ACTIVE POOR Compliance

Valley Ranch Academy

21617 VALLEY RANCH CROSSING DR, PORTER, TX 77365

License #1732180 | Expires: Jul 14, 2022

Day Care Center
Type
238
Capacity
37
Inspections
19
Violations

Compliance Summary

9
Critical
5
Serious
3
Moderate
2
Minor

Inspection History

Date Type Result Violations
Jan 21, 2026 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jan 17, 2026 OTHER Compliant 0
Dec 15, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Dec 9, 2025 OTHER Compliant 0
Aug 5, 2025 OTHER Compliant 0
Aug 5, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Aug 2, 2025 OTHER Compliant 0
Jun 5, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
May 23, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
May 22, 2025 OTHER Violations Found 1
Oct 17, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jun 13, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 29, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 16, 2024 OTHER Compliant 0
Jan 17, 2024 OTHER Compliant 0
Nov 7, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 20, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 6, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
Sep 5, 2023 OTHER Compliant 0
Sep 1, 2023 OTHER Violations Found 2
Aug 28, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Aug 11, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Aug 10, 2023 OTHER Violations Found 2
Jun 15, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
May 4, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
May 3, 2023 OTHER Violations Found 1
Mar 27, 2023 OTHER Violations Found 3
Jan 12, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Dec 2, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 30, 2022 OTHER Violations Found 2
Jul 27, 2022 OTHER Compliant 0
Jul 13, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jun 28, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jun 21, 2022 OTHER Violations Found 1
Apr 12, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Mar 15, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jan 10, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0

Violation Details

Critical Corrected

Based on the information obtained during the investigation inspection, there is enough evidence to show that a child was left alone outside for approximately 1-2 minutes.

Corrected: May 23, 2025

Serious Corrected

A can of Febreeze was accessible to children in two classrooms. Note: This was corrected at inspection when the caregivers moved the items to a child locked cabinet.

Corrected: Sep 8, 2023

Moderate Corrected

Children were observed to be walking around and playing on the play structure holding water bottles.

Corrected: Sep 6, 2023

Moderate Corrected

One caregiver did not have trainings available for review at the operation.

Corrected: Sep 13, 2023

Serious Corrected

There is evidence to show that a caregiver used their phone while supervising children.

Corrected: Oct 26, 2023

Serious Corrected

Based on information received, a caregiver did not interact positively when she pulled a child's arms to lift and move them, as well as push the child's head back to wipe their face.

Corrected: Oct 26, 2023

Critical Corrected

There is evidence to show that the operation did not release a child to their father when no court order is in place.

Corrected: Sep 8, 2023

Critical Corrected

There is enough evidence to show that caregivers did not demonstrate good judgment when they used Melatonin Spray on children's nap mats and in the air during naptime.

Corrected: Sep 8, 2023

Serious Corrected

While reviewing 10 childrens files, it was found that 6 children did not have an emergency contact address. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection when the operation called parents to obtain the information.

Corrected: Jun 15, 2023

Critical Corrected

A 4 month old child was in a play yard with a play mat. Note: This was corrected during the inspection on 5/4/23 when the child and the play mat were removed from the play yard.

Corrected: Jun 1, 2023

Critical Corrected

There is sufficient evidence to show that a staff member grabbed a child and picked him up as a disciplinary measure.

Serious Corrected

Based on the information obtained throughout the investigation, it is found that the operation did not notify licensing that an injury resulting in a fracture occurred at the operation.

Critical Corrected

The operation denied interviews with children and access to children's files during a DFPS Investigation.

Moderate Corrected

The operation did not have Pre-Service or any other training records available for one caregiver.

Critical Corrected

Based on the video footage, an infant is shown sleeping in a restrictive device.

Critical Corrected

Based on video footage, it is shown that an infant is in a restrictive device for longer than 15 minutes.

Critical Corrected

Children were not being adequately supervised for multiple short increments of time.

Minor Corrected

Two children's files reviewed were missing the date of admission. Note: dates were added during the inspection.

Minor Corrected

One staff's files reveiwed was missing the employment date. Note: the date was added during the inspection.

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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.