ACTIVE POOR Compliance

Happy Hippopotamus Daycare Academy of Spring Hill

3833 GILMER RD, LONGVIEW, TX 75604

License #1515842 | Expires: Nov 6, 2013

Day Care Center
Type
97
Capacity
12
Inspections
10
Violations

Compliance Summary

2
Critical
3
Serious
3
Moderate
2
Minor

Inspection History

Date Type Result Violations
Nov 20, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 18, 2025 OTHER Compliant 0
Sep 19, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 5, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Nov 8, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 26, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
Sep 24, 2024 OTHER Compliant 0
Nov 28, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 8, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Jan 20, 2023 OTHER Violations Found 1
Nov 18, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Dec 1, 2021 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2

Violation Details

Serious Corrected

During the insepction a bottle of hand sanitizer and cans of air freshener were observed on the ground or within reach of children.

Corrected: Sep 5, 2025

Critical Corrected

During the inspection an infant was observed inside a restrictive device, rocker, for more than 15 minutes.

Corrected: Sep 5, 2025

Moderate Corrected

The children's cots were not labeled in a way to denote whose cot was whose.

Corrected: Oct 3, 2024

Moderate Corrected

The Children's Products Certification had not been updated since Nov. 2022. This was corrected at inpseciton when the operation completed the walkthrough and verified no products from the recall list were present at the center.

Corrected: Sep 26, 2024

Minor Corrected

When reviewing children's records 6 of the 10 had not been updated in the past year.

Corrected: Oct 10, 2024

Critical Corrected

A fire insepction had not been completed within the past 12 months, the last fire insepction was from September of 2022.

Corrected: Nov 20, 2023

Serious Corrected

A portion of the wall was exposing drywall and was chipping paint in the infant classroom.

Corrected: Nov 22, 2023

Minor Corrected

The operation did not complete the Employees Who Left Survey for 2022 in the required timeframe.

Corrected: Jan 23, 2023

Moderate Corrected

During the inspection the caregivers annual training was observed. Out of the 3 caregivers who required annual training none met the 24 hour requirement.

Corrected: Jan 3, 2022

Serious Corrected

During the inspection the directors training hours were observed. The required 30 hours were not available during the inspection.

Corrected: Jan 3, 2022

Nearby Facilities

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ABC Son Shine School

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Day Care Center Capacity: 43 Last inspection: Nov 7, 2025 12 violations
ACTIVE

PRIMARY COLORS PRESCHOOL 1

3605 GILMER RD, LONGVIEW, TX 75604

School-Age Program Capacity: 115
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ABC SON SHINE SCHOOL

202 W NIBLICK ST, LONGVIEW, TX 75604

School-Age Program Capacity: 43
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FIRST STEP

2307 KINGSTON DR, LONGVIEW, TX 75604

Day Care Center Capacity: 96
ACTIVE

HANDPRINTS CHILD CARE 14

3902 GILMER RD, LONGVIEW, TX 75604

Day Care Center Capacity: 180
Data Source: texas_dfps — Last updated: Mar 4, 2026
Data is provided as-is from public government records. It may not reflect changes since the last inspection.