Licensed child care center · public record
Little Ark Learning Center
Paris, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
6 state inspections, last 2 years
7 deficiencies on the state’s summary
7 high or medium-high risk
August 11, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued January 10, 2001
- Capacity
- 100 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 07:00 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
- 551319
Where
322 Lamar Ave
Paris, TX 75460
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 |
|---|---|---|
| April 20, 2026 | Medium High | 746.3301(b) - Nutrition and Food Service - Follow Meal Patterns State’s note: “The operation only served one component out of the two required components for snack from the USDA Meal and Snack Patterns.” |
| April 20, 2026 | Medium High | 746.3819 - Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional State’s note: “One child's food allergy plan was not signed by the parent.” |
| November 15, 2024 | Medium High | 746.4101(a) - Release of Children State’s note: “This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found non-compliant. It was discovered that child was released to non-authorized person and was returned to the operation after it was discovered by another family member.” |
| August 29, 2022 | Medium High | 746.307(d) - Parental Notification of Communicable Disease State’s note: “This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. The operation did not notify all parents of children enrolled in writing when a staff member tested positive for COVID. This was corrected at inspection as the operation posted a note on the door to notify all parents of children enrolled.” |
| August 29, 2022 | Medium High | 746.305(a)(4) - Report Outbreak of Communicable Illness State’s note: “This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. The operation did not self-report to Child Care Regulation when a staff member tested positive for COVID.” |
| December 23, 2021 | Medium High | 746.4907(d) - Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained State’s note: “This standard was reviewed on 12/23/2021 as a follow-up to a previous inspection and found deficient. The loose fill is not being maintained at 6 inches in the entire perimeter of the use zone area of the equipment on the playground.” |
| December 3, 2021 | Medium High | 746.4907(d) - Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained State’s note: “The loose fill is not being maintained at the proper depth of 6 inches around the equipment with the two slides closest to the front of th eoperation that is on the large playground.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- August 11, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 7, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- April 20, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- June 11, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 13, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- November 18, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- November 15, 2024 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- July 19, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 7, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- October 24, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- October 18, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 14, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 6, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 29, 2022 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- January 14, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: No
How many times has the state inspected Little Ark Learning Center?
Texas HHSC's file lists 6 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on August 11, 2026. 2 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Little Ark Learning Center have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 7: 7 medium-high-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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