Columbus Avenue Baptist Church
Licensed Center in Waco, Texas. License #116453, issued November 5, 1985.
- Address
- 1300 Columbus Ave, Waco, TX 76701
- Phone
- (254) 752-9000
- Licensed capacity
- 189 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:30 AM-05:45 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
Programs listed with the state: Meals Provided, Snacks Provided, Field Trips.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
No Texas Rising Star rating
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This says nothing about the quality of this program. What the state has assessed about it is the inspection record below.
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 3,784 standards at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church between October 3, 2022 and October 13, 2026 and recorded 14 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 | 0 |
| Personnel | 3 | 435 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 267 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 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 | 3 | 339 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 232 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 225 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 84 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 147 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,735 of those standards. The remaining 49, including 12 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 27 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 14, 2026, and 14 citations.
7 of those visits began with Columbus Avenue Baptist Church 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.
- 4High
- 7Medium High
- 3Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 14. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High October 13, 2026 Correction verified October 23, 2026
746.1203(3)(D): Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
Based on the evidence obtained it was determined a caregiver utilized her cellphone was there were children in care.
- Medium August 24, 2026 Correction verified August 26, 2026
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
There were 9 infants in care that did not have updated infant feeding instructions on file for review.
- High August 21, 2026 Correction verified August 26, 2026
746.1003(1): Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance
It was determined the operation has served a child with a diagnosed and documented food allergy, food that contains the ingredient, twice within a month time frame. The Director did not ensure all protocols for children with food allergies are being followed in order to reduce the risk to the children in care with food allergies.
- Medium High August 21, 2026 Correction verified August 26, 2026
746.3301(i): Nutrition and Food Service - Must not serve identified foods to allergic child
It was determined the operation served food that contained an ingredient a child in care has an allergy to.
- Medium High July 6, 2026 Correction verified July 21, 2026
746.3819: Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
The operation did not have a food allergy plan for a child who had a documented sensitivity the physician instructed not to give to the child.
- Medium High July 6, 2026 Correction verified July 8, 2026
746.3301(i): Nutrition and Food Service - Must not serve identified foods to allergic child
It was determined a child had a documented sensitivity to cinnamon by a physician and the child was given food with cinnamon..
- High June 29, 2026 Corrected at inspection
746.305(a)(6): Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
It was determined a child had an incident that required medical attention and the operation did not report the incident to Child Care Regulation within the required time frame.
- Medium April 22, 2026 Correction verified May 11, 2026
746.3606(2): Child Who Was Ill May Return to Care With Statement from Health-Care Professional That Child No Longer Ill
Based on the preponderance of evidence it was determined the operation allowed a child who exhibited symptoms of illness, return to care and the operation did not obtain a physician's note.
- High February 11, 2026 Correction verified February 24, 2026
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
It was determined a caregiver pulled a child in care by their ear.
- High February 11, 2026 Correction verified February 24, 2026
746.305(a)(6): Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
It was determined the operation did not report the incident to Child Care Regulation within the required time frame.
- Medium High February 11, 2026 Correction verified February 24, 2026
746.3301(i): Nutrition and Food Service - Must not serve identified foods to allergic child
It was determined 2 caregivers served a child food that they were allergic too.
- Medium High November 21, 2025 Correction verified December 11, 2025
746.1301(a)(5)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
There was 1 caregiver that had only completed 10 of 24 hours, another caregiver had only completed 16 of 24 hours, another caregiver completed 8 out of 24 hours of annual training.
- Medium November 21, 2025 Correction verified December 3, 2025
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
There were 6 infants in care that did not have updated infant instructions on file.
- Medium High February 10, 2025 Correction verified February 18, 2025
746.1203(3)(D): Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
It was determined a caregiver would use their cellphone while children are in care.
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About this record
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