Elite Learning Academy
A licensed child care center in Lubbock, Texas 79410
3514 22nd Pl, Lubbock, Texas 79410. (806) 785-3514.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 13 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Lubbock County: 1
- 5 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 19 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?
13 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 149 child care providers in Lubbock County had 1.
19 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 Sep 21, 2026
Rated High by Texas: No Smoking or Use of Tobacco Including E-Cigarettes or Vaporizers, at the report to the state on Feb 13, 2025
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 Nov 19, 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
13 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 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 | 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.
Sep 21, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“A caregiver working with children and counted in ratio, did not have an eligible background check.”
Feb 13, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
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No Smoking or Use of Tobacco Including E-Cigarettes or Vaporizers
“Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a staff has been vaping in the office, in the facility, which is on the premises of the operation.”
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“Based on evidence obtained during the investigation, the operation has not maintained ratio in the classrooms.”
Nov 19, 2024: report to the state9 deficiencies
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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
“It was found during the investigation that a caregiver left the classroom leaving the children in the room unsupervised.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Associated with Food, Naps, or Toilet Training
“It was found during the investigation that a caregiver force fed a child.”
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Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Use Sanitary Holders
“It was found during the investigation that a caregiver was serving children food on the bare table during snack time.”
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Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child
“It was found during the investigation that a caregiver did not wash their hands after changing a child’s diaper.”
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Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering
“It was found during the investigation that a caregiver did not wash a child’s hands after they had their diaper changed.”
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Diaper Changing Equipment - If Above Floor Level Caregiver Must Face Child and Be Within Arm’s Length of Child
“It was found during the investigation that a caregiver walked more than an arm’s length away from a child that was on the diaper changing table.”
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Diapering Procedures - Sanitizing Diaper Changing Area
“It was found during the investigation that caregivers were not sanitizing the diaper changing table after completing diaper changes.”
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Written Activity Plan - No Long Waiting Periods
“It was found during the investigation that caregivers were placing children in the bucket seats at the table and were staying seated for at least an hour. It was also found that these children were going for long periods of time with no activities will they were seated.”
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Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two
“It was found during the investigation that the operation is allowing children under the age of 2 to have screen time.”
Apr 19, 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
“It was found during the inspection while watching video recording that a caregiver repeatly left children in a classroom unattended.”
All 29 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 21, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 14, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 14, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 8, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 10, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 26, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 20, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 14, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 13, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 14, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 25, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 19, 2024 | Report to the state | 9 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 23, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 12, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 13, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 2, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 18, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 6, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 31, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 10, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 10, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jun 24, 2010.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 93 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.
- 10 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 149 child care providers in Lubbock County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 13.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Ywcare of Lubbock at Wilson | 1 |
| Sunnyside Learning Academy | 0 |
| Elite Learning Academy 2 | 4 |
| Mrs. Wood’s Learning Spot, LLC | 0 |
| M&k’s Littles Child Development Center | 8 |
| Still Waters Academy | 5 |
| Covenant Child Development Center | 3 |
| All-Stars R Us | 0 |
| Elite Learning Academy This child care provider | 13 |
| My Little Playhouse 2 | 3 |
| Ywcare of Lubbock at Maedgen | 0 |
| Shirley Yandell | 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 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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