Ace Kids Academy
A licensed child care center in Garland, Texas 75043
4330 O Banion Rd, Garland, Texas 75043. (972) 278-7946.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.
- 10 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Dallas County: 2
- 4 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 22 inspections on record
- 3-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?
10 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 986 child care providers in Dallas County had 2.
22 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 15, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle, at the inspection on Feb 27, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on Aug 27, 2024
Rated High by Texas: Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk, at the report to the state on Aug 27, 2024
1 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
10 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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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 | Nov |
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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 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Jan 21, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies
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Diapering Procedures - Wash Infant’s Hands
“It was observed that a caregiver did not wear gloves and did not wash their hands or the infant’s hands after a diaper change.”
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Diapering Procedures - Use Disposable Gloves
“It was observed that the caregiver did not wear gloves during the diaper change of a child.”
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Diapering Procedures - Sanitizing Diaper Changing Area
“It was observed that a caregiver attempted to utilize the diaper changing station on a child without sanitizing after previously changing a different child’s diaper.”
Feb 27, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle
“The white van #18 that is used to transport children is not equipped with the electronic child safety alarm.”
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
“None of the children files had an emergency contact address.”
Aug 27, 2024: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“The operation failed to contact Child Care Regulation when a school age child was dropped off at the wrong elementary school.”
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Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
“A parent was not notified when the operation realized that their school age child had been dropped off at the wrong elementary school at am drop off.”
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Sign-in and Sign-out Tracking System
“The operation failed to use a tracking system when they dropped a school age child off at the wrong elementary school.”
Aug 23, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle
“One of the alarms on the bus was not working. The alarm has been ordered.”
Dec 28, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
“This rule was evaluated with regard to an investigation a deficiency was found. Based on the information gathered, it was determined that there was an employee who was observed with a group of children by herself that did not have current first-aid certification.”
1 deficiency older than three years
Aug 31, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“This rule was evaluated with regard to an investigation and a deficiency was found. Based on observations, a changing pad for the infant’s diaper changing table was damaged.”
All 35 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 12, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 4, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 21, 2026 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 10, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 4, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 27, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 29, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 27, 2024 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 3, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 3, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 13, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 30, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 28, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 18, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 13, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 11, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 20, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 16, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 9, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 31, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 31, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 22, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 28, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 24, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 2, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 29, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 23, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jul 25, 2019.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 217 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 13 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 31, 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: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 986 child care providers in Dallas County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 10.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Soimone Johnson | 0 |
| For Kids Only Child Learning Center | 3 |
| New World United Methodist Dcc | 0 |
| Priceless Childcare and Learning Center | 2 |
| Maria Angon | Not given |
| Poised for Success Learning Academy | 1 |
| Ace Kids Academy This child care provider | 10 |
| Angel’s Little Palace | 0 |
| Lisa Patterson | 0 |
| Divine Joy | 1 |
| Datron Houston | Not given |
| Latonja Raoof | 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 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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