Gifted Minds Academy
Gifted Minds Academy is a licensed child care center in Cedar Hill, TX, licensed for up to 125 children and serving infants through school-age children. It has held its Texas license since 2025. Since October 2021, state inspectors have visited 18 times and investigated 6 reports. Inspectors recorded 16 citations, 3 of them high-risk, most often for staff ratios (4 of 16). 7 citations came in the last 12 months, including 2 high-risk. 6% were corrected during the inspection itself. Its last 6 inspections found no violations. Measured by risk-weighted citations per inspection, it is #18 of 22 centers in Cedar Hill and better than 38% of licensed centers statewide.
Inspection record
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The director's annual transportation training was expired.
Two children did not have health statements on file.
Only 18 of 30 hours of annual training for the director was observed in the employee file.
Owner was present at the operation and failed to comply with the minimum standards by knowingly allowing a person without a completed background check to be alone with a child.
Children were observed alone in classrooms unsupervised by a caregiver or the owner. A child was observed sleep in an office with a caregiver without an eligible background check.
Director and owner allowed a person to be present around children without an eligible background check.
Owner did not have time sheets for director stating the days and hours worked.
The infant room was out of ratio with 8 children under 18 months with one caregiver.
Upon arrival to the nap room there was not adequate lighting to all children.
Upon arrival the caregiver was not physically present in the nap room.
During the inspection there was a total of 19 children in the building and there was not additional employee in the building.
Complete admission documentation was available for review during the inspection.
Completeup to date personal records were not available for review during the inspection.
Gate leading to pool did not have self-closing
Outdoor fence has barbed wire which pose a risk to a child they were to climb the fence.
During the inspection use-zones of four pieces of equipment overlap.
About this center
Common questions
Does Gifted Minds Academy take infants?
Yes. Texas licenses it to care for infants through school-age children.
What are Gifted Minds Academy’s hours?
6 AM to 6 PM, Monday through Friday, according to its state licensing record. Confirm holiday and summer hours with the center.
Does Gifted Minds Academy accept child care subsidies?
Not according to its state licensing record. Ask the center directly, since participation can change.
How much does Gifted Minds Academy cost?
Texas does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Gifted Minds Academy for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-day price at licensed centers in the Greater Dallas area, which includes Cedar Hill, is $45.80 a day for infants, $44.00 a day for toddlers and $42.40 a day for 3-year-olds (2025 Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey).
Has Gifted Minds Academy had any serious violations?
Inspectors recorded 3 high-risk citations since 2021. The most recent was on Feb 12, 2026: “Supervision ensures each child’s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child’s on going activity.” Each one is listed in full above.
How does Gifted Minds Academy compare with other daycares in Cedar Hill?
It is #18 of 22 centers in Cedar Hill by risk-weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 38% of licensed centers statewide (out of 9,147 Texas centers with enough inspection history).
When was Gifted Minds Academy last inspected?
Sep 4, 2026. 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 1808338 on Search Texas Child Care. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026.