Licensed child care center · public record
Children's Orchard Academy on Hillside
Amarillo, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
23 state inspections, last 2 years
10 deficiencies on the state’s summary
9 high or medium-high risk
October 28, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued February 7, 2025
- Capacity
- 238 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:30 AM-06:30 PM
- Accepts child care subsidies
- No
- Conditions on the permit
- No
- Corrective action listed
- No
- Adverse action listed
- No
- Temporarily closed
- No
- State operation number
- 1803308
Where
9175 Hillside Rd
Amarillo, TX 79119
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 |
|---|---|---|
| September 3, 2026 | High | 746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk State’s note: “Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a report was not made by the operation regarding a situation that placed a child at risk with being left unsupervised.” |
| September 3, 2026 | High | 746.1205(a)(4) - Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity State’s note: “Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a child was unaccounted for about 10 minutes after their classroom transitioned out of the cafeteria and back to their classroom.” |
| September 3, 2026 | Medium | 746.707 - Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent State’s note: “An incident report was written on 8/28/2026 after a situation that places a child at risk but was not shared or signed by the parent within 2 days of the incident.” |
| July 14, 2026 | High | 746.1205(a)(4) - Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity State’s note: “Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, staff were not aware of a child's on-going activity and did not have visual or auditory awareness of the child, as a child was in a classroom for approximately fourteen minutes by themselves before they were found by staff.” |
| June 18, 2026 | High | 745.621(a)(2) - AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone State’s note: “An individual that had a prior eligible background check was inactivated on 06/17/2026 and has continued to be present at the operation without an eligible background check at the operation. The individual is currently inactive and requires a new background check submission to be present at the operation. The individual left the operation during the inspecti…” |
| June 16, 2026 | High | 746.1205(a)(4) - Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity State’s note: “Children were left the classroom unattended and were unsupervised in the halls and office.” |
| September 12, 2025 | High | 746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling State’s note: “Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a caregiver would discipline by grabbing children by the arm in a rough manner.” |
| August 13, 2025 | High | 746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling State’s note: “Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a caregiver has grabbed multiple children by the arm in a rough manner when disciplining.” |
| August 13, 2025 | High | 746.1205(a)(5) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child's safety State’s note: “Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, an incident occurred where children were repeatedly climbing on shelves during nap time in the classroom and the caregiver failed to intervene. The caregiver sat on the ground instead of removing the children from the shelves to ensure their safety. The caregiver doesn?t attempt to redirect the childre…” |
| April 25, 2025 | High | 746.1205(a)(4) - Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity State’s note: “A child walks out of the classroom and down the three halls without supervision, while the caregiver was changing a diaper in the diapering pod. Staff was unable to see and unaware he left the room.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- October 28, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Pending
- October 20, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- October 6, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Pending
- September 22, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 18, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 9, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- September 4, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 3, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- August 20, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- July 17, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- July 14, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- June 18, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- June 16, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- February 18, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- February 8, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
How many times has the state inspected Children's Orchard Academy on Hillside?
Texas HHSC's file lists 23 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on October 28, 2026. 7 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Children's Orchard Academy on Hillside have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 10: 9 high-risk, 1 medium-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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