Hope's Little Preschool
Licensed Center in Ben Wheeler, Texas. License #1515023, issued September 30, 2013.
- Address
- 1802 Fm 314, Ben Wheeler, TX 75754
- Phone
- (903) 963-5604
- Licensed capacity
- 70 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:00 AM-06:00 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.
Openings
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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 December 22, 2025. From the state's provider report of October 15, 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 2,869 standards at Hope's Little Preschool between November 12, 2021 and April 30, 2026 and recorded 9 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 | 2 | 242 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 2 | 225 | 0 |
| Personnel | 2 | 313 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 2 | 108 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| Infants | 2 | 180 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Field trips | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Get well care | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 2 | 90 | 0 |
| Health practices | 2 | 226 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 2 | 154 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 2 | 192 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 1 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 2,843 of those standards. The remaining 26, 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.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 16 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on April 30, 2026, and 9 citations.
One of those visits began with Hope's Little Preschool 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
- 2Medium High
- 4Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 9. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- High May 23, 2025 Correction verified May 27, 2025
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
The operation allowed a person to be present at the operation giving direct care to children before receiving notice from CBCU regarding the person's eligibility.
- High May 13, 2025 Correction verified June 12, 2025
746.2805(5): Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. Operation staff heard a caregiver yelling at an infant on the playground.
- High December 16, 2022 Correction verified December 22, 2022
746.2415(b): AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age
At the investigation inspection, a 5 week old infant had a sleep sack in the crib covering the legs and was being used as a blanket. The caregiver removed the sleep sack from the crib at the inspection.
- Medium October 30, 2022 Correction verified November 29, 2022
746.2207(c)(3): Screen Time Activities - Not Exceed One Hour Daily
This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and found to be deficient. It was determined the children are given screen time in the morning and afternoon that exceeds the 1-hour time limit per day allowed.
- Medium High September 19, 2022 Correction verified October 4, 2022
746.3407: Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
At the inspection, the infant playground is needing to be mowed. The grass is growing above the edges of the play equipment.
- Medium High September 19, 2022 Correction verified September 27, 2022
746.305(a)(4): Report Outbreak of Communicable Illness
The operation did not self report to Child Care Regulation when two staff tested positive for Covid in July of 2022.
- Medium September 19, 2022 Correction verified September 27, 2022
746.603(a)(4): Children's Records - Immunizations
1 out 5 children's records reviewed did not have an immunization record included in the child's file.
- Medium September 19, 2022 Correction verified September 27, 2022
746.5205(4): Documentation of Drills
At the inspection, the emergency practice form was reviewed to not have been updated since March 30, 2022.
- Medium November 12, 2021 Correction verified November 30, 2021
746.901(5): Required Personnel Records- Training Hours
3 out of 3 employee training records were not available at the time of the inspection. The director and two staff training records were not available for review.
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About this record
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