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Little Stars Montessori

A licensed child care home in Little Elm, Texas 75068

2937 Aurora Mist Dr, Little Elm, Texas 75068. (214) 527-6305.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 8 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2025. 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?

8 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 490 child care providers in Denton County had 3.

9 inspections on record. The latest, on Jan 12, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Food Service and Preparation - No Foods That Present Choking Risk, at the inspection on Apr 23, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

8 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

8 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.

Feb 26, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Primary Caregiver Annual Training - Special topics for children under 24 months

    “The primary caregiver was missing training in Preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction; Understanding building and physical premises safety, and Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials.”

    Rule 747.1309(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 17, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2025.

  • Required Admission Information - Special Needs Statement

    “An statement of the child’s special care needs were missing.”

    Rule 747.605(12). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 7, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 6, 2025.

  • First Aid Kit Incomplete - Guide to first aid and emergency care

    “The first-aid kit lacked a guide. This issue was rectified during the inspection, when a guide was supplied to the primary caregiver.”

    Rule 747.3803(a)(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 26, 2025.

  • Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights

    “The operational policies were deficient in providing information about parentsl rights.”

    Rule 747.501(9). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 7, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 6, 2025.

  • Required Immunizations Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    “The immunization records for two children were not current.”

    Rule 747.613(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 14, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2025.

Apr 23, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Food Service and Preparation - No Foods That Present Choking Risk

    “The monthly menu initially listed pretzels as part of the toddler’s meal. However, this was rectified during the inspection when the primary caregiver updated the menu, removing pretzels from the offerings.”

    Rule 747.3117(6). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 23, 2024.

  • Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training - Primary, Assistant, and Substitute Caregivers

    “A primary caregiver has an expired pediatric CPR/FIRST AID certification since 12/2023.”

    Rule 747.1313(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 7, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 29, 2024.

  • Screen Time Activities - Off When Not in Use

    “The TV was on when nobody was watching. This was corrected during the inspection when I asked the primary caregiver to turn off th TV.”

    Rule 747.2105(c)(6). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 23, 2024.

8 deficiencies older than three years
Jun 20, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required

    “The primary caregiver was missing 30 hours of annual training during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 14, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 11, 2023.

  • Orientation for Household Members- Required

    “A household member didn’t complete the orientation for household members.”

    Rule 747.1403. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 26, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 22, 2023.

  • Children’s Records - Admission Information

    “One child was missing the immunization record and health statement during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 4, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 30, 2023.

Jan 6, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Smoke Detectors Testing

    “The operation did not have documentation showing that monthly checks of the fire extinguisher, carbon monoxide, & smoke detectors were being conducted.”

    Rule 747.5115. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 10, 2023.

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

    “Cleaning supplies were observed by the sink where children could have access. Note: this was corrected during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.3203(13). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 6, 2023.

  • Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, Relocation and Sheltering Procedures

    “The emergency preparedness plan was missing the following item: How children will be evacuated or relocated to the designated safe area or alternate shelter, including specific procedures for evacuating or relocating children who are under 24 months of age, who have limited mobility, or who otherwise may need assistance in an emergency, such as children who have mental, visual, or hearing impairments.”

    Rule 747.5003(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 16, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 16, 2023.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “The operation does not have a documented fire drill for December/2022.”

    Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 13, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 14, 2023.

Jun 7, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “During inspection 1 child lacked the required health statement.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 21, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 9, 2022.

All 9 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jan 12, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Feb 26, 2025Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Apr 23, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Jun 20, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Jan 6, 2023Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Jun 7, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 12, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Mar 7, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jan 5, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Jul 11, 2022.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 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.
  • 0 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?

  • Texas Rising Star: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Source:

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

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 490 child care providers in Denton County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 8.
Source:

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

12 of the 490 in Denton County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Little Stars Montessori This child care provider8
Robins Nest Montessori School1
Arise & Shine Childcare0
Leisd Childcare Programs @ Herschel Zellars Center2
Brandy Hoyt13
Chetna ThankiNot given
Kiddie Academy of Little Elm24
Alphabest @ Miller ? Frisco32
Crossridge Preschool Academy6
Yesenia MartinezNot given
The Montessori Learning House Bilingual School7
The Children’s Lighthouse of Oak Point2
Happy Kids Montessori Childcare7

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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