Licensed child care center · public record
Cradle to Crayons Learning Academy
Texarkana, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
9 state inspections, last 2 years
15 deficiencies on the state’s summary
8 high or medium-high risk
September 18, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued September 12, 2025
- Capacity
- 59 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:30 AM-05:30 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
- 1811527
Where
1402 Main St
Texarkana, TX 75501
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 |
|---|---|---|
| August 25, 2026 | Medium High | 746.1301(a)(2)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training State’s note: “Four of six staff were lacking atleast eight hours of pre-service prior to being in care of children and two of the six staff were lacking their annual training.” |
| August 25, 2026 | Medium | 746.603(a) - Children's Records Maintained State’s note: “Four of six children's files reviewed were lacking all required information on their admission forms. A list was left with director of missing information.” |
| August 25, 2026 | Medium | 746.603(a)(4) - Children's Records - Immunizations State’s note: “Three of six children were lacking a copy of thier immunizations.” |
| August 25, 2026 | Medium High | 746.1301(a)(1)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Orientation State’s note: “Two of the six staff were lacking documentation of training for their previous training year.” |
| August 25, 2026 | Medium High | 746.401(4) - Posting Requirements - Emergency and evacuation relocation diagram State’s note: “It was observed the emergency evacuation and relocation plans were not posted in the classrooms or near the front door or backdoor.” |
| August 25, 2026 | Medium | 746.301(2) - Notification of Change in Space State’s note: “It was discovered during the inspection the operation had reduced the space of one classroom. This was corrected when the operation provided a letter of the notification of change in space.” |
| August 25, 2026 | Medium | 746.801(1) - Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Children's Records State’s note: “It was observed the operation had several required records that were not available for review during the inspection. A list was left with missing information with director.” |
| August 25, 2026 | Medium | 746.901 - Required Personnel Records State’s note: “Six of six staff files, including the director were lacking all documentation in their personnel files.” |
| February 13, 2026 | Medium High | 746.1605(1) - Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age State’s note: “During the walkthrough it was observed there were two children that were more than 18 months age difference mixed with infants as young as 4 months. This was corrected at inspection when the director moved the two children to another classroom.” |
| February 13, 2026 | High | 746.2426(a)(1) - Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device State’s note: “It was observed two infants were asleep in swings during walkthrough. This was corrected at inspection when the caregiver removed the two children from the swing and placed in their cribs.” |
| July 1, 2025 | Medium | 746.801(3) - Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records State’s note: “During review of personnel files the operation was lacking all required components of personnel files except for photo identification.” |
| July 1, 2025 | Medium High | 746.1315(b)(1) - CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based State’s note: “Three of five staff files reviewed were lacking current CPR and First Aid.” |
| July 1, 2025 | Medium | 746.603(a) - Children's Records Maintained State’s note: “Six of six children's files reviewed were lacking all required information except for immunization records.” |
| March 18, 2025 | Medium High | 746.5537(a) - Electric or Battery-Operated Carbon Monoxide Detectors-Inspection of CO System State’s note: “It was observed the operation was lacking atleast one carbon monoxide dectector.” |
| March 18, 2025 | High | 746.5317 - Installation of Smoke Detectors State’s note: “It was observed that the operation was lacking smoke detectors.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- September 18, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 25, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- February 19, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- February 13, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- August 20, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- July 1, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- May 21, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- March 27, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- March 18, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
How many times has the state inspected Cradle to Crayons Learning Academy?
Texas HHSC's file lists 9 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on September 18, 2026. 4 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Cradle to Crayons Learning Academy have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 15: 2 high-risk, 6 medium-high-risk, 7 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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