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Apple Tree Early Childhood Center

A licensed child care center in Marshall, Texas 75672

200 Veterans Ave, Marshall, Texas 75672. (903) 923-8665.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 27, 2026.

The last 24 months 10 deficiencies in 3 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 21 child care providers in Harrison County had 2.

12 inspections on record. The latest, on Feb 10, 2026: no violation found.

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 report to the state on May 8, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization, at the report to the state on May 8, 2025

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

10 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.

10 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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 Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

Dec 12, 2025: assessment1 deficiency

  • Liability Insurance Requirements - Provide Proof of Coverage Annually by Anniversary Date of Issuance

    “The operation has not updated their insurance by the required date.”

    Rule 746.203(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 12, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 23, 2025.

May 12, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Use Sanitary Holders

    “During inspection a child was observed eating cookies that are not on the menu while standing on a table.”

    Rule 746.3317(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 12, 2025.

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times

    “During inspection a child was observed watching a cell phone video during rest time. The phone was put away.”

    Rule 746.2207(c)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 12, 2025.

May 8, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age

    “During inspection it was determined that an infant under 12 months was provided a blanket while in a crib.”

    Rule 746.2415(b). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 12, 2025. Correction verified: May 19, 2025.

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization

    “During the investigation it was determined an infant was provided carewithout any admission information including medical treatment consent. The child is no longer attending.”

    Rule 746.605(11). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 12, 2025.

Feb 26, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

    “During inspection one caregiver was observed caring for 12 children ages 12m - 3 years old.”

    Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 26, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 9, 2025.

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection - Conducted Local Sanitation Official

    “During an inspection a current health inspection was not available.”

    Rule 746.3401(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 3, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 9, 2025.

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “Several ceiling tiles need to be replaced. Ventilation system on wall in classroom does not have the cover over the filter. Outside door in classroom need to have a cover placed on bottom to prevent dirt, bugs, and debris from entering.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 12, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 9, 2025.

  • Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered

    “Several outlets do not have covers.”

    Rule 746.3701(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 26, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 9, 2025.

  • Documented Annual Training - 6 Hours of annual training required

    “During inspection one personnel file was missing training certificates for Hazmat, Food Allergy, Medication, Emergency Preparedness, and Transportation Trainings.”

    Rule 746.1309(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 12, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 9, 2025.

2 deficiencies older than three years
Jan 4, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Report Outbreak of Communicable Illness

    “As part of the investigation it was found that a caregiver did test positive for Covid-19 over the Christmas Holiday. The caregiver was present at the operation 3 days prior to the positive test, and CCR was not notified.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 7, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 13, 2022.

  • Parental Notification of Communicable Disease

    “As part of this investigation it was found that a caregiver did test positive for Covid-19 over the Christmas Holiday and was present 3 days prior to the positive test. The operation did not notify parents of the positive test.”

    Rule 746.307(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 7, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 13, 2022.

All 16 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Feb 10, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Dec 12, 2025Assessment1 deficiency cited
Jun 19, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jun 18, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
May 19, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 12, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
May 8, 2025Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Apr 9, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 26, 2025Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Apr 17, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 25, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Aug 18, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jan 13, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jan 7, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jan 4, 2022Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Dec 2, 2021InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Oct 22, 2010.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 75 children.
Source:

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.
  • 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 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: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 21 child care providers in Harrison 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 Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 21 in Harrison County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Little Angels Learning Center8
Laura Zeigler1
Fields of Grace Preschool0
Apple Tree Early Childhood Center This child care provider10
Extended Family Preschool0
First United Methodist Day School0
Heart Dream Early Childhood Christian Academy10
Rosa ArzateNot given
Little Mav Academy2
Tender Loving Care0
Hallsville Child Development Center2
Miles of Smiles Childcare8

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 Oct 27, 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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