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East Ridge Academy

A licensed child care center in Dallas, Texas 75231

6310 Eastridge Dr, Dallas, Texas 75231. (214) 368-7903.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 10 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 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?

10 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 986 child care providers in Dallas County had 2.

12 inspections on record. The latest, on May 29, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited, at the report to the state on May 1, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment, at the report to the state on May 1, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual, at the inspection on Jul 1, 2024

1 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

10 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.

Dec 15, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups

    “Three of the four bottles in the infant classroom were not labelled with the child’s name.”

    Rule 746.2419(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 15, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 29, 2025.

  • Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering

    “Two classrooms were observed not washing hands after diapering.”

    Rule 746.3417(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 15, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 29, 2025.

May 1, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited

    “This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation.”

    Rule 746.1201(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 26, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 2, 2025.

  • Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment

    “This standard was tasked as part of a DFPS investigation and found deficient. A caregiver hit a child with a charging cord, leaving a mark on their body.”

    Rule 746.2805(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 26, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 2, 2025.

Nov 6, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.

    “Two of the ten personnel records do not have pediatric First Aid training.”

    Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 14, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 15, 2024.

  • Written Activity Plans - Plan Followed by Caregiver

    “All caregivers did not bring their class outside due to the weather. The weather was 60 degrees and sunny at the time of inspection.”

    Rule 746.2203(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 6, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 6, 2024.

Jul 1, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual

    “Children have reported being struck on the head and body with a pointer stick as a form of punishment.”

    Rule 746.2805. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 1, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 15, 2024.

Mar 26, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

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

    “Unmarked cleaning supplies were in one classroom during inspection. This was corrected at inspection when the chemicals were removed from the classroom.”

    Rule 746.3407(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 26, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 3, 2024.

  • Written Activity Plan - Outdoor Play Opportunities

    “Infants do not go outside. Toddlers and Pre-K aged children do not go outside for at least 60 minutes a day.”

    Rule 746.2206(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 26, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 3, 2024.

  • Fenced Outdoor Activity Space -Exits Required

    “A gate used as a secondary exit from the outdoor space was locked while children were outside. This was corrected at inspection when the gate was unlocked.”

    Rule 746.4307. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 26, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 3, 2024.

All 15 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
May 29, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 27, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 13, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Dec 29, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Dec 15, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jul 2, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 15, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 1, 2025Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Dec 6, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Nov 6, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jul 15, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jul 1, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 27, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 3, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Mar 26, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued May 6, 2024.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 156 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.
  • 3 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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 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 10.
Source:

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

11 of the 986 in Dallas County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Richardson Isd Merriman Park Elementary2
Jeanette’s Little Haven Enrichment Center34
Mary Ann Smith0
Northstar Preschool at Fair Oaks1
East Ridge Academy This child care provider10
Celebree School of Dallas North Park2
YMCA @ Jill Stone @ Vickery0
Northpark Presbyterian Day School0
Dealey Child Care Center9
Montessori Childrens House and School0
Saint Christopher Montessori11
Legacy Kids Academy0

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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