Legacy Early Learning Academy, Llc
163 W SADDLE CLUB RD, FAIR GROVE, MO 65648-8401Childery Rating: 5/5
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Quality Indicators
See Methodology →- Overall QualityCombines daily care quality (interactions, learning, environment) with structural features like staff-to-child ratios and teacher qualifications.5 / 5
- Process QualityThe quality of daily care — caregiver-child interactions, learning activities, and the emotional climate. Drawn from the state QRIS rating, accreditations, and Head Start CLASS observations.Not Available
- Structural QualityMeasurable features like staff-to-child ratios, group sizes, license status, and teacher qualifications. Provider-level data when available; otherwise the state regulatory baseline.5 / 5
Why this rating
This daycare earned 5 out of 5 stars overall. Structural quality reflects an 8% violation rate across 13 visits in the last 3 years (most recently inspected February 2026). The structural rating also includes Missouri's licensing baseline — what every licensed daycare in the state must meet. Missouri caps infant ratios at 1:4, toddler ratios at 1:4, and preschool ratios at 1:10. Lead-teacher education isn't regulated. Teachers must complete 12 hours of annual training. No objective process measures (e.g., state quality rating or national accreditation) are available for this daycare. The overall rating reflects structural features only.
Quality Recognitions & Accreditations
- Accreditations
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)Not Accredited
- National Accreditation Commission (NAC)Not Accredited
- National Early Childhood Program Accreditation (NECPA)Not Accredited
- National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)Not Accredited
Facility Info
- Facility type
- Child Care Center
- Age groups served
- Infants, Toddlers
- Licensed capacity
- 166
- Teacher-child ratios & group sizesState Minimum Displayed
Age Max ratio Max group Infants 1:4 8 Toddlers 1:4 8
Teacher Credentials
- Lead teacher credentialState Minimum Displayed
- Not Regulated
Inspection History
Across 1 inspection since 2026, the issues cited most often were Building & Premises Safety (3) and Staff-to-Child Ratios & Group Size (2). None of the 5 findings were critical.
See the Inspection Visit
Feb 2, 20265 Findings5 Important
- Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers5 CSR 25-500.082
The facility's outdoor space was not safe for children's activities as evidenced by on the north side of the concrete pad on the school age play yard, the ground is eroding under the concrete pad, creating a tripping hazard, exposing jagged concrete.
- Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers5 CSR 25-500.082
The facility's outdoor space was not safe for children's activities as evidenced by observed embedded rocks protruding rocks on the infant/toddlers play yard in the fall zone of slide..
- Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers5 CSR 25-500.082
The observed surface area under slides on the 2's play yard, from which a child might fall consists of bare soil.
- Staff/Child Ratios5 CSR 25-500.112
Group size requirements were not met as evidenced by (on 1-20-26) 25 children, ages 2-years- to 3 years old during nap time, this included 18 -2-year-old children, were cared for by 2 adult caregiver(s).
- Staff/Child Ratios5 CSR 25-500.112
Group size requirements were not met as evidenced by (on 1-20-26) 25 children, ages 4-years-old to 5-years-old during nap time, were cared for by 3 adult caregiver(s).
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