Discovery Childrens Academy
A licensed child care center in Midlothian, Texas 76065
111 Roundabout Dr, Midlothian, Texas 76065. (972) 775-5600.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 7 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Ellis County: 1
- 6 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 24 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.
24 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 9, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the inspection on Dec 11, 2024
Rated High by Texas: AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age, at the inspection on Dec 11, 2024
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 Oct 24, 2024
3 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
7 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2024. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 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 | Nov |
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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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Dec 11, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“Employee present with unsupervised access to children did not have the required documentation of elligibility. This was corrected during the inspection, the employee”
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AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age
“Child under 12 months was observed with a blanket in the crib. Pictures taken.”
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Chairs - Safety Straps Used if Required by Manufacturer
“Three children observed in the table chair equiped with straps were did not have the straps fastened.”
Oct 24, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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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
“A Child was able to get out of the facility. The deficiency is related to a DFPS Abuse/Neglect investigation.”
Oct 10, 2024: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“Caregivers at the operation did not use good judgment when they saw a bruise on a child but did not report it to the director. The deficiency is related to a DFPS Abuse/Neglect investigation.”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“Director failed to call in an allegation of a child being bruised. The deficiency is related to a DFPS Abuse/Neglect investigation.”
Jan 19, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities - Not interfere with an inspection or investigation
“Person related to the operation, during the investigation influenced the investigation. The deficiency is related to a DFPS Abuse/Neglect investigation.”
5 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 8, 2023: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Diaper Changing Steps- Prompt
“Staff did not change a child’s diaper in the approximate hour they were at the center.”
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Sign-in and Sign-out Tracking System
“The operation did not indicate the time of departure for a child that left the operation to go to school.”
Apr 25, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Hand Sanitizer - Stored Out of Child’s Reach When Not in Use
“Through an investigation it was found that a child was able to reach hand sanitizer. Child put hand sanitizer in their eyes and had to seek medical attention.”
May 23, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“Caregiver’s supervising did not use good judgement when a child was allowed to play on the shelf of the changing table which resulted in the child knocking over a trashcan and bottle warmer (on to them selves). Operation did not use good judgment in contacting a parent from a personal phone instead of the operation’s phone.”
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Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Injuries Requiring Medical Treatment or Hospitalization
“Incident report used did not contain at least the same information as form 7239.”
All 37 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Report to the state | Outcome pending |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 18, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 11, 2024 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 24, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 19, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 19, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 17, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 10, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 8, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 8, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 13, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 12, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 8, 2023 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| May 18, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 27, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 25, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 24, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 11, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 28, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 12, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 25, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 23, 2022 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| May 11, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 6, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 9, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jul 27, 2007.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 221 children.
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.
- 13 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 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?
- Texas Rising Star: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Discovery Childrens Academy This child care provider | 7 |
| The Learning Station | 1 |
| Fire House Kids, LLC | 0 |
| YMCA @ Mcclatchey Elementary | 3 |
| Kasey Cashen | Not given |
| Treehouse Christian Learning Center, Inc. | 2 |
| YMCA @ Jr Irvin | 1 |
| Growing in Grace | 6 |
| Laura Jenkins Early Learning Academy | 2 |
| YMCA @ Coleman Midlothian | 1 |
| Elevate After School | 0 |
| Courtney Lovasz | Not given |
| Kce Champions LLC@ Iltx Heritage | 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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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