Licensed child care center · public record
Carousel Academy
Sanger, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
4 state inspections, last 2 years
15 deficiencies on the state’s summary
13 high or medium-high risk
May 21, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued October 10, 2002
- Capacity
- 128 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:00 AM-06:30 PM
- Accepts child care subsidies
- Yes
- Conditions on the permit
- No
- Corrective action listed
- No
- Adverse action listed
- No
- Temporarily closed
- No
- State operation number
- 817631
Where
401 Acker St
Sanger, TX 76266
Deficiencies by risk level
The state’s own summary counts for this operation, as published in the HHSC operations file.
Citations on the record
Each standard the state found not met, newest first, with its risk level and when it was corrected.
| Inspection | Risk | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2026 | Medium | 746.5205(4) - Documentation of Drills State’s note: “The operation did not document fire drills that have been previously conducted. This was corrected during the inspection.” |
| January 30, 2026 | High | 746.3703(d) - No Smoking or Use of Tobacco Including E-Cigarettes or Vaporizers State’s note: “It was determined that a staff member was allowed to smoke in the parking lot of the operation.” |
| May 24, 2024 | Medium High | 746.605(13) - Required Admission Information - Special Needs Statement State’s note: “10 children's files reviewed did not have the updated Special Needs Statement.” |
| May 24, 2024 | Medium High | 746.605(6) - Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact State’s note: “6 childrens files did not have the addresses listed for the emergency contacts.” |
| December 12, 2023 | High | 746.5101(a) - Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months State’s note: “The operation does not have a current fire inspection.” |
| October 10, 2023 | Medium High | 746.201(5) - Reporting Suspected Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation-May not delegate responsibility to report State’s note: “Based on evidence obtained during a DFPS investigation, caregivers observed physical abuse of a child and reported the abuse to the director who took no action. The caregivers also did not report the abuse.” |
| October 10, 2023 | High | 746.2805(5) - Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling State’s note: “Based on evidence obtained during a DFPS investigation, it was determined that a caregiver yelled at children as a form of discipline. A caregiver put her pointer finger in a child?s face and instructed the child to stop crying. A caregiver put her head face to face with a child as a form of discipline to get the child to listen.” |
| October 10, 2023 | Medium High | 746.2803(4)(C) - Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Redirecting Behavior State’s note: “Based on evidence obtained during a DFPS investigation, a caregiver inappropriately re-directed children in care by grabbing them by the arm or elbow area in an attempt to lead the children to where they needed to go. A caregiver grabbed a child by the arm while the child was in a seated position and attempted to re-direct the child, making the child cry.” |
| October 10, 2023 | High | 746.1201(4) - AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited State’s note: “Based on evidence obtained during an DFPS investigation, there was Reason to Believe that physical abuse occurred as a caregiver struck a child multiple times in the face. During re-direction, a child hit his head on the ground which could have resulted in serious physical harm or injury to the child.” |
| September 12, 2023 | Medium High | 746.3819 - Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional State’s note: “Two children did not have a food allergy plan signed by the parent.” |
| October 17, 2022 | Medium Low | 746.901(4) - Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit State’s note: “An employee file was missing a notarized affidavit.” |
| October 17, 2022 | Medium High | 746.3407(8) - Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner State’s note: “Three garbage cans were observed without lids and containing remnants of food.” |
| October 17, 2022 | High | 746.5625(b) - Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer's instructions State’s note: “One vehicle that transports children did not have a properly working child safety alarm.” |
| October 17, 2022 | Medium High | 746.4001 - First Aid Kit - Available in Each Building, on Field Trips, during Transportation State’s note: “One transportation bus did not contain a first aid kit. Three transportation buses did contain scissors, tweezers, cotton balls or thermometers.” |
| June 27, 2022 | Medium High | 746.305(a)(4) - Report Outbreak of Communicable Illness State’s note: “Based on information gathered, it was determined that the operation did not report to Licensing that an employee had tested positive for the Corona Virus in the specified time frame required for such notifications.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- May 21, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- February 3, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- January 30, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- September 25, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- January 24, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 5, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- June 7, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- May 31, 2024 Report · deficiency found: No
- May 24, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- January 23, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 12, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- October 10, 2023 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- September 12, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- November 10, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- October 17, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
How many times has the state inspected Carousel Academy?
Texas HHSC's file lists 4 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on May 21, 2026. 2 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Carousel Academy have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 15: 5 high-risk, 8 medium-high-risk, 1 medium-risk, 1 medium-low-risk. Each one is listed below with its date and whether it was corrected.
Is this a rating?
No. This page shows the State of Texas's own public records, summarized. It is not a rating, a review or our opinion. Ask the operation or HHSC about anything here.
About this record. Public record from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation: the operations file, the inspections file and the non-compliance file on data.texas.gov, read daily. We summarize the state’s counts and quote its words; we don’t rate, rank or review anyone. For the official record or a complaint, go to HHSC Child Care Regulation. Is this your operation, and is something wrong? Tell us.
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