Everstar Academy of Discovery
A licensed child care center in Waxahachie, Texas 75165
1401 Ferris Ave, Waxahachie, Texas 75165. (972) 937-8300.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 27, 2026.
- 8 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Ellis County: 1
- 4 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?
8 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 98 child care providers in Ellis County had 1.
20 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 22, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment, at the report to the state on Jun 26, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Apr 30, 2026
Rated High by Texas: No Swaddling of Infant Unless Completed Sleep Exception Form on File, at the inspection on Aug 7, 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
8 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 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 |
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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.
Aug 27, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“The operation failed to maintain the required child/caregiver ratio when the number of infants in care exceeded the number permitted for the caregivers providing supervision.”
Jul 21, 2026: assessment1 deficiency
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Report Change in Director
“The operation failed to notify Child Care Regulation of a director change after the previous director was no longer serving in that role as of April.”
Jun 29, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Reduction of child/caregiver naptime ratio by 50% allowed, If 13 or more children in care, children are 18 mo. or older and other standards met
“6 children under the age of 18 months where observed in a classroom where ratio was reduced by half for naptime.”
Jun 26, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
“A caregiver used prohibited punishments by requiring children to do “wall sits”, sit against the wall with their legs at a 90-degree angle.”
Apr 30, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“Operation does not have a current fire inspection, last one expired January of 20226.”
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“Operation does not have a current health inspection, the last one expired January 20206.”
Aug 7, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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No Swaddling of Infant Unless Completed Sleep Exception Form on File
“A 3 month old infant was observed resting in their crib swaddled. This was corrected at inspection with the caregiver removing the swaddle.”
Aug 5, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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AP Must Place Infants in Face up Sleeping Position or Must Have Completed and Signed Sleep Exception Form for the Infant
“Based on statements obtained, it was determined that an infant under the age of 12 months was placed in a crib on their stomach and did not have a sleep exception form on file.”
All 27 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 8, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 24, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 10, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 31, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 27, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 21, 2026 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 9, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 6, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 15, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 22, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 14, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 5, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 22, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 18, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Oct 28, 2025.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 238 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.
- 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 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 98 child care providers in Ellis County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 8.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Everstar Academy of Discovery This child care provider | 8 |
| Promise Child Development Center | 11 |
| Carrie Finley | 0 |
| Ark of Friendship | 0 |
| Shackelford YMCA | 0 |
| Lafondas Kids | 2 |
| Condor Child Care | 6 |
| Future Generations Christian Child Care Center | 2 |
| Fire House Kids, LLC | 3 |
| Carla Regalado | 0 |
| YMCA @ Max Simpson Elementary | 0 |
| YMCA @ Marvin Elementary | 2 |
| Mini Scientist Academy | 0 |
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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