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Happy Hippopotamus Daycare Academy of Spring Hill

Longview, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.

5 state inspections, last 2 years
10 deficiencies on the state’s summary
5 high or medium-high risk
September 4, 2026 most recent inspection

The operation

Type
Licensed child care center
State permit
Full Permit, issued November 6, 2013
Capacity
97 children
Ages served
Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:00 AM-05:30 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
1515842

Where

3833 Gilmer Rd
Longview, TX 75604

Deficiencies by risk level

  • High 2
  • Medium-high 3
  • Medium 3
  • Medium-low 1
  • Low 1

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.

InspectionRiskStandardCorrected
September 5, 2025High746.2417(2)(B) - Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes
State’s note: “During the inspection an infant was observed inside a restrictive device, rocker, for more than 15 minutes.”
September 5, 2025
September 5, 2025Medium High746.3701 - Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
State’s note: “During the insepction a bottle of hand sanitizer and cans of air freshener were observed on the ground or within reach of children.”
September 5, 2025
September 26, 2024Medium746.4503(b) - Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child's Name
State’s note: “The children's cots were not labeled in a way to denote whose cot was whose.”
October 3, 2024
September 26, 2024Medium746.4135(c) - Children's Products-Posting of CPSC website
State’s note: “The Children's Products Certification had not been updated since Nov. 2022. This was corrected at inpseciton when the operation completed the walkthrough and verified no products from the recall list were present at the center.”
At the inspection
September 26, 2024Low746.609(a) - Update Admission Information - Procedure
State’s note: “When reviewing children's records 6 of the 10 had not been updated in the past year.”
October 10, 2024
November 8, 2023Medium High746.3407(9) - Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean
State’s note: “A portion of the wall was exposing drywall and was chipping paint in the infant classroom.”
November 22, 2023
November 8, 2023High746.5101(a) - Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
State’s note: “A fire insepction had not been completed within the past 12 months, the last fire insepction was from September of 2022.”
November 20, 2023
January 20, 2023Medium Low746.303(b) - Report Number of Employees
State’s note: “The operation did not complete the Employees Who Left Survey for 2022 in the required timeframe.”
January 23, 2023
December 1, 2021Medium High746.1301(6)(A) - Training Requirements for Directors 30- Annual Training
State’s note: “During the inspection the directors training hours were observed. The required 30 hours were not available during the inspection.”
January 3, 2022
December 1, 2021Medium746.1309(a) - Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
State’s note: “During the inspection the caregivers annual training was observed. Out of the 3 caregivers who required annual training none met the 24 hour requirement.”
January 3, 2022

Recent inspections and visits

How many times has the state inspected Happy Hippopotamus Daycare Academy of Spring Hill?

Texas HHSC's file lists 5 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on September 4, 2026. 1 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.

Does Happy Hippopotamus Daycare Academy of Spring Hill have deficiencies on its record?

The state's summary for this operation lists 10: 2 high-risk, 3 medium-high-risk, 3 medium-risk, 1 medium-low-risk, 1 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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