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Little Gems Montessori

A licensed child care center in McKinney, Texas 75071

1721 Community Ave, McKinney, Texas 75071. (469) 881-3425.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.

The last 24 months 3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2024. 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?

5 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 647 child care providers in Collin County had 2.

13 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 17, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children, at the inspection on Oct 29, 2024

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Nov 30, 2023

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2024. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

3 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Oct 29, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children

    “In two classrooms, cleaning supplies were accessible to children. In both cases, the director and staff moved the cleaning supplies to a storage location out of reach to children.”

    Rule 746.3407(12). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 29, 2024.

Jun 17, 2024: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization

    “This standard was evaluated as part of investigation and was found to be deficient. The operation was notified that a child received medical treatment for an injury that occurred in care at 10:52 pm on 6/14/2024. The operation made their self-report to Child Care Regulation at 8:00 am on 6/17/2024.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 19, 2024.

  • Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries

    “This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and was found to be deficient. When a child received an accidental injury while in care, the parents were not notified of the injury until after their child was picked up from the operation.”

    Rule 746.307(c). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 19, 2024.

Nov 30, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The operation does not have a current fire inspection.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 7, 2023. Correction verified: Dec 4, 2023.

  • Maximum Group Size 13 or More Children

    “22 children ranging from 18 to 24 months were observed with 3 caregivers. The ratio is 18 to 2 or more caregivers.”

    Rule 746.1609. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 30, 2023. Correction verified: Dec 15, 2023.

4 deficiencies older than three years
Dec 19, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Training Requirements for Employees and Caregivers - 24 Annual Training

    “A caregiver is lacking 5 clock hours for annual training year, July 2021 to July 2022. A caregiver is lacking 20 clock hours for annual training year, June 2021 to June 2022.”

    Rule 746.1301(5)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 10, 2023.

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

    “A child did not have an emergency contact person information on file. Three children admission information did not list the address of the person that would be notified when parents cannot be reached during an emergency.”

    Rule 746.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 10, 2023.

  • Required Personnel Records-signed dated statement that employee received child care center’s operational policies

    “Two staff did not have documentation acknowledging that the center policies were received.”

    Rule 746.901(6)(A). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 10, 2023.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit

    “A staff did not have a notarized affidavit on file.”

    Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 10, 2023.

All 15 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 17, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 31, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 25, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 27, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 30, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 18, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 14, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Oct 29, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 19, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jun 17, 2024Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Dec 19, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Nov 30, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Feb 10, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Dec 19, 2022Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Feb 15, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 26, 2019.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 165 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

  • No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
  • 2 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 647 child care providers in Collin County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 5.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 647 in Collin County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Gabriels Little Angels Preschool0
Heritage Learning Center2
Alphabest @ Baker ? Prosper6
Lake Forest Childcare Inc.31
Alphabest @ Hughes ? Prosper0
Christin ChoNot given
Little Giants Daycare0
Sprouts Preschool3
Little Gems Montessori This child care provider5
Mother Hen Daycare3
Goddard School1
Ivy Vine Preschool0

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 Nov 5, 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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