Little Learners
A licensed child care center in Duncanville, Texas 75116
306 E Camp Wisdom Rd, Duncanville, Texas 75116. (469) 513-2884.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.
- 21 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Dallas County: 2
- 5 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 20 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?
21 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 986 child care providers in Dallas County had 2.
20 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 8, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Aug 31, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual, at the report to the state on Aug 8, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on Aug 8, 2025
2 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
21 deficiencies in 10 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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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 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Aug 31, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
“One of ten personnel records reveiw did not have a current first aid & CPR training available for reveiw during the time of inspection.”
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Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner
“The trash can in the pre k classroom did not have a lid on it. Garbage was accessible to the children in care.”
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Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean
“The paint on the walls in multiple rooms is chipping.The base boards in the cafeteria is peeling off the wall.”
Oct 24, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)
“The one of nine caregivers records that were reviewed during the previous annual inspection still did not have a notarized affidavit form.”
Sep 26, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean
“The paint on the walls are peeling and chipping.”
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Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)
“One of nine caregivers records that were reviewed did not have a notarized affidavit form.”
Aug 8, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
“Based on DFPS investigation interviews, caregiver admitted to putting children in high chairs for 2 minutes and thumping a child as a form of discipline”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“Based on the DFPS investigation it was noted that a caregiver was terminate for falling asleep while caring for babies in the infant classroom and this was not reported to CCR by the operation.”
Mar 7, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two
“I observed children under the age of two years old watching television. This was corrected at inspection when the caregiver turned off the TV and put music on.”
Aug 29, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies
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Furnishings and Equipment for Toddlers - Enough Available to Prevent Competition
“The toddler room had one set of blocks available for the children to play with. There weren’t any other toys in the room available for the children to play with.”
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Furnishings and Equipment for Toddlers - Items Accessible to Children
“The toddler room does not have shelves in the room for the children to access independently.”
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Furnishings and Equipment for Pre-Kindergarten Age - Interest Centers Used Independently
“The Pre-K classroom does not have interest centers with equipment such as blocks, toys, books for reading, etc. The room has five toys available for the children to play with.”
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Space Requirements for School-age - Interest Centers
“The classroom disgnated for school age children does not have interest centers set up for children to engage in specific actvities.”
Jun 26, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“The operation did not have documentation of fire drills being conducted. This was corrected at inspection when a fire drill was conducted.”
Mar 20, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups
“There were six bottles not labeled in the infant classroom. Three of the bottles were empty, one with formula and one with powdered milk.”
Feb 13, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“There was a lady at the operation who was present today without a background check.”
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Orientation-Operational policies including discipline, guidance and release of children
“The caregiver did not have documentation verifying she had received orientation from the operation.”
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Safety - Televisions Anchored to Prevent Tip Over
“The purple room labeled the toddler room had a television sitting on a TV stand. The television was not mounted to the stand.”
Feb 2, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Policies Comply with Rules
“The operation did not have a copy of the policy and procedures for employees.”
Jan 16, 2024: assessment1 deficiency
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Report Number of Employees
“The operation did not update their 2023 employee list.”
All 27 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 31, 2026 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 2, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 29, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 3, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 23, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 4, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 10, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 29, 2024 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 23, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 26, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 30, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 20, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 13, 2024 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 2, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 16, 2024 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 24, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Sep 30, 2024.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 120 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 6 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 31, 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 Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 986 child care providers in Dallas County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 21.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Carrie Davis | Not given |
| Stepping Stones of Knowledge Academy | 7 |
| Geraldine Peavy | Not given |
| Magnificent Learning Academy | 3 |
| Cedar Ridge Preschool Inc. | 8 |
| Little Learners This child care provider | 21 |
| Sweet Start Childcare 2, LLC | 5 |
| Kidz Are People Too Before & After School | 12 |
| Right at School at Hastings Elementary | 1 |
| Many Mini Miracles | 0 |
| Skyrise School of Duncanville | 16 |
| Precious Momentums | 14 |
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 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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