Academy for Creative Learning
Licensed Center in Waco, Texas. License #1804067, issued May 8, 2025.
- Address
- 9021 Chapel Rd, Waco, TX 76712
- Phone
- (254) 420-2333
- Licensed capacity
- 322 children
- Licensed for
- Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.
Openings
This program has not told us about its openings. We only publish what a program confirms itself, so there is nothing here yet. Ring them to ask.
Texas Rising Star
No Texas Rising Star rating
Texas Rising Star is voluntary, and a program joins it by applying. It is tied to accepting child care scholarships, so most programs that are not in it never applied rather than failed. Roughly three in five licensed programs in Texas have no rating.
This says nothing about the quality of this program. What the state has assessed about it is the inspection record below.
What inspectors checked
Texas HHSC records how many individual standards it evaluated in each area of the rules, and how many it found violated. Across 22 areas it checked 4,477 standards at Academy for Creative Learning between October 7, 2024 and May 6, 2026 and recorded 7 violations. Those correspond to the citations listed above that were recorded from 2021 onward; anything older than that is in the citation list but not in these counts.
The 22 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 4 | 496 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 337 | 1 |
| Personnel | 3 | 474 | 2 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 144 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 360 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 76 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 135 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 452 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 312 | 1 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 225 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 90 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 202 | 1 |
| Transportation | 3 | 147 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,467 of those standards. The remaining 10, including 1 of the violations, were recorded under the state's own catch-all heading, “Individual Standards Evaluated”, which names no area. They are reported here rather than folded into an area above, because the state did not say which area they belong to and we are not going to decide for it.
A high number of standards checked is not a compliment and a low one is not a criticism: how many apply depends on a program's size, its ages served and what the inspector was there to look at. We publish the two counts the state published and do not turn them into a score. This data begins in 2021, which is later than the inspection history above it.
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Tell me about new inspections
One short message each time Texas HHSC records an inspection here, saying that it happened and linking to the record. We do not tell you what the inspector found: a finding without whether it was corrected is misleading, and that pair belongs on the page rather than split across an email.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 11 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on May 6, 2026, and 7 citations.
- 3High
- 1Medium High
- 2Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 7. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- High April 22, 2026 Correction verified May 6, 2026
746.1205(a)(2): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
Two caregivers did not know the number of children currently in their classroom after the children had transitioned from a skills class.
- High April 22, 2026 Correction verified August 24, 2026
746.4601(7): Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - No Pinch, Crush, or Shear Points
One slide was observed to have a worn area towards the bottom creating sharp edges. The operation will not use the slide until repaired.
- Medium High April 15, 2025 Correction verified April 28, 2025
746.3505(c): Diapering Procedures - Use Disposable Gloves
One caregiver did not remove gloves and wash their hands between diaper changes.
- Medium February 18, 2025 Correction verified February 25, 2025
746.4003(b): First Aid Kit - Supplies Not Expired
Several items in the first aid kits located in the transportation vehicles were observed to be expired or incomplete.
- Medium February 18, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.5205(4): Documentation of Drills
There were no fire drills documented since July 2024. A fire drill was completed during the inspection.
- High January 15, 2025 Correction verified January 28, 2025
746.1205(a)(2): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
One caregiver stated that they was responsible for 21 children during nap time. There were 26 children present in the classroom.
- Medium Low January 15, 2025 Correction verified January 28, 2025
746.901(5): Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)
Three of 11 staff files reviewed did not have affidavit form 2912 in their file.
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About this record
Every figure on this page comes from the Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation open data published at data.texas.gov, reproduced as the state recorded it. We do not grade, score or rank programs. A citation is a finding by a state inspector on a given day; it is not a judgment about a program today, and the correction status beside each one is part of the record. This page reflects data retrieved on November 8, 2026. Full methodology.
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