Licensed child care center · public record
Kipling Street Academy
Houston, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
6 state inspections, last 2 years
6 deficiencies on the state’s summary
5 high or medium-high risk
October 5, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued March 28, 2008
- Capacity
- 162 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 07:00 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
- 881049
Where
1425 Kipling St
Houston, TX 77006
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.
| Inspection | Risk | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| November 24, 2024 | High | 746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk State’s note: “Based on the information obtained through the DFPS investigation, the facility failed to report an incident that placed a child at risk.” |
| November 24, 2024 | High | 746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control State’s note: “Based on the information obtained through the DFPS investigation, sufficient evidence was available to support a caregiver failed to demonstrate good judgment and self-control by inappropriately placing a child on the floor and to the table.” |
| August 9, 2023 | Medium High | 746.3419 - Handwashing Procedures State’s note: “A caregiver failed to wash their hands and the hands of a child after diapering. Note: The director was informed of the deficiency during the inspection and stated she will be meeting with each caregiver individually and have them to review the handwashing policy as defined in the minimum standards.” |
| October 20, 2022 | High | 746.1205(a)(4) - Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity State’s note: “A four-year-old child was not properly supervised by the director when the child left the classroom and walked out of the building.” |
| October 14, 2022 | High | 745.641 - AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation State’s note: “It was observed a caregiver in the infant classroom with children and had a pending background. Corrected: This was corrected when the caregiver left for the day.” |
| October 11, 2022 | Medium | 746.603(a)(7) - Children's Records - Incident/Illness Form State’s note: “The incident report did not have the required information (operation name and number, name of the director, child's date of birth, time of incident, if parents and child care regulation was notified and parents signature). Corrected: When the director added the information on to the operation's incident form.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- October 5, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 18, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 16, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- April 27, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 27, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 13, 2025 Report · deficiency found: No
- April 28, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- January 10, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- November 24, 2024 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- April 29, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 9, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- January 4, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- October 20, 2022 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- October 14, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- October 11, 2022 Report · deficiency found: Yes
How many times has the state inspected Kipling Street Academy?
Texas HHSC's file lists 6 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on October 5, 2026. 1 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Kipling Street Academy have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 6: 4 high-risk, 1 medium-high-risk, 1 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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