Waco Montessori School
A licensed child care center in Waco, Texas 76701
1920 Columbus Ave, Waco, Texas 76701. (254) 754-3966.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.
- 2 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in McLennan County: 6
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 15 inspections on record
- Not rated Texas Rising Star rating
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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?
2 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 132 child care providers in McLennan County had 6.
15 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 26, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on May 6, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment, at the report to the state on May 6, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
2 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited May 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 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 |
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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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
May 6, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“Based on the evidence obtained during a DFPS investigation, it was determined a caregiver did not comfort a child in care, who was crying.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
“Based on the evidence obtained during a DFPS investigation, it was determined a caregiver hit a child in care.”
7 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 21, 2023: report to the state4 deficiencies
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AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
“It was determined during the investigation; 2 caregivers were found of neglect of a child.”
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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
“Based on the evidence from the investigation, it was determined a child in care was not adequately supervised and was able to gain access and ingest medication.”
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Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
“It was determined the parent was not notified immediately when the administration became aware a child in care was able to gain access to medication and was able to ingest the pill.”
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Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
“Based on the evidence from the investigation, it was determined a child in care was able to gain access to medication from a caregiver’s purse.”
Jun 14, 2023: 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 determined a child was left on the playground unsupervised while the classroom was transitioning inside.”
Sep 25, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children
“It was determined 2 children were left outside on the playground without a caregiver for 2 minutes,”
Mar 1, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Written Activity Plan - Active and Quiet Play Opportunities
“The activity plans did not reflect when the children were getting their physical activity/active play time.”
All 21 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 24, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 24, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 10, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 6, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 12, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 13, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 6, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 24, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 23, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 10, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 21, 2023 | Report to the state | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 22, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 15, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 14, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 10, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 11, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 25, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 1, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 26, 1994.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 180 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 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.
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 132 child care providers in McLennan County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 2.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Baylor Child Development Ctr | 4 |
| The Center Day Camp | 8 |
| Children First Learning Center | 7 |
| St Francis Kindergarten and Nursery | 2 |
| Waco Montessori School This child care provider | 2 |
| Columbus Avenue Baptist Church | 13 |
| St Pauls Day Care | 2 |
| Country Child Care | 0 |
| Little Rockets | 2 |
| Waco Child Development Center | 14 |
| Waco Child Development Infant | 5 |
| Marla Adams | 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 Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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