Little Schoolhouse
A licensed child care center in Red Oak, Texas 75154
2607 Ovilla Rd, Red Oak, Texas 75154. (972) 576-8500.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 27, 2026.
- 7 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Ellis County: 1
- 4 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 15 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?
7 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 98 child care providers in Ellis County had 1.
15 inspections on record. The latest, on Jan 29, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual, at the inspection on Jan 6, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Using Inappropriate Long Period of Silence or Inactivity Including Requiring Child to Remain in a Restrictive Device, at the inspection on Jan 6, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the inspection on Jan 6, 2025
1 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
7 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.
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| 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 |
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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.
Jan 24, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Required Admission Information - Reasonable Accommodations or Modifications
“The investigation determined that a child was admitted to the daycare operation without the required medical documentation specifying the child’s special care needs.”
Jan 6, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies
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Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
“Deficiency was recited during the follow-up on January 6, 2025. A caregiver was found to use harsh prohibited punishment when disciplining a child.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Using Inappropriate Long Period of Silence or Inactivity Including Requiring Child to Remain in a Restrictive Device
“Deficiency was recited during the follow-up on January 6, 2025. A child was forced to remain in time out that exceeds their age.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“Deficiency was recited during the follow-up on January 6, 2025. A caregiver was seen forcefully grabbing a child.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
“Deficiency was recited during the follow-up on January 6, 2025. A caregiver was found to be humiliating a child in care.”
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Discipline - Appropriate to Child’s Level of Understanding
“Deficiency was recited during the follow-up on January 6, 2025. A caregiver did not use discipline appropriate to a child’s level of understanding.”
Dec 3, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Discipline - Appropriate to Child’s Level of Understanding
“A caregiver did not use discipline appropriate to a child’s level of understanding.”
All 20 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 24, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 19, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 1, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 30, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 15, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 6, 2025 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 6, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 3, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 3, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 29, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 28, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 6, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 17, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 16, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 21, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 1, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 1, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 15, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Dec 19, 2023.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 85 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.
- 5 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 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: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 98 child care providers in Ellis County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 7.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Schupmann After the Bell | 0 |
| Tammy Watson | 2 |
| Dallas Darlings Daycare Licensed Child Care Home | 1 |
| Kids University | 2 |
| Harvest Heights Childcare & Christian Academy | 1 |
| Just Kidding Around Too | 2 |
| Ardent Academy | 2 |
| Little Schoolhouse This child care provider | 7 |
| Oaks Learning Center | 4 |
| Samantha Olden | 1 |
| Meghan Myers | 4 |
| Ryndi?s Rainbow Academy | 9 |
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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