Mountain Top Christian Academy
A licensed child care center in Cisco, Texas 76437
1498 Interstate 20 W, Cisco, Texas 76437. (254) 442-4479.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 27, 2026.
- 6 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Eastland County: 3.5
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 14 inspections on record
- 2-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?
6 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 6 child care providers in Eastland County had 3.5.
14 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 26, 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 Aug 2, 2024
Rated High by Texas: Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk, at the report to the state on Aug 2, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
6 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.
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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 27, 2026. Updated daily.
Mar 4, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
“A 15 month old in the infant room was observed unbuckled while in the kidney bean shaped table. This was corrected at inspection when the infant was buckled in bringing the operation into compliance.”
Apr 9, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
“The loose fill on the playground under the slide was not maintained to 6 inches.”
Aug 2, 2024: report to the state2 deficiencies
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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
“It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that a young child in care was left alone on the playground unsupervised for approximately 7 minutes.”
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Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
“It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that parent was not contacted immediately when a child was placed at risk. The parent was contacted approximately 3 hours post-incident.”
Jun 12, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit
“2 of the 10 personnel files audited did not have a notarized affidavit available for review in the file.”
Nov 10, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Active Play Surfacing In Use Zones - Loose Fill or Unitary Surfacing
“Loose fill was not in the use zone for the slide.”
1 deficiency older than three years
Feb 8, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Toilets - 13 or More Children
“The toilet between the toddler room and the preschool room was not flushing correctly. The plumber was called during this inspection.”
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 7, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 6, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 4, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 9, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 3, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 6, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 2, 2024 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 12, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 10, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 29, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 15, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 23, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 22, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 8, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jun 29, 2023.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 102 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 1 report 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 27, 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: 2-Star (the first of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 6 child care providers in Eastland County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3.5; this one had 6.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Mountain Top Christian Academy This child care provider | 6 |
| Hugs and Kisses | 5 |
| Rocking Horse Home Childcare | 2 |
| Aunt Lolli’s Purple Door LLC | 2 |
| Rachel Cogburn | Not given |
| Little Maverick Child Care Center | 19 |
| Little Bulldog Child Care Center | 2 |
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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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