Licensed child care center · public record
Lake Highlands Presbyterian CDC
Dallas, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
31 state inspections, last 2 years
48 deficiencies on the state’s summary
43 high or medium-high risk
November 3, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued March 25, 2005
- Capacity
- 154 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 07:00 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
- 847683
Where
8525 Audelia Rd
Dallas, TX 75238
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. Showing the newest 25 of 48.
| Inspection | Risk | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| August 26, 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: “A caregiver failed to supervise children when they exited the classroom, leaving several children without an actively supervising caregiver for about two minutes.” |
| August 26, 2026 | Medium High | 746.1203(10) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Share Information with Incoming Caregivers State’s note: “A caregiver failed to share necessary information with an incoming caregiver by exiting the classroom without clearly communicating that they were leaving and without confirming that the incoming caregiver had assumed responsibility for the children.” |
| July 28, 2026 | High | 746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk State’s note: “The operation failed to timely report allegations of possible mistreatment of children to Child Care Regulation after management became aware of the concerns.” |
| July 28, 2026 | High | 746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling State’s note: “It was determined that a caregiver used prohibited physical punishment by grabbing and pulling a child by one arm.” |
| July 28, 2026 | High | 746.2805(5) - Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling State’s note: “During an investigation, it was determined that a caregiver used inappropriate verbal discipline by yelling at children.” |
| May 26, 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: “A caregiver in room 109 fell asleep while caring for children.” |
| May 26, 2026 | Medium High | 746.2407 - Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps State’s note: “I observed an infant sitting in a bouncer without being properly strapped in Infant A.” |
| May 22, 2026 | Medium High | 746.3301(i) - Nutrition and Food Service - Must not serve identified foods to allergic child State’s note: “This standard was tasked as part of an investigation and found to be deficient. A child with a diagnosed food allergy was given a food item that contained three of the child?s identified allergens. Resulting in allergic reaction requiring medical treatment.” |
| May 22, 2026 | Medium | 746.707 - Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent State’s note: “This standard was tasked as part of an investigation and found to be deficient. The operation has not yet received parent signature on the incident report to indicate the report had been shared with the child's parents.” |
| May 22, 2026 | High | 746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control State’s note: “This standard was tasked as part of an investigation and found to be deficient. A caregiver demonstrated poor judgement and competency after failing to follow allergy protocols and giving a child with diagnosed food allergen a food item without getting authorization from the child?s parent or reading the label to ensure it did not contain the child?s allerge…” |
| February 4, 2026 | Medium High | 746.2407 - Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps State’s note: “During an infant class observation, an infant was found not properly strapped into a child bouncer. This was corrected during the inspection after the caregiver strapped the child in.” |
| January 7, 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: “During a classroom transition, a child was left unattended.” |
| November 19, 2025 | High | 746.2805 - Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual State’s note: “A caregiver inappropriately redirected a child during nap by hitting their leg.” |
| October 3, 2025 | High | 746.1205(a)(1) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children responsible for State’s note: “This standard was tasked as part of an investigation and found deficient. Two caregivers transitioning a group of children outside did not ensure all children were accounted for before leaving the classroom. As a result, one child was left unattended in the classroom restroom.” |
| September 9, 2025 | High | 746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control State’s note: “This standard was tasked as part of an investigation and found deficient. A caregiver fed the wrong bottle to an infant.” |
| July 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: “This standard was tasked as part of an investigation and found deficient. A classroom was left unattended for at least five minutes due to a miscommunication between caregivers.” |
| July 25, 2025 | Medium High | 746.1203(10) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Share Information with Incoming Caregivers State’s note: “This standard was tasked as part of an investigation and found deficient. A caregiver departing their classroom did not relay classroom information to the incoming caregiver, resulting in uncertainty about who was responsible for the group. This led to the classroom being left unattended for at least five minutes.” |
| July 15, 2025 | Medium High | 746.4907(a)(1) - Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less State’s note: “Loose fill under two playground structures does not meet a depth of at least six inches.” |
| May 22, 2025 | High | 746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control State’s note: “This standard was tasked as part of an investigation and found deficient. A caregiver gave one child the wrong infant bottle.” |
| May 22, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3819 - Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional State’s note: “Five of the seven food allergy emergency plans do not have parent signatures.” |
| May 20, 2025 | Medium High | 746.403(b) - Posting Requirements - Child's Food Allergy Plans State’s note: “This standard was tasked as part of an investigation and found deficient. A child's food allergy was not posted in their classroom by the child's first day in care.” |
| May 20, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3301(i) - Nutrition and Food Service - Must not serve identified foods to allergic child State’s note: “This standard was tasked as part of an investigation and found deficient. A child was served food identified on their food allergy emergency plan.” |
| February 12, 2025 | Medium | 746.4503(b) - Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child's Name State’s note: “3 classrooms were checked, and found to have cots the did not have a child's name on the cot or label with a number to match a child's name assignment map available.” |
| January 22, 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 caregiver left 2 children unsupervised in the bathroom. After a minute the caregiver looked in the bathroom to monitor the children,” |
| January 22, 2025 | High | 746.1003(1) - Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance State’s note: “The operation did not have a procedure in place to account for the number of children that transitioned from one area of the operation to another.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- November 3, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 25, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 24, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Pending
- September 23, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- September 23, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 16, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 27, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 26, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- August 10, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 6, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- July 30, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- July 28, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- June 22, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- June 10, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- June 8, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
How many times has the state inspected Lake Highlands Presbyterian CDC?
Texas HHSC's file lists 31 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on November 3, 2026. 18 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Lake Highlands Presbyterian CDC have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 48: 22 high-risk, 21 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.
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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