Licensed child care center · public record
Esperanza School
Houston, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
8 state inspections, last 2 years
27 deficiencies on the state’s summary
17 high or medium-high risk
October 5, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued July 22, 2010
- Capacity
- 534 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:30 AM-06:00 PM
- Accepts child care subsidies
- No
- Conditions on the permit
- Yes
- Corrective action listed
- No
- Adverse action listed
- No
- Temporarily closed
- No
- State operation number
- 1156406
Where
1100 Roy St Bldg A
Houston, TX 77007
Deficiencies by risk level
The state’s own summary counts for this operation, as published in the HHSC operations file.
Citations on the record
Each standard the state found not met, newest first, with its risk level and when it was corrected. Showing the newest 25 of 27.
| Inspection | Risk | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| January 20, 2026 | Medium | 746.1311(e) - Director Annual Training - Additional required topics State’s note: “The directors did not have all of the required annual training topics. The directors were missing the following topics: Emergency Preparedness Administering Medication Understanding building and physical premises safety,” |
| January 20, 2026 | Medium | 746.1309(e) - Documented Annual Training- Required Content State’s note: “Six caregivers did not have all of the required annual training topics. The caregivers were missing the following topics: Emergency Preparedness Administering Medication Understanding building and physical premises safety,” |
| October 10, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3501(1) - Diaper Changing Steps- Prompt State’s note: “A caregiver in an infant classroom is not adhering to the proper diaper changing steps and is not cleaning the children thoroughly during diaper changes.” |
| October 10, 2025 | Medium | 746.501(a)(19) - Written Operational Policies - Providing & Applying Insect Repellant and Sunscreen State’s note: “The operation does not have information regarding providing and applying insect repellant in their operational policies.” |
| February 24, 2025 | Medium | 746.3809 - Medication No Longer Used State’s note: “An epi-pen on hand expired in 2024” |
| February 24, 2025 | Medium High | 746.605(15) - Required Admission Information-Child's allergies and Completed Food Allergy Plan State’s note: “One of the children with an epi pen did not have a completed allergy plan” |
| February 24, 2025 | Medium | 746.2421(b) - Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days State’s note: “Seven of the reviewed feeding instructions have not been updated within the 30 days.” |
| February 24, 2025 | Medium | 746.1311(a) - Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required State’s note: “The reviewed director file had less than the required 30 hours of training.” |
| February 24, 2025 | Medium High | 746.5205(1) - Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes State’s note: “There was a missed fire inspection for January 2025” |
| February 24, 2025 | Medium | 746.1309(a) - Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required State’s note: “Six of the reviewed caregiver files had less than the required 24 hours.” |
| February 29, 2024 | High | 745.641 - AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation State’s note: “Two contractor workers did not have a background check for the operation, one of the contractor worker had an background for a different operation that does not share the same governing body as the operation. Corrected: When the contractor workers left for the day.” |
| February 29, 2024 | Medium High | 746.3407 - Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment State’s note: “In the pre-school class room they was a broken toilet top. On the toddler playground they were screws that where to sticking out to far and children could hurt themselves.” |
| February 29, 2024 | Medium | 746.1401(c) - Substitutes, volunteers, and contractors counted in ratio State’s note: “Two contractor workers who were counted into ratio and working with a group of children did not meet caregivers qualifications.” |
| February 29, 2024 | Medium High | 746.5607(b) - Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Not expired or damaged in accident State’s note: “The operation had six booster seats in the van that have expired in 2023.” |
| October 30, 2023 | Medium High | 746.3415(7) - Employee Handwashing After Handling or Cleaning Bodily Fluids State’s note: “A caregiver did not was their hands after cleaning a child noise. Corrected: When the caregiver was directed to go wash their hands.” |
| June 14, 2023 | Medium | 746.901(5) - Required Personnel Records- Training Hours State’s note: “One caregiver is missing 2 1/2 hours of training for training year 6/21/ 2021 to 6/21/2022. Another caregiver is missing 8 1/2 hours of training for training year 5/29/2022 to 5/29/2023. Corrected: The first caregiver 2 1/2 hours training was taken from training year 6/21/2022 to 6/21/2023.” |
| November 14, 2022 | Medium High | 746.3503(a) - Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface State’s note: “In a few classrooms the changing table mats were torn. Corrected: When the operation change the mats for new ones.” |
| November 14, 2022 | High | 746.1203(2) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know Group Responsible For State’s note: “It was stated by the caregiver in blue eagles class they had 15 children when I counted they were 21 children. In the red eagles class it was stated by the caregiver they had 23 when I counted they were 24 children. Corrected: When the caregivers recounted the children and the director called row and added the child that was missing to the roll sheet.” |
| July 12, 2022 | Medium High | 746.605(16) - Required Admission Information-Completed Food Allergy Plan State’s note: “A child was with an allergy did not have a food allergy plan on file.” |
| July 12, 2022 | Medium High | 746.1316(a) - Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually State’s note: “The director and caregiver do not have transportation training it expired on 5/22/2022.” |
| July 12, 2022 | Medium | 746.5627 - Required Vehicle Documentation - date of lease or purchase for each vehicle State’s note: “The operation did not have documentation on when the vehicles were purchase.” |
| July 12, 2022 | Medium High | 746.3701(1) - Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered State’s note: “A few classrooms in the operation did not have a cover over the plugs. (toddler and preschool classroom.) Corrected: When the caregiver placed a cover over the plug.” |
| July 12, 2022 | High | 745.641 - AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation State’s note: “The operation had two caregivers with pending background checks in the classroom with children..” |
| May 14, 2022 | High | 746.5617(a)(1) - Required Equipment in Vehicles - List of Children State’s note: “Based on the evidence obtained during the DFPS investigation, the driver did not have a list to account for all of the children being transported on the day of the incident.” |
| May 14, 2022 | High | 746.5605(4) - AP Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - No Child Unattended State’s note: “Based on the evidence obtained during the DFPS investigation a caregiver did not complete a thorough check of the operation?s vehicle which resulted in a child being left unattended.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- October 5, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- October 2, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Pending
- June 15, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- June 11, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- June 9, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- February 4, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- January 20, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- January 13, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- January 9, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- January 9, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- October 14, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- October 10, 2025 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- June 5, 2025 Report · deficiency found: No
- February 24, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- June 11, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
How many times has the state inspected Esperanza School?
Texas HHSC's file lists 8 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on October 5, 2026. 3 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Esperanza School have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 27: 6 high-risk, 11 medium-high-risk, 10 medium-risk. Each one is listed below with its date and whether it was corrected.
Is this a rating?
No. This page shows the State of Texas's own public records, summarized. It is not a rating, a review or our opinion. Ask the operation or HHSC about anything here.
About this record. Public record from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation: the operations file, the inspections file and the non-compliance file on data.texas.gov, read daily. We summarize the state’s counts and quote its words; we don’t rate, rank or review anyone. For the official record or a complaint, go to HHSC Child Care Regulation. Is this your operation, and is something wrong? Tell us.
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