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Doe Creek Montessori Academy

A licensed child care center in Little Elm, Texas 75068

354 Doe Creek Rd, Little Elm, Texas 75068. (972) 366-6609.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 2 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: 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?

2 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

19 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 16, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on Mar 17, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on Feb 19, 2026

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

2 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.

Mar 17, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Report Situation Placing Children at Risk

    “It was determined during the investigation that an incident regarding inappropriate discipline occurred in 2025 and was not reported to CCR.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 15, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 27, 2026.

Feb 19, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling

    “According to the information collected throughout the investigation, it was concluded that a caregiver grabbed and pulled a child by their arm, rather than verbally redirecting the child.”

    Rule 746.2805(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 26, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 5, 2026.

2 deficiencies older than three years
Jan 5, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children’s Products-Posting of CPSC website

    “The operation did not have the annual certification form showing they reviewed the Consumer Product Safety recall list and ensured there are no unsafe products at the operation. * It was corrected during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.4135(c). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 5, 2023.

Jun 13, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit

    “One staff file does not have a notarized affidavit.”

    Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 17, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 13, 2022.

All 27 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 16, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 15, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Mar 19, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 19, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Mar 17, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Mar 5, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Feb 23, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Feb 19, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jan 6, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 20, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 19, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Feb 20, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 18, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Aug 5, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jul 29, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jul 26, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 1, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jan 12, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jul 22, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
May 24, 2023InspectionNo violation found
May 15, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Jan 5, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Aug 5, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jun 13, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 11, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Mar 9, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jan 14, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jul 15, 2022.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 170 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.
  • 8 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 2.
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
Doe Creek Montessori Academy This child care provider2
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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