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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.

The last 24 months 13 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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?

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.

Source:

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.

13 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Jun 3, 2026: report to the state6 deficiencies
  • 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.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 1, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 9, 2026.

  • 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.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 1, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 9, 2026.

  • 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.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 1, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 9, 2026.

  • 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.”

    Rule 746.307(b)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 1, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 9, 2026.

  • 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.”

    Rule 746.1107(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 1, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 9, 2026.

  • 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.”

    Rule 746.701(5). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 1, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 9, 2026.

Jun 3, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
  • 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.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 10, 2026.

  • 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.”

    Rule 746.1109(a)(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 10, 2026.

Sep 11, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
  • 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.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 2, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 1, 2025.

  • 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.”

    Rule 746.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 8, 2025.

Nov 15, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
  • 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.”

    Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 13, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 7, 2025.

  • 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.”

    Rule 746.611(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 22, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 26, 2024.

Jan 30, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
  • 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.”

    Rule 746.2805. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 2, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 6, 2024.

4 deficiencies older than three years
Feb 9, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
  • 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.”

    Rule 746.3301(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 20, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 15, 2023.

Apr 8, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies
  • 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.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 29, 2022. Correction verified: May 9, 2022.

  • Smoke-Detection System

    “The smoke detection system had not been inspected since 6/18/2020.”

    Rule 746.5311(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 29, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 29, 2022.

  • 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.”

    Rule 746.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 18, 2022. Correction verified: May 16, 2022.

All 18 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 9, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 10, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 4, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 3, 2026Report to the state6 deficiencies cited
Jun 3, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Sep 11, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Dec 19, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Dec 17, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Dec 11, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Dec 6, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Nov 15, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Feb 6, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 2, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jan 30, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Feb 9, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 1, 2022InspectionNo violation found
May 16, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Apr 8, 2022Inspection3 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.
Source:

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 .
Source:

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).
Source:

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.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 132 in McLennan County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Little Dreamers Academy This child care provider13
Champion Zone LLC Employee Based Child Care2
Little Leprechaun Academy0
Country Child Care0
Little Rockets2
Waco Child Development Center14
Waco Child Development Infant5
Marla Adams0
Baylor Child Development Ctr4
Connally Isd Child Care28
Deanna Horn0
Stephanie Amy5

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 Oct 30, 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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