Licensed child care center · public record
Gifted Minds Academy
Cedar Hill, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued November 4, 2025
- Capacity
- 125 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:00 AM-06:00 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
- 1808338
Where
110 Kenya St
Cedar Hill, TX 75104
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 7, 2026 | Medium | 746.611(b) - Health Statement on File within 1 Week of Admission State’s note: “Two children did not have health statements on file.” |
| May 7, 2026 | Medium High | 746.1316(a) - Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually State’s note: “The director's annual transportation training was expired.” |
| May 7, 2026 | Medium High | 746.1301(a)(6)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 30 Annual Training State’s note: “Only 18 of 30 hours of annual training for the director was observed in the employee file.” |
| February 12, 2026 | High | 745.641 - AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation State’s note: “Director and owner allowed a person to be present around children without an eligible background check.” |
| February 12, 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 observed alone in classrooms unsupervised by a caregiver or the owner. A child was observed sleep in an office with a caregiver without an eligible background check.” |
| February 12, 2026 | Medium High | 746.201(9) - Complying with Laws and Rules State’s note: “Owner was present at the operation and failed to comply with the minimum standards by knowingly allowing a person without a completed background check to be alone with a child.” |
| February 12, 2026 | Medium | 746.801(5) - Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Employees' Attendance State’s note: “Owner did not have time sheets for director stating the days and hours worked.” |
| May 13, 2025 | Medium High | 746.1613(a)(6) - Naptime Child/Caregiver Ratio - Caregivers Physically Present State’s note: “Upon arrival the caregiver was not physically present in the nap room.” |
| May 13, 2025 | Medium High | 746.1601 - Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children State’s note: “The infant room was out of ratio with 8 children under 18 months with one caregiver.” |
| May 13, 2025 | Medium High | 746.1613(a)(4) - Naptime Child/Caregiver Ratio - Additional Employee Required State’s note: “During the inspection there was a total of 19 children in the building and there was not additional employee in the building.” |
| May 13, 2025 | Medium High | 746.2911 - Adequate Lighting During Naptime State’s note: “Upon arrival to the nap room there was not adequate lighting to all children.” |
| March 13, 2025 | Medium | 746.603(a)(2) - Children's Records - Admission Information State’s note: “Complete admission documentation was available for review during the inspection.” |
| March 13, 2025 | Medium | 746.801(3) - Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records State’s note: “Completeup to date personal records were not available for review during the inspection.” |
| December 17, 2024 | Medium High | 746.4305 - Fenced Outdoor Activity Space State’s note: “Outdoor fence has barbed wire which pose a risk to a child they were to climb the fence.” |
| December 17, 2024 | Medium | 746.4803 - Measurement of Use Zone for Stationary Equipment State’s note: “During the inspection use-zones of four pieces of equipment overlap.” |
| December 17, 2024 | High | 746.5007(b) - Fencing Around Swimming Pool -Gates Self-closing/ Self-latching/Locked State’s note: “Gate leading to pool did not have self-closing” |
Recent inspections and visits
- October 1, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Pending
- September 4, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 20, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 17, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Pending
- August 3, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 3, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- July 30, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- July 24, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- July 20, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- June 29, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Pending
- June 8, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- May 7, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- March 13, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- February 13, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- February 12, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
How many times has the state inspected Gifted Minds Academy?
Texas HHSC's file lists 19 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on October 1, 2026. 5 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Gifted Minds Academy have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 16: 3 high-risk, 8 medium-high-risk, 5 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.
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