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Little Panther's Learning Center

Licensed Center in Fort Stockton, Texas. License #1637070, issued November 16, 2017.

Address
237 W 21st St, Fort Stockton, TX 79735
Phone
(432) 336-5437
Licensed capacity
83 children
Licensed for
Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours
07:30 AM-05:00 PM
Days
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Child care subsidies
Accepted

Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Skill Classes, 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 January 25, 2026. From the state's provider report of July 7, 2026.

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 3,310 standards at Little Panther's Learning Center between August 30, 2022 and August 25, 2026 and recorded 6 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 rulesVisitsStandards checkedViolated
Scope, administration, and communication22420
Record keeping22251
Personnel34650
Ratios and group sizes31620
Activities31040
Infants21800
Toddlers2440
Pre-kindergarten2380
School-age2400
Discipline2400
Naptime2240
Field trips2220
Get well care2540
Nighttime care3390
Nutrition and food care31340
Health practices33380
Safety practices32200
Physical facilities32240
Outdoor safety32880
Pools3780
Fire safety32032
Transportation31320

The table adds up to 3,296 of those standards. The remaining 14, including 3 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.

Ask about an opening

This goes to Little Panther's Learning Center and nobody else. They reply to you directly: we do not sit in the middle of it, and we never pass your details on or sell them.

We email you a copy, and tell you honestly whether it reached them. Texas HHSC has no email address on file for about two programs in five, and for those the phone number above is the faster route.

Tell me about new inspections

One short message each time Texas HHSC records an inspection here, saying that it happened and linking to the record. We do not tell you what the inspector found: a finding without whether it was corrected is misleading, and that pair belongs on the page rather than split across an email.

We ask for nothing but the address, and we send a confirmation first. Your list is never shown to this program, never sold, and every message has a link to stop. An inspection is routine: programs are visited on a schedule and after a complaint, and a visit is not a finding.

State inspection record

HHSC records 13 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on August 25, 2026, and 6 citations.

One of those visits began with Little Panther's 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.

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visitsvisits where something was found13 recorded visits since October 2017. More visits does not mean a worse program: how often the state comes depends on the license type, the program's age and whether anyone complained.
  • 2High
  • 4Medium High

Every citation below records a correction.

Citations

Showing all 6. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.

  1. Medium High July 2, 2026 Correction verified August 25, 2026

    746.4907(a)(1): Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

    The playgrund area does not have any surfacing materials under climbing equipment, slides, and rotating equipment. The highest surface on the equipment is 5 feet. The ground is hard packed dirt.
  2. Medium High June 28, 2026 Correction verified July 22, 2026

    746.1316(a): Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

    This standard was found to be out of compliance when a caregiver transported children in a van for a field trip event prior to complete a 2-hour transportation training class.
  3. Medium High March 31, 2026 Correction verified March 31, 2026

    746.1301(a)(7)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Transportation training

    An employee that transports children did not have an updated transportation safety training.
  4. High March 31, 2026 Correction verified April 14, 2026

    746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    A current fire inspection report was not available for review. Last Fire Inspection was done on 3/25/2025.
  5. Medium High August 15, 2023 Correction verified August 17, 2023

    746.613(b): Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    A child did not have an updated immunization record available for review.
  6. High August 15, 2023 Correction verified September 25, 2023

    746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    Operation does not have a current fire inspection. Last fire inspection was done on 8/31/2021.
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About this record

Every figure on this page comes from the Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation open data published at data.texas.gov, reproduced as the state recorded it. We do not grade, score or rank programs. A citation is a finding by a state inspector on a given day; it is not a judgment about a program today, and the correction status beside each one is part of the record. This page reflects data retrieved on November 8, 2026. Full methodology.

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