Licensed child care center · public record
Noah's Ark Daycare
New Boston, 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
21 deficiencies on the state’s summary
10 high or medium-high risk
February 11, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued August 23, 2017
- Capacity
- 84 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
- 1647893
Where
913 Se Front St
New Boston, TX 75570
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 |
|---|---|---|
| February 11, 2026 | Medium Low | 746.901(5) - Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912) State’s note: “One of three staff hired after September 2023 was lacking their pre-employement affidavit.” |
| February 11, 2026 | Medium | 746.901(6) - Required Personnel Records -Training Hours State’s note: “One of three staff was lacking documentation of their 24 annual hours of training.” |
| February 11, 2026 | Medium | 746.603(a)(4) - Children's Records - Immunizations State’s note: “One of eight children's immunizations records were not up to date. A list was left of child and missing immunizations.” |
| February 11, 2026 | Medium | 746.603(a) - Children's Records Maintained State’s note: “Five of eight children's records were lacking complete address for emergency contact, emergency authorization or health statements for children enrolled over a 12 months. A list was left with director with child's name and missing information.” |
| November 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 reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. Per review of video footage, a child was left in a classroom unsupervised for 4.5 minutes. Further review of a video segment showed two additional instances where children were left unsupervised for over one minute.” |
| November 25, 2025 | Medium | 746.2421(b) - Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days State’s note: “This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. One child's infant feeding instruction form has not been reviewed or update by a parent or health care professional in the past 30 days.” |
| November 25, 2025 | Medium | 746.2803(4)(D) - Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Brief Supervised Separation State’s note: “This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. It was observed on video footage that a child is in time out for 25.5 minutes.” |
| November 25, 2025 | High | 746.2428 - No Swaddling of Infant Unless Completed Sleep Exception Form on File State’s note: “This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. It was determined that an infant was swaddled while in care.” |
| November 25, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3417(1) - Children Handwashing Before Eating State’s note: “This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. Per review of video footage, children did not wash their hands before eating snack.” |
| January 9, 2024 | Medium High | 746.3407(1) - Toys and Equipment to be Sanitized Set Aside State’s note: “This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found non-compliant. During interviews conducted it was discovered that staff were not sanitizing the thermometers between the use of each children, but was cleaning by wiping on their clothing.” |
| June 15, 2023 | High | 746.5319 - Smoke Detectors Testing State’s note: “It was observed that the operation had not tested their smoke detectors since March 13, 2023.” |
| June 15, 2023 | Medium | 746.2205(a)(1) - Written Activity Plan - Group Name and Dates State’s note: “It was observed that activity plans posted were not current or not posted in the classrooms.” |
| June 15, 2023 | Medium | 746.1311(e) - Director Annual Training - Additional required topics State’s note: “A review of director annual training hours was lacking training in their required additional hours.” |
| June 15, 2023 | Medium | 746.5205(4) - Documentation of Drills State’s note: “During inspection it was observed that the operation had not conducted a fire drill since March 13, 2023.” |
| June 15, 2023 | Medium | 746.1309(a) - Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required State’s note: “One of eight staff files reviewed as part of the inspection was lacking 22 of their 24 required annual training hours.” |
| June 15, 2023 | Medium High | 746.5307(a) - Inspect Fire Extinguishers Monthly State’s note: “It was observed during the inspection the operation had not inspected their fire extinguisher since March 13, 2023.” |
| June 15, 2023 | Medium | 746.603(a)(4) - Children's Records - Immunizations State’s note: “During a review of immunization records it was observed that three of eight records were lacking current immunizations or lacking a copy of immunization records. A list of children was left with director of missing immunization records.” |
| March 13, 2023 | Medium High | 746.1605(1) - Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age State’s note: “This standard was investigated as part of an investigation and found to be in non-compliance. Through interviews it was determined that an infant was being cared for in a classroom at times with child more than 18 months old in age difference.” |
| March 13, 2023 | High | 746.2805 - Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual State’s note: “This standard was investigated as part of an investigation and found to be in non-compliance. During interviews it was determined that children are being spanked and one child's hair was pulled by a staff person.” |
| March 13, 2023 | 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 investigated as part of an investigation and found to be in non-compliance. During interviews it was determined that a child was left in a classroom for approximately 30 minutes unsupervised and another child had wandered out of an open door into the hallway unsupervised.” |
| March 13, 2023 | High | 746.3703(d) - No Smoking or Use of Tobacco Including E-Cigarettes or Vaporizers State’s note: “This standard was investigated as part of an investigation and found to be in non-compliance. During interviews it was determined that staff are vaping on premises and in the center.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- July 2, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- February 11, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- January 6, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 19, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 5, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- November 25, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- November 25, 2025 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- April 10, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- May 14, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- February 28, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- January 19, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- January 9, 2024 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- June 22, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- June 15, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- May 8, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: No
How many times has the state inspected Noah's Ark Daycare?
Texas HHSC's file lists 6 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on February 11, 2026. 2 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Noah's Ark Daycare have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 21: 6 high-risk, 4 medium-high-risk, 10 medium-risk, 1 medium-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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