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Tree House Academy

A licensed child care center in Arlington, Texas 76002

8001 Matlock Rd, Arlington, Texas 76002. (817) 417-8955.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 6 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 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.

14 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 19, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children, at the inspection on Feb 26, 2025

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

6 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 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.

Mar 25, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Discipline - Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance

    “Based on the information obtained during the investigation, it was determined that the operation was non-compliant with this standard as a caregiver wrote on a child’s face with a marker as a form of discipline.”

    Rule 746.2803(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 27, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 30, 2026.

Feb 26, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

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

    “The two’s classroom had a spray bottle of bleach on a low shelf in the classroom accessible to children. This was corrected at inspection, the staff moved the bleach to a higher counter.”

    Rule 746.3407(12). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 26, 2025.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)

    “At the time of inspection, 2 staff with a hire date of 3/2024 did not have notarized affidavit in file.”

    Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 5, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 5, 2025.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)

    “At the time of inspection, 4 staff did not have required affidavit in file.This was corrected at inspection by having the staff complete their affidavits.”

    Rule 746.901(5). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 26, 2025.

Apr 1, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Documentation of Drills

    “February and March fire drills were not documented.”

    Rule 746.5205(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 22, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 8, 2024.

  • Health Statement on File within 1 Week of Admission

    “1 child’s (toddler) file did not have a health statement”

    Rule 746.611(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 22, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 16, 2024.

4 deficiencies older than three years
Jun 7, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “5 infants in care had expired infant feeding instructions.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 14, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 8, 2023.

Aug 3, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “A wall in the restroom of the prek classroom was seen with holes.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 10, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 9, 2022.

  • Screen Time Activities - Related to Planned Activities

    “The two year olds were seen watching an ipad that was not related to activities. The caregiver turned off the ipad and sat the children at the table to complete an activity.”

    Rule 746.2207(c)(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 3, 2022.

  • Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child’s Name

    “All classrooms requiring nap equipment did not have the nap mats labeled to each individual child.”

    Rule 746.4503(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 10, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 9, 2022.

All 22 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 19, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 30, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 26, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 25, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Mar 20, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 18, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Mar 11, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 10, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Jan 12, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 16, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 3, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Feb 26, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Sep 4, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Sep 3, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 22, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 15, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 16, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 1, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jun 7, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Nov 3, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 3, 2022Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Feb 25, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued May 7, 2012.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 202 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.
  • 8 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?

  • Texas Rising Star: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
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
Tree House Academy This child care provider6
Khristos Kingdom Learning Center1
Maria Gil13
Little Fish N the Sea School House0
Pat’s Home Daycare0
Folashade Awoleye0
Kids Company Academy Learning Center Dfw LLC0
Malena Pascual4
Ab’s Academy0
Boys & Girls Club Tarrant County Pearcy0
Mansfield Isd Children’s Center @ Academy for Early Learners2
Noworries Childcare and Preschool5
Mama Rana’s for Play and Learn13

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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