St Paul Lutheran YKT Child Care Center/ The Learning Garden
Licensed Center in Yorktown, Texas. License #1523721, issued April 3, 2014.
- Address
- 234 N Gohmert, Yorktown, TX 78164
- Phone
- (361) 564-9444
- Licensed capacity
- 101 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
- Website
- learninggardenykt.com
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Accredited, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Part Time Care, Field Trips.
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 June 1, 2024. From the state's provider report of October 15, 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 6,386 standards at St Paul Lutheran YKT Child Care Center/ The Learning Garden between February 11, 2022 and October 8, 2026 and recorded 18 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 | 6 | 718 | 1 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 440 | 0 |
| Personnel | 6 | 892 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 5 | 270 | 0 |
| Activities | 6 | 208 | 1 |
| Infants | 5 | 444 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 5 | 110 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 74 | 0 |
| School-age | 6 | 120 | 0 |
| Discipline | 8 | 160 | 0 |
| Naptime | 5 | 60 | 1 |
| Field trips | 5 | 55 | 0 |
| Get well care | 5 | 135 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 5 | 65 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 5 | 223 | 0 |
| Health practices | 5 | 564 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 298 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 5 | 374 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 0 |
| Pools | 5 | 132 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 5 | 338 | 2 |
| Transportation | 6 | 264 | 0 |
The table adds up to 6,328 of those standards. The remaining 58, including 11 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 St Paul Lutheran YKT Child Care Center/ The Learning Garden says about itself
Christian child care and preschool in Yorktown, TX for infants through school-age children.
Quoted from learninggardenykt.com, 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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State inspection record
HHSC records 53 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on November 5, 2026, and 18 citations.
5 of those visits began with St Paul Lutheran YKT Child Care Center/ The Learning Garden 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.
- 5High
- 9Medium High
- 4Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 18. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium September 23, 2026 Correction verified September 24, 2026
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
Two infant's feeding instructions had not been updated within the past thirty days.
- Medium High May 20, 2026 Correction verified June 25, 2026
746.307(d): Parental Notification of Communicable Disease
Based on information gathered, parents were not timely notified that two children contracted a communicable disease (salmonella).
- Medium High May 20, 2026 Correction verified June 25, 2026
746.305(a)(4): Report Outbreak of Communicable Illness
Based on information gathered, the operation failed to notify Child Care Regulation that two children contracted Salmonella.
- Medium High November 7, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.3701: Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
A small slide on the playground was broken. Note: The slide was removed during the inspection.
- Medium High October 23, 2025 Correction verified December 16, 2025
746.1601: Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
Based on video footage, a caregiver briefly stepped out of the classroom leaving the other caregiver over ratio by three children.
- High July 1, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.3407(12): Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children
Two classrooms had cleaning supplies stored under the sink cabinet. Note: This was corrected when the cleaning supplies were moved out of the reach of the children.
- Medium High March 19, 2025 Correction verified March 20, 2025
746.5307(b): Fire Extinguishers Serviced
The fire extinguishers were last serviced February 2024.
- High May 30, 2024 Correction verified July 16, 2024
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
Two caregivers did not use good judgement when there was a delay with checking on a child who had fallen until the child turned around and they saw the child was bleeding. Their initial responses to the fall were inappropriate.
- High March 26, 2024 Correction verified April 3, 2024
746.2415(b): AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age
Two infants were observed sleeping in the crib with blankets. Note: The blankets were removed when the inspector entered the room.
- Medium October 4, 2023 Corrected at inspection
746.501(a)(18)(F): Written Operational Policies - Criteria for Extreme Weather
The operational policies lacked information regarding the criteria you will use to determine when extreme weather conditions pose a significant health risk that prohibits or limits outdoor play. Note: This was corrected when the director added this to the policy.
- Medium High February 9, 2023 Correction verified February 13, 2023
746.5307(b): Fire Extinguishers Serviced
The fire extinguishers were last serviced January 2022.
- Medium High October 10, 2022 Correction verified December 5, 2022
746.307(b)(4): Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
The operation failed to communicate to a parent in a timely manner that their child had consumed feces, placing the child at risk of serious health consequences due to the child not receiving medical evaluation.
- Medium October 10, 2022 Correction verified December 5, 2022
746.701(5): Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
The operation failed to properly document a situation where a child was placed at risk due to ingesting feces.
- High October 10, 2022 Correction verified December 5, 2022
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
A caregiver demonstrated poor judgment when she dragged a child by their arm several feet while they resisted instead of stopping and picking up the child correctly, resulting in a serious injury to the child's elbow.
- High March 30, 2022 Correction verified May 3, 2022
746.1203(4): Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
Based on information gathered, two children exited the building and were left unsupervised for approximately 1 minute 41 seconds.
- Medium High March 30, 2022 Correction verified May 3, 2022
746.307(b)(4): Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
The operation failed to timely notify the parents of the children involved that their children exited the building unsupervised. This incident occurred around 11am and parents were not notified until pick up time (after 5pm).
- Medium February 11, 2022 Corrected at inspection
746.2209: Posting of Activity Plan
Infant Room and Prek Classroom did not have the current Activity Plan posted. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection with the currrent activity plan being posted in both classrooms.
- Medium High February 11, 2022 Corrected at inspection
746.2909(1): Arrangement of Napping Equipment - Not Blocking Entrances or Exits
One child was napping blocking an emergency exit. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection with the child being moved to another place.
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About this record
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