Little Ark Care Center
Licensed Center in Watauga, Texas. License #1814635, issued November 6, 2025.
- Address
- 7200 Denton Hwy, Watauga, TX 76148
- Phone
- (682) 999-6132
- Licensed capacity
- 226 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Snacks Provided.
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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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 4,367 standards at Little Ark Care Center between May 2, 2025 and October 29, 2026 and recorded 10 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 | 495 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 332 | 1 |
| Personnel | 4 | 629 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 108 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 270 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 57 | 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 | 4 | 452 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 312 | 2 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 300 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 90 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 201 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 147 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,353 of those standards. The remaining 14, including 7 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 13 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 29, 2026, and 10 citations.
4 of those visits began with Little Ark Care 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
- 4Medium High
- 1Medium
- 1Medium Low
- 1Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 10. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High May 21, 2026 Corrected at inspection
746.1605(1): Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
A four-year-old child was combined with 15?17-month-old infants. This was corrected during the inspection when the 4-year-old was moved out of the older infant room after naptime.
- High May 12, 2026 Correction verified June 9, 2026
746.2805(1): Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
Through evidence unrelated to incident, the operation used wall sits and running laps to discipline children's behavior.
- High May 12, 2026 Correction verified June 8, 2026
746.1205(a)(4): Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
A caregiver did not immediately intervene when an altercation occurred between children.
- Low May 4, 2026 Correction verified June 8, 2026
746.609(a): Update Admission Information - Procedure
The operation did not update the child's food preference in the admission information.
- Medium High May 1, 2026 Correction verified June 12, 2026
746.305(a)(2): AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization
An injured child who received medical treatment was not reported to licensing within the two-day required period after the incident.
- Medium April 30, 2026 Correction verified May 18, 2026
746.3809: Medication No Longer Used
One medication was expired.
- Medium High April 30, 2026 Correction verified May 18, 2026
746.613(b): Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
One immunization record was not current.
- Medium Low September 12, 2025 Correction verified September 26, 2025
746.901(4): Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)
9 Staff files were reviewed and all were missing the required Form 2985 Affidavit.
- High September 11, 2025 Correction verified October 30, 2025
746.1003(3): Director Responsibilities - Employee Assignments
Based on information obtained through investigation a caregiver was assigned to a classroom without being trained on the requirements for a child with special care needs.
- Medium High July 11, 2025 Correction verified July 31, 2025
746.3819: Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
At the time of the inspection 1 child, with a noted food allergy on their enrollment form, did not have an allergy action plan from their physician on file.
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About this record
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