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St Paul Lutheran YKT Child Care Center/ The Learning Garden

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

16 state inspections, last 2 years
18 deficiencies on the state’s summary
14 high or medium-high risk
November 5, 2026 most recent inspection

The operation

Type
Licensed child care center
State permit
Full Permit, issued April 3, 2014
Capacity
101 children
Ages served
Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 07:00 AM-06:00 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
1523721

Where

234 N Gohmert
Yorktown, TX 78164

Deficiencies by risk level

  • High 5
  • Medium-high 9
  • Medium 4
  • Medium-low 0
  • Low 0

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 23, 2026Medium746.2421(b) - Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
State’s note: “Two infant's feeding instructions had not been updated within the past thirty days.”
September 25, 2026
May 20, 2026Medium High746.305(a)(4) - Report Outbreak of Communicable Illness
State’s note: “Based on information gathered, the operation failed to notify Child Care Regulation that two children contracted Salmonella.”
June 16, 2026
May 20, 2026Medium High746.307(d) - Parental Notification of Communicable Disease
State’s note: “Based on information gathered, parents were not timely notified that two children contracted a communicable disease (salmonella).”
June 16, 2026
November 7, 2025Medium High746.3701 - Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
State’s note: “A small slide on the playground was broken. Note: The slide was removed during the inspection.”
At the inspection
October 23, 2025Medium High746.1601 - Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
State’s note: “Based on video footage, a caregiver briefly stepped out of the classroom leaving the other caregiver over ratio by three children.”
December 5, 2025
July 1, 2025High746.3407(12) - Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children
State’s note: “Two classrooms had cleaning supplies stored under the sink cabinet. Note: This was corrected when the cleaning supplies were moved out of the reach of the children.”
At the inspection
March 19, 2025Medium High746.5307(b) - Fire Extinguishers Serviced
State’s note: “The fire extinguishers were last serviced February 2024.”
March 28, 2025
May 30, 2024High746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
State’s note: “Two caregivers did not use good judgement when there was a delay with checking on a child who had fallen until the child turned around and they saw the child was bleeding. Their initial responses to the fall were inappropriate.”
July 12, 2024
March 26, 2024High746.2415(b) - AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age
State’s note: “Two infants were observed sleeping in the crib with blankets. Note: The blankets were removed when the inspector entered the room.”
March 26, 2024
October 4, 2023Medium746.501(a)(18)(F) - Written Operational Policies - Criteria for Extreme Weather
State’s note: “The operational policies lacked information regarding the criteria you will use to determine when extreme weather conditions pose a significant health risk that prohibits or limits outdoor play. Note: This was corrected when the director added this to the policy.”
At the inspection
February 9, 2023Medium High746.5307(b) - Fire Extinguishers Serviced
State’s note: “The fire extinguishers were last serviced January 2022.”
February 16, 2023
October 10, 2022High746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
State’s note: “A caregiver demonstrated poor judgment when she dragged a child by their arm several feet while they resisted instead of stopping and picking up the child correctly, resulting in a serious injury to the child's elbow.”
November 28, 2022
October 10, 2022Medium746.701(5) - Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
State’s note: “The operation failed to properly document a situation where a child was placed at risk due to ingesting feces.”
November 28, 2022
October 10, 2022Medium High746.307(b)(4) - Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
State’s note: “The operation failed to communicate to a parent in a timely manner that their child had consumed feces, placing the child at risk of serious health consequences due to the child not receiving medical evaluation.”
November 28, 2022
March 30, 2022Medium High746.307(b)(4) - Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
State’s note: “The operation failed to timely notify the parents of the children involved that their children exited the building unsupervised. This incident occurred around 11am and parents were not notified until pick up time (after 5pm).”
April 20, 2022
March 30, 2022High746.1203(4) - Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
State’s note: “Based on information gathered, two children exited the building and were left unsupervised for approximately 1 minute 41 seconds.”
April 20, 2022
February 11, 2022Medium High746.2909(1) - Arrangement of Napping Equipment - Not Blocking Entrances or Exits
State’s note: “One child was napping blocking an emergency exit. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection with the child being moved to another place.”
At the inspection
February 11, 2022Medium746.2209 - Posting of Activity Plan
State’s note: “Infant Room and Prek Classroom did not have the current Activity Plan posted. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection with the currrent activity plan being posted in both classrooms.”
At the inspection

Recent inspections and visits

How many times has the state inspected St Paul Lutheran YKT Child Care Center/ The Learning Garden?

Texas HHSC's file lists 16 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on November 5, 2026. 6 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.

Does St Paul Lutheran YKT Child Care Center/ The Learning Garden have deficiencies on its record?

The state's summary for this operation lists 18: 5 high-risk, 9 medium-high-risk, 4 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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