The Montessori Academy (TMA)
Licensed Center in Arlington, Texas. License #941526, issued March 9, 2009.
- Address
- 3428 W Arkansas Ln, Arlington, TX 76016
- Phone
- (817) 274-1548
- Licensed capacity
- 334 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- tmaonline.org
Programs listed with the state: Accredited, Part Time Care.
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
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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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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 22 areas it checked 4,435 standards at The Montessori Academy (TMA) between July 18, 2022 and August 25, 2026 and recorded 7 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 | 4 | 481 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 435 | 0 |
| Personnel | 4 | 589 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 140 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 357 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 74 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 135 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 339 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 232 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 225 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 84 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 202 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 147 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,393 of those standards. The remaining 42, including 7 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 Montessori Academy (TMA) says about itself
Private school in Arlington, TX offering an authentic Montessori education that nurtures independence, curiosity, and critical thinking.
Quoted from tmaonline.org, read on October 25, 2026. These are the program's own words, not ours, and we neither check nor endorse them.
Ask about an opening
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Tell me about new inspections
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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 39 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on August 25, 2026, and 7 citations.
11 of those visits began with The Montessori Academy (TMA) 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.
- 4High
- 3Medium High
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 7. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High August 11, 2026 Correction verified August 25, 2026
746.3805(b)(1): Administering Medication - Original Container with Child's Name, Date
During today's inspection, several children s medications were not in the regional box.
- Medium High August 11, 2026 Correction verified August 25, 2026
746.3803(b): Medication Authorization Expires on First Anniversary
During today s inspection, there were 2 children s medications that were expired in June 2026.
- Medium High October 24, 2025 Correction verified December 11, 2025
746.3701: Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
The operation did not ensure that the area was free from all possible hazards.
- High September 23, 2025 Correction verified November 4, 2025
746.3407(12): Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children
The operation did not ensure that a cleaning product was properly stored and out of reach of children.
- High February 6, 2025 Correction verified March 13, 2025
746.305(a)(6): Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
The operation was aware of a situation that placed a child at risk for harm and did not report.
- High May 18, 2024 Correction verified May 29, 2024
746.201(1): Policies Comply with Rules
The school did not follow their own policy to administer a topical medication when needed.
- High May 8, 2023 Correction verified June 15, 2023
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
This law was evaluated with regard to an investigation and has been found to be in violation with the Minimum Standard Rules for Licensed Child Care Centers based on interview with caregivers and parent. Child was given a wrong bottle of milk. Caregiver did not check the label prior giving it to the child.
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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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