The Kid's Depot Early Learning Center
The Kid's Depot Early Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Lufkin, TX, licensed for up to 102 children and serving infants through school-age children. It has held its Texas license since 2018. Since October 2021, state inspectors have visited 6 times. Inspectors recorded 3 citations, 0 of them high-risk, most often for food & feeding (2 of 3). None of them came in the last 12 months. Its last 3 inspections found no violations. Measured by risk-weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #9 of 29 centers in Lufkin and better than 77% of licensed centers statewide.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
There were three infant feeding instructions that have not been updated. The Director is going to get them updated and sent to Licensing.
One infant feeding instruction had not been updated. The Director is going to correct this by getting the feeding instruction updated.
A Review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2021 data from February 23, 2022, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2021 by February 22, 2022, as required.
About this center
Common questions
Does The Kid's Depot Early Learning Center take infants?
Yes. Texas licenses it to care for infants through school-age children.
What are The Kid's Depot Early Learning Center’s hours?
7 AM to 5:30 PM, Monday through Friday, according to its state licensing record. Confirm holiday and summer hours with the center.
Does The Kid's Depot Early Learning Center accept child care subsidies?
Yes, according to its state licensing record.
How much does The Kid's Depot Early Learning Center cost?
Texas does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask The Kid's Depot Early Learning Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-day price at licensed centers in the Deep East Texas area, which includes Lufkin, is $28.40 a day for infants, $27.60 a day for toddlers and $26.80 a day for 3-year-olds (2025 Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey).
Has The Kid's Depot Early Learning Center had any serious violations?
No high-risk citations since 2021. It has 3 lower-risk citations, listed above.
How does The Kid's Depot Early Learning Center compare with other daycares in Lufkin?
It is tied for #9 of 29 centers in Lufkin by risk-weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 77% of licensed centers statewide (out of 9,147 Texas centers with enough inspection history).
When was The Kid's Depot Early Learning Center last inspected?
Mar 2, 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 1679801 on Search Texas Child Care. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026.