Pirate Academy, LLC

A licensed child care center in Poth, Texas 78147

308 Sutherland Avenue, Poth, Texas 78147. (830) 321-0144.

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The short answer

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

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Wilson County: 7
0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
8 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 4 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: Medium High. Every month

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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?

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 24 child care providers in Wilson County had 7.

8 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 12, 2026: no violation found.

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

4 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023												Dec
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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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

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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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Jun 9, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games

“A caregiver was observed using their electronic device for personal use while supervising children. Note: This was corrected at inspection when the caregiver locked their phone away in a cabinet.”

Rule 746.1203(3)(D). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 9, 2026.
CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based

“Four staff members were found to have CPR certifications completed online.”

Rule 746.1315(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 23, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 25, 2026.

Jul 22, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

Prohibited Equipment - Multiple Occupancy Swings

“Teeter totter was observed in the playground. This was corrected when the teeter totter was removed.”

Rule 746.4603(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 22, 2025.
Measurement of Use Zone for Rotating and Rocking Equipment - No Overlap

“The stationary structure overlaps the use zone of the rocking structure. The use zone between both structures is 8’8’.”

Rule 746.4813(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 15, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 10, 2025.

7 deficiencies older than three years

Jan 17, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies

Safety Requirements for Play Yards - Label for Each Infant

“In the infant room it was observed that the cribs/play yards were not individually labeled.”

Rule 746.2411(2)(I). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 17, 2023.
Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups

“The bottles and drinking cups in the infant rooms were not clearly labeled with the child’s first name and last initial.”

Rule 746.2419(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 19, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 26, 2023.
Active Play Surfacing In Use Zones - Loose Fill or Unitary Surfacing

“On the playground it was observed that there was not an adequate amount of loose-fill around the play equipment.”

Rule 746.4901(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 30, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 26, 2023.
Measurement of Use Zone for Stationary Equipment

“On the playground, there was play equipment that did not have the required use zone.”

Rule 746.4803. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 30, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2023.

Aug 29, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

Annual Sanitation Inspection

“The posted annual sanitation inspection was dated 07/08/2021 which is past the required twelve month period.”

Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 12, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 31, 2022.
Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

“Two of two posted infant feeding schedules were missing the required thirty day parental update.”

Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 29, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 31, 2022.

Jan 26, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

Administering Medication - Original Container with Child’s Name, Date

“One medication was not in the original container.”

Rule 746.3805(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 28, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 28, 2022.

All 8 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Jun 12, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 9, 2026	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Jul 22, 2025	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Jul 23, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Aug 15, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Jan 17, 2023	Inspection	4 deficiencies cited
Aug 29, 2022	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Jan 26, 2022	Inspection	1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 10, 2022.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 78 children.

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.
0 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

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.

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

How does it compare nearby?

Among 24 child care providers in Wilson County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 4.

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

11 of the 24 in Wilson County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Pirate Academy, LLC This child care provider	4
Shipwreck Academy	2
Rainbow of Friends Care Center	13
Los Ninos	7
Priscilla Soto	1
Y School Age @ La Vernia	15
Giggles and Smiles Learning Center	22
Starlings Darlings Learning Center	7
The Sonshine Ark	27
Little Bear Child Care Center, Inc.	15
Janie Mora	3
Stockdale Child Development Center, LLC	8

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

Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.

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