Merryhill School
A licensed child care center in Arlington, Texas 76015
711 W Arbrook Blvd, Arlington, Texas 76015. (817) 472-9494.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 8 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Tarrant County: 3
- 5 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 18 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?
8 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 920 child care providers in Tarrant County had 3.
18 inspections on record. The latest, on Feb 17, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Relate to Children, at the report to the state on Mar 12, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on Oct 16, 2024
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling, at the report to the state on Oct 16, 2024
2 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
8 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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.
Feb 17, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
“Seven of the ten staff records reviewed did not have the required twenty-four hours of annual training in the required training topics.”
Mar 12, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Relate to Children
“Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found to be in non-compliance with The Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. The caregiver did not treat the child with respect and patience when they called a child a crybaby.”
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Discipline - Teaches Acceptable Behavior and Self-control
“Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found to be in non-compliance with The Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. The caregiver did not teach the child acceptable behavior or self-control when they used a marker to make a mark on the child as a consequence of having marked with a marker on another child.”
Oct 16, 2024: report to the state4 deficiencies
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found to be in non-compliance with The Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. The caregiver pulled on the child’s arm.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
“Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found to be in non-compliance with the Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. The caregiver yelled the children.”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“Based on the investigation findings, this standard was was reviewed and found to be in non-compliance with the Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. The operation was aware of an incident that may have placed a child at risk and did not report the incident to Child Care Regulation.”
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Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
“Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found to be in non-compliance with The Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. The parent was not notified of an incident that may have placed their child at risk.”
Feb 20, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Activities for Infants - Outdoor Play Daily
“It was noticed during inspection that infants haven’t have the opportunities for outdoor play.”
8 deficiencies older than three years
Apr 19, 2023: inspection6 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“There has been no fire inspection conducted within the last 12 months.”
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Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
“2 children with allergies, does not have an emergency food allergy plan present.”
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Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
“I observed loose fill to be less than the required amount. Photos were taken.”
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Install CO Detector System- In Compliance with State or Local Fire Marshal’s Instructions
“There was not a working carbon monoxide detector present during the operation. A staff member installed batteries in the carbon monoxide detector during my visit.”
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Children’s Products- Annual Certification
“There was no certification that the operation have reviewed each of the recall notices issued by the CPSC. The director certified that she receives the emails and notifies parents.”
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“4 of 10 children’s records need updated immunization records.”
Apr 25, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“Caregiver did not use good judgment with putting her leg over a child to force him to lay down.”
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Children Not Required to Sleep - May Not Force Child to Sleep
“A caregiver at the operation tried to force a child to sleep during naptime.”
All 24 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 2, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 13, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 12, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 25, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 8, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 18, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Report to the state | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 5, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 20, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 25, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 19, 2023 | Inspection | 6 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 9, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 4, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 25, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 22, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 6, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 25, 2022 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 19, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 14, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 25, 2009.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 439 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.
- 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 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 920 child care providers in Tarrant County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 8.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Kelley Simpson | 0 |
| Ama YMCA @ Short Elementary | 11 |
| Tarrant County Kids @ Foster Elementary | 0 |
| Milagros Pacheco | Not given |
| Children’s Learning Center | 16 |
| Merryhill School This child care provider | 8 |
| Woods Chapel Baptist Early Childhood Ed | 8 |
| Saint Timothy Cumberland | 7 |
| Ridglea Hills-Westside YMCA | 0 |
| Jami Robertson | 11 |
| Gods Young Ministry (G.y.m) Childcare | 0 |
| St. Philip Preschool | 23 |
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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