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Happy Hippopotamus Daycare Academy Of Spring Hill

3833 Gilmer Rd, Longview, TX 75604 · Gregg County (903) 759-4477 License #1515842 · first licensed Nov 6, 2013
14
inspections on file
10
recorded violations
2
health & safety class
Sep 4, 2026
last inspection

Inspection history

Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation

Records held from Sep 1, 2021 onward. Earlier visits may exist in the agency’s own files.

Inspection history for Happy Hippopotamus Daycare Academy Of Spring Hill
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Sep 4, 2026InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Sep 2, 2026ReportNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Nov 20, 2025InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Nov 18, 2025ReportNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Sep 19, 2025InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Sep 5, 2025InspectionDeficiencies cited2Agency record
Nov 8, 2024InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Sep 26, 2024InspectionDeficiencies cited3Agency record
Sep 24, 2024ReportNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Nov 28, 2023InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Nov 8, 2023InspectionDeficiencies cited2Agency record
Jan 20, 2023AssessmentDeficiencies cited1Agency record
Nov 18, 2022InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Dec 1, 2021InspectionDeficiencies cited2Agency record

Violations

Text reproduced verbatim · Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation
How to read violations

Nearly every licensed provider accumulates some. A missing signature and an unlocked medicine cabinet are both “violations”, and they are not the same thing. Look at the class, the pattern over time and how quickly it was corrected — not the count alone.

Paperwork — records, postings, forms Standard — supervision, ratio, training Health & safety — direct risk to a child

Class is our grouping of the state’s own weights, reviewed per state. The agency’s own label is always shown beside it.

Sep 5, 2025Inspection · 2 deficiencies cited
StandardState weight: Medium High
746.3701 — Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

“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
Health & safetyState weight: High
746.2417(2)(B) — Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes

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

Corrected Sep 5, 2025
Sep 26, 2024Inspection · 3 deficiencies cited
StandardState weight: Medium
746.4503(b) — Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child's Name

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

Corrected Oct 3, 2024
PaperworkState weight: Low
746.609(a) — Update Admission Information - Procedure

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

Corrected Oct 10, 2024
StandardState weight: Medium
746.4135(c) — Children's Products-Posting of CPSC website

“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
Nov 8, 2023Inspection · 2 deficiencies cited
StandardState weight: Medium High
746.3407(9) — Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

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

Corrected Nov 22, 2023
Health & safetyState weight: High
746.5101(a) — Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

“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
Jan 20, 2023Assessment · 1 deficiency cited
PaperworkState weight: Medium Low
746.303(b) — Report Number of Employees

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

Corrected Jan 23, 2023
Dec 1, 2021Inspection · 2 deficiencies cited
StandardState weight: Medium High
746.1301(6)(A) — Training Requirements for Directors 30- Annual Training

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

Corrected Jan 3, 2022
StandardState weight: Medium
746.1309(a) — Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

“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

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