Smithville · Licensed center
Hillside Early Learning Center LLC
- Medium center, licensed for 104 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 1 of 1 cited something
Kansas City-area centers: the state cites something at about 8 in 9 routine visits. One visit is too few to read as a pattern.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Missouri DESE Office of Childhood
- Last visit
- June 10, 2026
- On file
- 1 visit, June 2026 — it cited findings · 1 complaint investigation
- Fixed?
- Correction was due May 14, 2026. Missouri DESE Office of Childhood does not publish whether it was made.
- Most serious
- Missouri DESE Office of Childhood does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.
Missouri DESE marks every rule section of an inspection Compliance, Violation or Not Observed, and for each violation publishes the inspector’s observation, the rule quoted in full, the correction required and a deadline. A complaint investigation is published where the state substantiated a rule violation, with its disposition.
Aug 2026 Complaint Violation substantiated
Complaint · August 21, 2026
Violation substantiated · 5 CSR 25-500.212(3)(A) · Transportation and Field Trips
All children shall be seated in a permanent seat and restrained by seat belts or child restraint devices as required by Missouri law.
Required correction: The facility shall notify all caregivers (paid employees and paid or unpaid volunteers) of the violations which were substantiated and specify the actions to be taken by all caregivers, in order to comply with all violations cited. A copy of the memo, letter, or meeting agenda shall be submitted to the Office of Childhood.
Jun 2026 Compliance verification visit 1 finding
Compliance verification visit · June 10, 2026
5 CSR 25-500.042 (1) · Licensing Process · Correction due May 14, 2026
The applicant has not completed the licensing orientation.
Required correction: The applicant shall complete the licensing orientation available on the department's website.
How the comparison is built
Routine visits: across Kansas City-area centers, the state cites something at about 8 in 9 routine visits (2,148 visits).
Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Address
- 205 Richardson St
- License
- 003168156, active
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State record
From Missouri DESE Office of Childhood’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 healthapps.dhss.mo.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 healthapps.dhss.mo.gov
Medium means the middle half of Kansas City-area’s 187 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 56 to 134 children. Small is 8 to 55; large is 135 to 729.