver supervising the child while the child went inside the operation to the bathroom.”
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Caregiver Qualification Age Exemption with HS Diploma/GED- Not in Charge of Group
“A caregiver who is under the age of 18 years old, was observed supervising children alone on 6/03/26 by Child Care Regulation and on 6/05/26 by a DFPS Investigator. observed on 6/03/26 supervising a group of children alone.”
Sep 11, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The operation did not have a current fire inspection report. The last fire inspection report was completed on 4/22/2024.”
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
“There were 5 caregivers with CPR/First Aid certifications that were observed to have expired.”
Nov 15, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
“There was 1 child in care with a documented food allergy and the there was not a food allergy plan on file.”
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Health Statement on File within 1 Week of Admission
“There was 1 child’s files reviewed that did not have health statements on file for review.”
Jan 30, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
“There was sufficient evidence found during the investigation to show that one caregiver used prohibited punishment by tying a child’s hands together and over their head.”
4 deficiencies older than three years
Feb 9, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Nutrition and Food Service - Follow Meal Patterns
“The menus for breakfast and snack time were observed to not follow the meal patterns of United Standards Department of Agriculture due to being high in sugar.”
Apr 8, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The operation did not have a current inspection on file. The last fire inspection on file was in 2020.”
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Smoke-Detection System
“The smoke detection system had not been inspected since 6/18/2020.”
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
“A caregiver did not have in person CPR training as required per standards.”
All 18 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 4, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Report to the state | 6 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 11, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 11, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 6, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 15, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 6, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 2, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 30, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 9, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 1, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 16, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Sep 14, 2018.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 39 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.
- 5 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: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 132 child care providers in McLennan County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 13.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Little Dreamers Academy This child care provider | 13 |
| Champion Zone LLC Employee Based Child Care | 2 |
| Little Leprechaun Academy | 0 |
| Country Child Care | 0 |
| Little Rockets | 2 |
| Waco Child Development Center | 14 |
| Waco Child Development Infant | 5 |
| Marla Adams | 0 |
| Baylor Child Development Ctr | 4 |
| Connally Isd Child Care | 28 |
| Deanna Horn | 0 |
| Stephanie Amy | 5 |
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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