Excellence Academy Child Care & Learning Center
Licensed Center in Dickinson, Texas. License #1685419, issued June 25, 2019.
- Address
- 3717 Highway 3 Ste A-D, Dickinson, TX 77539
- Phone
- (281) 614-9187
- Licensed capacity
- 96 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 05:30 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
- Website
- excellenceacademy.org
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care, Part Time Care, 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
Texas Rising Star 3-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since July 23, 2025. From the state's provider report of October 26, 2026.
Where this is
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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 4,204 standards at Excellence Academy Child Care & Learning Center between November 10, 2021 and October 7, 2026 and recorded 17 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 | 357 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 329 | 2 |
| Personnel | 3 | 442 | 4 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 140 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 267 | 0 |
| 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 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 451 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 296 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 299 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 271 | 1 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 1 |
The table adds up to 4,172 of those standards. The remaining 32, including 8 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.
What Excellence Academy Child Care & Learning Center says about itself
Top rated preschool & childcare center Serving Dickinson, TX. We specialize in Education, Kindergarten Readiness, and provide a safe and secure place for your child to thrive.
Quoted from excellenceacademy.org, read on October 25, 2026. These are the program's own words, not ours, and we neither check nor endorse them.
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Tell me about new inspections
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State inspection record
HHSC records 16 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 7, 2026, and 17 citations.
One of those visits began with Excellence Academy Child Care & Learning Center 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.
- 3High
- 10Medium High
- 2Medium
- 2Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 17. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High October 7, 2026 Reported corrected October 14, 2026, not yet verified
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
At time of inspection, sanitation inspection had not been conducted.
- High October 7, 2026 Reported corrected October 14, 2026, not yet verified
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
At time of inspection, operation had not had a current fire inspection.
- High May 31, 2025 Correction verified July 10, 2025
746.2805(1): Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
Based on photos and documentation, caregiver hit another child in the face leaving a scratch.
- High October 16, 2024 Correction verified November 4, 2024
746.5625(b): Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer's instructions
Two out of the three vans child safety alarms did not sound.
- Medium October 16, 2024 Correction verified October 16, 2024
745.651(2)(A): Background Check Validation ? Every 3 months each operation, other than a licensed, registered, or listed home, must validate current list
Operation last validated their employee list on 5/6/2024.
- Medium High October 16, 2024 Correction verified October 22, 2024
746.1301(a)(7)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Transportation training
Transporters hired on 10/10/2017, 2/8/2024, and 2/20/2020 have not taken transportation training for 2023-2024 year.
- Medium Low October 16, 2024 Correction verified October 22, 2024
746.901(4): Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)
Staff hired on 8/31/2021 did not have notarized affidavit in file.
- Medium High October 16, 2024 Correction verified November 1, 2024
746.5307(b): Fire Extinguishers Serviced
Two out of the three buses had fire extinguishers that had not been serviced and were observed empty.
- Medium High October 16, 2024 Correction verified November 1, 2024
746.1301(a)(5)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
Staff hired on 5/23/2022 had 11 hours of annual training for 2023-2024 training year. Staff hired on 9/1/2019 had 17 hours of annual training for 2023-2024 training year.
- Medium Low October 16, 2024 Correction verified October 22, 2024
746.901(5): Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)
Staff hired on 2/8/2024 did not have Pre-Employment affidavit form in file.
- Medium High October 16, 2024 Correction verified November 4, 2024
746.1315(a): Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
Staff hired on 8/22/2022 and director hired on 12/3/2020 had expired Pediatric CPR and First Aid cards on file.
- Medium High October 16, 2024 Correction verified October 23, 2024
746.3805(b)(3): Administering Medication - Not After Expiration date
During inspection, children with birth dates 6/30/2021, 3/19/2019, and 4/9/2012 had expired medications.
- Medium High November 2, 2023 Correction verified November 27, 2023
746.1301(a)(7)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Transportation training
The director doesn't have current transportation training.
- Medium High August 7, 2023 Correction verified September 8, 2023
746.2911: Adequate Lighting During Naptime
During nap time in the toddler 1 room the class was very dark children and cargiver could not be seen upon entering the classroom, there was not sufficent lighting.
- Medium High November 2, 2022 Correction verified November 4, 2022
746.1301(7)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Transportation Training
Staff hired on 2/20/2020 did not have current transportation training on file.
- Medium August 16, 2022 Corrected at inspection
745.651(2)(A): Background Check Validation ? Every 3 months each operation, other than a licensed, registered, or listed home, must validate current list
Operation has not validated their people list since 1/11/2022. Noted: Director updated the people list during visit.
- Medium High November 10, 2021 Corrected at inspection
746.2403(5): Infant Care Area - Space to Walk Between Cribs, Cots or Mats
Mats were not spaced in the toddler room, this was corrected at inspection when they were spaced out.
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About this record
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