Carousel Academy
Licensed Center in Sanger, Texas. License #817631, issued October 10, 2002.
- Address
- 401 Acker St, Sanger, TX 76266
- Phone
- (940) 458-0222
- Licensed capacity
- 128 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:00 AM-06:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Part Time Care, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
Texas Rising Star 2-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since September 29, 2026. From the state's provider report of September 29, 2026.
Where this is
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The pin is where the US Census geocoder placed this address. About one in eight is interpolated along a street rather than resolved to a building, so treat it as the right block rather than the right doorway. How we source this.
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 3,866 standards at Carousel Academy between June 27, 2022 and May 21, 2026 and recorded 15 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 | 3 | 358 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 326 | 3 |
| Personnel | 3 | 441 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 357 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 48 | 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 | 3 | 339 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 232 | 1 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 225 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 84 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 202 | 1 |
| Transportation | 3 | 147 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,842 of those standards. The remaining 24, including 10 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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State inspection record
HHSC records 16 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on May 21, 2026, and 15 citations.
One of those visits began with Carousel Academy reporting something to the state itself rather than HHSC finding it. We publish that because it is part of the record and the state records it separately, not because it is good or bad: a program with none may have had nothing to report. 3,674 of the 12,933 programs listed here have at least one.
- 5High
- 8Medium High
- 1Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 15. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium May 21, 2026 Corrected at inspection
746.5205(4): Documentation of Drills
The operation did not document fire drills that have been previously conducted. This was corrected during the inspection.
- High January 30, 2026 Correction verified February 27, 2026
746.3703(d): No Smoking or Use of Tobacco Including E-Cigarettes or Vaporizers
It was determined that a staff member was allowed to smoke in the parking lot of the operation.
- Medium High May 24, 2024 Correction verified June 7, 2024
746.605(13): Required Admission Information - Special Needs Statement
10 children's files reviewed did not have the updated Special Needs Statement.
- Medium High May 24, 2024 Correction verified June 7, 2024
746.605(6): Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
6 childrens files did not have the addresses listed for the emergency contacts.
- High December 12, 2023 Correction verified December 14, 2023
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The operation does not have a current fire inspection.
- High October 10, 2023 Correction verified December 12, 2023
746.2805(5): Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
Based on evidence obtained during a DFPS investigation, it was determined that a caregiver yelled at children as a form of discipline. A caregiver put her pointer finger in a child?s face and instructed the child to stop crying. A caregiver put her head face to face with a child as a form of discipline to get the child to listen.
- Medium High October 10, 2023 Correction verified December 12, 2023
746.201(5): Reporting Suspected Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation-May not delegate responsibility to report
Based on evidence obtained during a DFPS investigation, caregivers observed physical abuse of a child and reported the abuse to the director who took no action. The caregivers also did not report the abuse.
- Medium High October 10, 2023 Correction verified December 12, 2023
746.2803(4)(C): Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Redirecting Behavior
Based on evidence obtained during a DFPS investigation, a caregiver inappropriately re-directed children in care by grabbing them by the arm or elbow area in an attempt to lead the children to where they needed to go. A caregiver grabbed a child by the arm while the child was in a seated position and attempted to re-direct the child, making the child cry.
- High October 10, 2023 Correction verified December 12, 2023
746.1201(4): AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
Based on evidence obtained during an DFPS investigation, there was Reason to Believe that physical abuse occurred as a caregiver struck a child multiple times in the face. During re-direction, a child hit his head on the ground which could have resulted in serious physical harm or injury to the child.
- Medium High September 12, 2023 Correction verified September 15, 2023
746.3819: Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
Two children did not have a food allergy plan signed by the parent.
- Medium High October 17, 2022 Correction verified November 10, 2022
746.3407(8): Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner
Three garbage cans were observed without lids and containing remnants of food.
- Medium Low October 17, 2022 Corrected at inspection
746.901(4): Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit
An employee file was missing a notarized affidavit.
- High October 17, 2022 Correction verified November 10, 2022
746.5625(b): Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer's instructions
One vehicle that transports children did not have a properly working child safety alarm.
- Medium High October 17, 2022 Correction verified November 10, 2022
746.4001: First Aid Kit - Available in Each Building, on Field Trips, during Transportation
One transportation bus did not contain a first aid kit. Three transportation buses did contain scissors, tweezers, cotton balls or thermometers.
- Medium High June 27, 2022 Correction verified July 12, 2022
746.305(a)(4): Report Outbreak of Communicable Illness
Based on information gathered, it was determined that the operation did not report to Licensing that an employee had tested positive for the Corona Virus in the specified time frame required for such notifications.
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About this record
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