The Academy: Northlake
Licensed Center in Argyle, Texas. License #1838570, issued August 4, 2026.
- Address
- 7531 Cleveland Gibbs Road, Argyle, TX 76226
- Phone
- (940) 535-8399
- Licensed capacity
- 125 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:45 AM-05:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- theacademychildcare.com
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Skill Classes, Part Time Care, Transportation to/from School.
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, entry level
In the program and not yet star-rated. This is a stage, not a low score.
In effect since September 14, 2026. From the state's provider report of September 29, 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 12 areas it checked 1,180 standards at The Academy: Northlake between July 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 and recorded 2 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 12 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 1 | 123 | 0 |
| Naptime | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Field trips | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Get well care | 1 | 27 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Health practices | 2 | 226 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 2 | 156 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 2 | 150 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 2 | 192 | 0 |
| Pools | 1 | 30 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 2 | 134 | 0 |
| Transportation | 2 | 98 | 0 |
The table adds up to 1,172 of those standards. The remaining 8, including 2 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 The Academy: Northlake says about itself
The Academy provides exceptional Infant, Toddler, Preschool, Pre-K, and School-Age care and early education for families in Justin, Rhome, Ponder Northlake, Arglye, Flower Mound, Westlake, Southlake, Roanoke Trophy Club, and Northwest ISD. Schedule your tour today!
Quoted from theacademychildcare.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 5 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 26, 2026, and 2 citations.
- 1High
- 1Medium High
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 2. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High August 27, 2026 Correction verified October 6, 2026
746.2803(4): Discipline - Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance
It was determined that a caregiver did not redirect children appropriately when grabbing, pulling and picking them up.
- High August 27, 2026 Correction verified October 6, 2026
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
A caregiver did not use good judgment when not reporting to management concerns regarding how another caregiver was handling children.
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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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