Licensed child care center · public record
La Petite
Kingwood, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
4 state inspections, last 2 years
18 deficiencies on the state’s summary
12 high or medium-high risk
April 21, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued August 12, 1994
- Capacity
- 153 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:00 AM-06:30 PM
- Accepts child care subsidies
- Yes
- Conditions on the permit
- No
- Corrective action listed
- No
- Adverse action listed
- No
- Temporarily closed
- No
- State operation number
- 502905- 684
Where
2025 Northpark Dr
Kingwood, TX 77339
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 |
|---|---|---|
| June 17, 2025 | Medium High | 746.5401 - Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection State’s note: “The gas inspection available for review was last conducted on 05/15/2023.” |
| February 2, 2025 | High | 746.5101(a) - Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months State’s note: “Based on information obtained on 01/24/2025, a fire inspection conducted by the Fire Marshall had not been conducted after 06/07/2024. A fire inspection is scheduled for 02/10/2025.” |
| December 19, 2024 | Medium Low | 746.901(5) - Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912) State’s note: “Out of the four records for staff evaluated during the inspection, all hired after 09/01/2023, did not have a pre-employment affidavit on file available for review.” |
| December 19, 2024 | Medium High | 746.1301(a)(5)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training State’s note: “Documentation was not available for review during the inspection to validate one caregiver hired 10/02/2023 completed the required 24-clock hours of annual training on/before their anniversary date of 10/02/2023. Note: One caregiver hired on 12/20/2023, must complete 24 clock hours of annual training by 12/19/2024. All deficient training must be made up a…” |
| December 19, 2024 | Medium High | 746.1301(a)(2)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training State’s note: “Three staff files evaluated during the inspection, did not have documentation was not available for review to support pre-service training was completed within 90-days of employment. Hire dates: 12/20/2023 and two were hired on 06/24/2023.” |
| December 19, 2024 | Medium Low | 746.901(4) - Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985) State’s note: “Two staff files evaluated during the inspection did not have a notarized affidavit available for review.” |
| December 19, 2024 | Medium | 746.801(12) - Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Sanitation Inspection Report State’s note: “The current sanitation inspection report available for review was conducted on 03/27/2023.” |
| December 19, 2024 | Medium High | 746.5103 - Documentation of Fire Inspection State’s note: “Documentation was not available for review during the inspection to support a fire inspection was conducted by the Fire Marshal after 06/07/2023.” |
| December 19, 2024 | Medium High | 746.1301(a)(7)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Transportation training State’s note: “Documentation was not available to support the director and caregivers who provide transportation, completed the required transportation training.” |
| August 12, 2024 | Medium | 746.613(c)(2) - Immunization Exception for Children Who are Homeless or in Foster Care State’s note: “Based on the information obtained through the DFPS investigation, a child in foster care enrolled in the facility on 06/10/2024. Within 30 days of the child being admitted to the facility, evidence was not available to support the facility obtained a copy the child's immunization records or documentation to support the child was referred to a health provide…” |
| August 4, 2023 | Medium | 746.801(1) - Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Children's Records State’s note: “Based upon the information obtained during the investigation, sufficient evidence was available to support children were allowed to attend the facility without first obtaining admission information.” |
| August 4, 2023 | Medium High | 746.1601 - Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children State’s note: “Based upon the information obtained during the investigation, sufficient evidence was available to support both the Infant I and Infant II classrooms exceeded the child/caregiver ratio for one caregiver. The face-to-name transition sheets obtained during the inspection for August 1st-16th, validated the ratio violations. Infant I, specified age group (SAG)…” |
| May 25, 2023 | High | 746.5101(a) - Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months State’s note: “The current fire inspection available for review was last conducted on 05/02/2022.” |
| April 14, 2023 | Medium High | 746.5401 - Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection State’s note: “The gas inspection available for review during the inspection was conducted on 06/25/2020.” |
| October 19, 2022 | Medium High | 746.1601 - Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children State’s note: “Based upon the information gathered during the investigation, sufficient evidence was available to support the allegation the child/caregiver ratio had been out of compliance. NOTE: During the investigation inspection, all classrooms were in compliance. The director stated a classroom had been closed down due to a shortage of staff/children, the classroom w…” |
| August 4, 2022 | High | 746.1203(2) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know Group Responsible For State’s note: “Based upon the information obtained during the investigation, the alarm system went off as a result of maintenance that was being done in the building. All of the classes evacuated, however, when a staff member went back into the building, they discovered a child had been left in their classroom unattended.” |
| April 20, 2022 | High | 746.5101(a) - Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months State’s note: “The fire inspection available for review was conducted on 10/26/2021” |
| March 2, 2022 | Medium Low | 746.303(b) - Report Number of Employees State’s note: “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. NOTE: The operation reported the number of employees who left in 2021 on 02/23/2022 after the deadline.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- April 21, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 30, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 18, 2025 Report · deficiency found: No
- June 17, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- February 7, 2025 Report · deficiency found: No
- February 2, 2025 Assessment · deficiency found: Yes
- December 19, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- August 12, 2024 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- May 9, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- May 9, 2024 Report · deficiency found: No
- May 1, 2024 Report · deficiency found: No
- March 22, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- March 20, 2024 Report · deficiency found: No
- January 5, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 28, 2023 Report · deficiency found: No
How many times has the state inspected La Petite?
Texas HHSC's file lists 4 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on April 21, 2026. 3 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does La Petite have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 18: 4 high-risk, 8 medium-high-risk, 3 medium-risk, 3 medium-low-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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