Licensed child care center · public record
Mrs. Nikkis Childcare & Academic Center
Houston, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
5 state inspections, last 2 years
15 deficiencies on the state’s summary
12 high or medium-high risk
October 14, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued August 28, 2015
- Capacity
- 39 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:00 AM-06:00 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
- 1561481
Where
11131 Homestead Rd
Houston, TX 77016
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 |
|---|---|---|
| October 14, 2026 | Medium High | 746.3819 - Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional State’s note: “1 child with a food allergy emergency plan with a known food allergy that has been diagnosed by a health-care professional had a plan that expired on 9/24/26.” |
| November 4, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3819 - Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional State’s note: “One child with a diagnosed food allergy did not have a complete food allergy emergency plan; missing the parent signature for the FARE form and missing both prescribed medications, epi-pen and cetrizine.” |
| November 4, 2025 | High | 746.5607(e)(4)(A) - Child Passenger Safety Seat System - 4 through 7 years of age, outgrown weight or height limit of seat and less than 4 feet, 9 inches in height State’s note: “11 children under 4'9" were not placed in booster seats to transport, they used seat belts only.” |
| November 4, 2025 | Medium High | 746.1316(a) - Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually State’s note: “The director is missing 2-hours annual training requirements in Transportation.” |
| November 19, 2024 | High | 746.5617(a)(2) - Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Medical Information State’s note: “The transportation binder is missing Emergency medical transport and treatment authorization forms for 1 child that is transported to/from school. Note: the driver had printed off the child's admission form and placed in the binder.” |
| November 19, 2024 | Medium High | 746.3427 - Pest Extermination State’s note: “3 active ant beds were present on the playground. Note: this was corrected when the director had called in an exterminator to treat for ants.” |
| November 19, 2024 | Medium High | 746.5207(b) - Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram - Posted in Each Room State’s note: “The infant room did not have an emergency evacuation and relocation diagram. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the director posted one by the door.” |
| November 19, 2024 | Medium | 746.4503(b) - Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child's Name State’s note: “The preK room children use labeled cot/mats with a number and missing a number/child assignment map. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the caregiver wrote out a number/ child assignment map and posted in the room.” |
| November 19, 2024 | Medium | 746.2431(5) - Infant Daily Report - Summary of Activities State’s note: “2 out of 2 infants did not have a daily report for the last 2 weeks.” |
| November 19, 2024 | Medium High | 746.3819 - Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional State’s note: “1 child with a diagnosed food allergy emergency plan had an expired epi-pen stored at the operation.” |
| November 19, 2024 | Medium High | 746.3701(5) - Safety - Play Materials and Equipment Safe State’s note: “A large piece of equipment made of plastic materials has deteriorated to the point of breaking and having sharp edges on the play surface. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the director had the equipment removed.” |
| January 23, 2024 | Medium Low | 746.303(b) - Report Number of Employees State’s note: “A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2023 data from January 17, 2024, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2023 by January 15, 2024, as required” |
| December 8, 2023 | Medium High | 746.5205(1) - Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes State’s note: “During review of fire safety the operation was found to have not conducted fire drills for the months of October and November.” |
| January 5, 2023 | Medium High | 746.1316(a) - Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually State’s note: “The Director was lacking current transportation safety training.” |
| January 5, 2023 | Medium High | 746.1311(d) - Director Annual Training - Caring for children under 24 months State’s note: “The Director was lacking current training for children under 24 months of age. The operation cares for infants.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- October 14, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- November 12, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- November 4, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- December 17, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- November 19, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- January 23, 2024 Assessment · deficiency found: Yes
- December 8, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- January 5, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- January 21, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: No
How many times has the state inspected Mrs. Nikkis Childcare & Academic Center?
Texas HHSC's file lists 5 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on October 14, 2026. 3 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Mrs. Nikkis Childcare & Academic Center have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 15: 2 high-risk, 10 medium-high-risk, 2 medium-risk, 1 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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