The Children's Courtyard, Inc
Licensed Center in Grand Prairie, Texas. License #1703544- 810, issued July 16, 2020.
- Address
- 5555 Lake Ridge Pkwy, Grand Prairie, TX 75052
- Phone
- (817) 640-5433
- Licensed capacity
- 181 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-06:30 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, Skill Classes, Part Time Care, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
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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 5,426 standards at The Children's Courtyard, Inc between November 29, 2021 and October 6, 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 | 5 | 599 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 5 | 546 | 4 |
| Personnel | 5 | 747 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 6 | 324 | 0 |
| Activities | 5 | 176 | 0 |
| Infants | 5 | 447 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 5 | 110 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 5 | 93 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Discipline | 5 | 100 | 0 |
| Naptime | 5 | 60 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Get well care | 5 | 135 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 52 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 451 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 222 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 114 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 270 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 5,348 of those standards. The remaining 78, including 5 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 56 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 6, 2026, and 10 citations.
6 of those visits began with The Children's Courtyard, Inc 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
- 2Medium High
- 1Medium
- 2Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 10. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium April 10, 2026 Correction verified May 21, 2026
746.307(c): Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries
Based on a DFPS Investigation the operation did not notify a parent of an injury during pick up.
- Low October 7, 2025 Correction verified October 10, 2025
746.1105(3): Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2985)
Four out of ten employees were missing an updated affidavit.
- Medium High October 7, 2025 Correction verified October 10, 2025
746.605(6): Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
Emergency contact infromation was missing for one out of ten student files.
- Low October 7, 2025 Correction verified October 10, 2025
746.611(a)(1): Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation's child-care program
Five out of ten student files are missing a health statement.
- Medium High October 7, 2025 Correction verified October 10, 2025
746.613(b): Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
Two out of ten student files did not have updated immunizations.
- High October 7, 2025 Correction verified October 10, 2025
746.605(11): Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization
One out of ten student files were missing medical authorization.
- High June 4, 2025 Correction verified June 12, 2025
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
This was found to be deficient when two four-year-olds were left unsupervised.
- High August 23, 2024 Correction verified September 9, 2024
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and a deficiency was found. A caregiver inappropriately grabbed a three-year-old child under their arm.
- High July 25, 2024 Correction verified August 19, 2024
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
This standard was evaluated in regard to an investigation and a violation was found. There is sufficient evidence to support the allegation that a caregiver pulled a child off the ground by the arm.
- High May 23, 2024 Correction verified June 20, 2024
746.2805(5): Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
This standard was evaluated in regard to an investigation and a violation was found. There is sufficient evidence to support that a caregiver was yelling at children.
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About this record
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