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The Montessori Academy (Tma)

A licensed child care center in Arlington, Texas 76016

3428 W Arkansas Ln, Arlington, Texas 76016. (817) 274-1548.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 6 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. 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?

6 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 920 child care providers in Tarrant County had 3.

22 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 25, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children, at the report to the state on Sep 23, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on Feb 6, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Policies Comply with Rules, at the report to the state on May 18, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

6 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.

Aug 11, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Medication Authorization Expires on First Anniversary

    “During today s inspection, there were 2 children s medications that were expired in June 2026.”

    Rule 746.3803(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 18, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 25, 2026.

  • Administering Medication - Original Container with Child’s Name, Date

    “During today’s inspection, several children s medications were not in the regional box.”

    Rule 746.3805(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 18, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 25, 2026.

Oct 24, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “The operation did not ensure that the area was free from all possible hazards.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 27, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 11, 2025.

Sep 23, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency

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

    “The operation did not ensure that a cleaning product was properly stored and out of reach of children.”

    Rule 746.3407(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 22, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 4, 2025.

Feb 6, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Report Situation Placing Children at Risk

    “The operation was aware of a situation that placed a child at risk for harm and did not report.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 5, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 13, 2025.

May 18, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Policies Comply with Rules

    “The school did not follow their own policy to administer a topical medication when needed.”

    Rule 746.201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 29, 2024. Correction verified: May 29, 2024.

1 deficiency older than three years
May 8, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

    “This law was evaluated with regard to an investigation and has been found to be in violation with the Minimum Standard Rules for Licensed Child Care Centers based on interview with caregivers and parent. Child was given a wrong bottle of milk. Caregiver did not check the label prior giving it to the child.”

    Rule 746.1201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 2, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 15, 2023.

All 39 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 25, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 11, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Mar 25, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jan 21, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jan 20, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Dec 11, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Nov 4, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 31, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Oct 24, 2025Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Oct 10, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 8, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 25, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Sep 23, 2025Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jul 25, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 24, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 3, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Apr 2, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Mar 13, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 7, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 6, 2025Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jan 23, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Nov 14, 2024AssessmentNo violation found
May 24, 2024InspectionNo violation found
May 18, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Mar 1, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 28, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Nov 3, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 19, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jul 17, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 15, 2023InspectionNo violation found
May 15, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
May 15, 2023InspectionNo violation found
May 10, 2023InspectionNo violation found
May 8, 2023Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Nov 15, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Nov 11, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Nov 11, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 19, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jul 18, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 9, 2009.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 334 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.
  • 16 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 920 child care providers in Tarrant County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 6.
Source:

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

12 of the 920 in Tarrant County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
The Montessori Academy (Tma) This child care provider6
Miller Elementary - YMCA of Arlington17
Lionheart Children’s Academy -Labc14
Childrens Courtyard22
Imagine Nation Center of Learning0
A Mother’s Touch Early Childhood Development Center Inc.8
Patrice Maddox3
Tarrant County Kids at Little Elementary3
Renee S Roach1
Andrea Green0
Marion Childcare University15
Jags Christian Academy and Associates LLC3
Dai Quang Dinh2

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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