Lil’ Einstein Learning Center
A licensed child care center in Columbus, Texas 78934
1217 Walnut St, Columbus, Texas 78934. (979) 942-9119.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.
- 2 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Colorado County: 2.5
- 1 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 12 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?
2 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 10 child care providers in Colorado County had 2.5.
12 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 15, 2026: no violation found.
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 Jul 24, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
2 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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| 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 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Jul 24, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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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
“There is sufficient evidence to prove that a child was able to exit the licensed space unsupervised.”
Jan 8, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“Two children did not have an immunization record on file.”
4 deficiencies older than three years
Aug 11, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“One caregiver was tasked with supervision of 18 children with a specified age group of three years; the group was over ratio by three children. Note: the director was prompted to include an additional caregiver in the group during the inspection.”
Nov 1, 2021: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“Staff tasked with transporting children exceeded the vehicle capacity in lieu of multiple trips to safely accommodate children requiring transport from school to center.”
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - List of Children
“The list of children being transported by the operation from school to center inaccuarately documents the children’s pick up time.”
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Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Must Use for Each Child in When Transporting and be Properly Installed
“Age appropriate child restraint safety devices were not in use for each child during transport.”
All 16 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 8, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 7, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 11, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 1, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 24, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 18, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 8, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 16, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 10, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 11, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 12, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 10, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 1, 2021 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 2, 2022.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 178 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 4 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 24, 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 24, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 10 child care providers in Colorado County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2.5; this one had 2.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| St Paul Christian Learning Academy | 2 |
| Lil Einstein Learning Center | 0 |
| Lil’ Einstein Learning Center This child care provider | 2 |
| A Brighter Day Child Care Center | 11 |
| My Friends House | 3 |
| Weimar Wildcat Academy | 4 |
| Weimar Wildcat Academy | 4 |
| Lil Einstein Learning Center Weimar | 1 |
| New Beginnings Cdc | 3 |
| Eagle Lake Child Development Center | 1 |
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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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