The Childrens Courtyard
Licensed Center in Grand Prairie, Texas. License #523211- 810, issued January 17, 1997.
- Address
- 4285 S Carrier Pkwy, Grand Prairie, TX 75052
- Phone
- (972) 263-7330
- Licensed capacity
- 325 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: Accredited, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, 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
No Texas Rising Star rating
Texas Rising Star is voluntary, and a program joins it by applying. It is tied to accepting child care scholarships, so most programs that are not in it never applied rather than failed. Roughly three in five licensed programs in Texas have no rating.
This says nothing about the quality of this program. What the state has assessed about it is the inspection record below.
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 3,118 standards at The Childrens Courtyard between March 18, 2022 and August 17, 2026 and recorded 9 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 | 3 | 357 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 326 | 0 |
| Personnel | 3 | 435 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 267 | 2 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Naptime | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Field trips | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Get well care | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 2 | 90 | 0 |
| Health practices | 2 | 226 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 2 | 154 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 2 | 150 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 2 | 192 | 1 |
| Pools | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 2 | 135 | 1 |
| Transportation | 2 | 98 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,097 of those standards. The remaining 21, 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
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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 18 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on August 19, 2026, and 9 citations.
3 of those visits began with The Childrens Courtyard 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
- 5Medium High
- 1Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 9. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High January 15, 2026 Correction verified January 22, 2026
746.3417(3): Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering
A child ran out of the bathroom after toileting and went to play with other children without washing hands.
- Medium High January 15, 2026 Correction verified January 22, 2026
746.2419(8): Requirements for Feeding Infants - Other Use of Handwashing Sink
A caregiver washed their hands after changing a diaper in a sink with a bottle that was being warmed up in water.
- High January 15, 2026 Correction verified January 22, 2026
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
A caregver did not demonstrate good judgement when changing another student in close proximity of another while toileting.
- High February 18, 2025 Correction verified February 25, 2025
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The operation has not had a valid city fire inspection since July of 2021.
- Medium May 7, 2024 Correction verified May 14, 2024
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
Six infants that are not on table food did not have updated feeding instructions withing 30 days.
- Medium High August 3, 2023 Correction verified September 15, 2023
746.3407: Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
At the time of the inspection the bricks on the back of the wall for the dumpster container had partially fallen and bricks were in the playground area. The wall was able to be moved and appeared unstable.
- Medium High August 3, 2023 Correction verified September 15, 2023
746.1609: Maximum Group Size 13 or More Children
At the time of the inspection a group of 17 children, ages 12 to 22 months were mixed during the nap period. This group exceeded the maximum group size for children ages 12 to 17 months by 4 children.
- Medium High August 3, 2023 Correction verified September 15, 2023
746.4907(d): Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained
Loose fill around climbing structures in the outdoor toddler play area and preschool/pre-k play areas was observed to be kicked out around bases of slides and below the required depth of 6 inches.
- High April 18, 2023 Correction verified May 30, 2023
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
Based on information obtained through the investigation it was found that caregivers were unable to maintain supervision of children in care while children on the play structure; which led to children pulling clothing items off during play.
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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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