AlphaBEST @ Smith ? Crandall
AlphaBEST @ Smith ? Crandall is a licensed child care center in Heartland, TX, licensed for up to 50 children and serving preschoolers and school-age children. It has held its Texas license since 2024. Since October 2021, state inspectors have visited 7 times. None of those visits produced a citation, which puts it among the 12% of Texas centers with a clean record over that period. Its last 7 inspections found no violations. Measured by risk-weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 38 centers in Kaufman County and better than 92% of licensed centers statewide.
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Common questions
Does AlphaBEST @ Smith ? Crandall take infants?
No. Its Texas license covers preschoolers and school-age children, not infants.
What are AlphaBEST @ Smith ? Crandall’s hours?
3 PM to 6:30 PM, Monday through Friday, according to its state licensing record. Confirm holiday and summer hours with the center.
Does AlphaBEST @ Smith ? Crandall accept child care subsidies?
Yes, according to its state licensing record.
How much does AlphaBEST @ Smith ? Crandall cost?
Texas does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask AlphaBEST @ Smith ? Crandall for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-day price at licensed centers in the North Central Texas area, which includes Heartland, is $47.00 a day for 3-year-olds and $44.00 a day for school-age children (2025 Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey).
Has AlphaBEST @ Smith ? Crandall had any serious violations?
No high-risk citations since 2021.
How does AlphaBEST @ Smith ? Crandall compare with other daycares in Kaufman County?
It is tied for #1 of 38 centers in Kaufman County by risk-weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 92% of licensed centers statewide (out of 9,147 Texas centers with enough inspection history).
When was AlphaBEST @ Smith ? Crandall last inspected?
Dec 1, 2025. No violations were found during that visit.
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Citations are quoted from Texas HHS inspection records. Many are corrected the same day, and a citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall.
To see the official record, search operation 1781596 on Search Texas Child Care. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026.