Licensed child care center · public record
Sproutstart Academy
Houston, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
3 state inspections, last 2 years
30 deficiencies on the state’s summary
15 high or medium-high risk
September 30, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued May 2, 2019
- Capacity
- 99 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 07:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Accepts child care subsidies
- No
- Conditions on the permit
- No
- Corrective action listed
- No
- Adverse action listed
- No
- Temporarily closed
- No
- State operation number
- 1681558
Where
4926 N Shepherd Dr
Houston, TX 77018
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 30.
| Inspection | Risk | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| July 29, 2026 | High | 745.247 - Franchise Tax Delinquent State’s note: “The franchise tax status of the LLC that owns the operation has been delinquent since 2.27.2026” |
| November 18, 2025 | Medium | 746.3809 - Medication No Longer Used State’s note: “An epi pen expired on 8.26.25.” |
| October 6, 2025 | Medium | 746.3809 - Medication No Longer Used State’s note: “An epi pen expired on 8.26.25 and two inhalers expired on 6.2025 and 7.2025.” |
| October 6, 2025 | Medium | 746.4751(d) - Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Keep Records for 3 Months State’s note: “The operation does not have documentation of the daily building and playground checks.” |
| October 6, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3407(9) - Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean State’s note: “A part of the base of the wall in the infant room had the border removed and showed black spots on the wall.” |
| October 22, 2024 | Medium High | 746.3701 - Safety - Areas Free From Hazards State’s note: “An active ant bed was present on the playground.” |
| October 22, 2024 | Medium | 746.1309(e) - Documented Annual Training- Required Content State’s note: “Five staff members have not completed the administering medication training.” |
| March 5, 2024 | Medium | 746.603(a)(7) - Children's Records - Incident/Illness Form State’s note: “The incident report did not have the required information (missing director information, operation number, child's date of birth, information that child care regulation was notified or what type of first aid was conducted).” |
| March 5, 2024 | Medium High | 746.1315(a) - Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking. State’s note: “The director first aid has expired on 2/5/2024.” |
| November 15, 2023 | Medium High | 746.1601 - Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children State’s note: “In the infant classroom it was 6 children with one caregiver specified age group 12-17 months old, the caregiver was one over ratio. In the second classroom the caregiver had 12 children specified age group 2 years old, it was one over ratio, this was doing morning time of care.” |
| November 1, 2023 | Medium High | 746.1205(a)(3) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children's names and ages State’s note: “Caregiver did not have information of the ages of children that were in care.” |
| November 1, 2023 | Medium High | 746.4203 - Space Requirements - Under 18 Months of Age Separate from Older Children State’s note: “They was a mixed age group of children in the voyagers classroom in the morning, the ages of the children were 12 months to 4 years old.” |
| November 1, 2023 | Medium High | 746.3407 - Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment State’s note: “On the children's playground in the area of the rocker it was missing unitary surfacing materials around the rocker structure.” |
| November 1, 2023 | Medium High | 746.1601 - Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children State’s note: “In the infant classroom it was 8 children with one caregiver SAG 12-17 months old, the caregiver was three over ratio. In the second classroom the caregiver had 14 children SAG 2 years old, it was three over ratio, this was doing morning time of care.” |
| November 1, 2023 | Low | 746.1329(b)(5) - Documentation of Training Requirements - Trainer's Qualifications State’s note: “The three caregivers First Aid and CPR cards did not have the trainers qualifications” |
| November 1, 2023 | High | 745.8411(b)(4) - Responsibilities - Not delay or prevent inspection or investigation State’s note: “The caregiver in charge was unable to give access to the rest of the building to inspected other classroom. Corrected: When the director made it to the operation and the inceptor was able to inspected the other classrooms.” |
| November 1, 2023 | Medium High | 746.3819 - Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional State’s note: “Two children's food allergy plan was not signed by a heath care professional.” |
| November 1, 2023 | Medium | 746.4505 - Storage for Individual Belongings State’s note: “Children did not have an individual hook labeled with their name that would be assisted to them.” |
| November 1, 2023 | Medium | 746.501(a)(18)(A) - Written Operational Policies - Benefits State’s note: “The operation did not have in their operational policies on how they would promotion the indoor and outdoor physical activity.” |
| January 17, 2023 | Medium High | 746.3407 - Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment State’s note: “The outdoor playground had a ants pile and grass area was not maintain.” |
| January 17, 2023 | Medium | 746.4913 - Required Documentation for Unitary Surfacing Materials State’s note: “The operation did not provide documentation for the unitary surfacing on the playground.” |
| November 1, 2022 | Medium | 746.901(2) - Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements State’s note: “Two caregivers are missing information on how they meet education qualifications.” |
| November 1, 2022 | Medium High | 746.1315(b) - Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR State’s note: “One caregivers did not have CPR training.” |
| November 1, 2022 | Medium | 746.1309(a) - Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required State’s note: “A caregiver is missing 7 hours of annual training for training year 4-12-2021 to 4-12-2022.” |
| November 1, 2022 | Medium High | 746.5103 - Documentation of Fire Inspection State’s note: “The operation did not have documentation of the last fire inspection.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- September 30, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- July 29, 2026 Assessment · deficiency found: Yes
- November 18, 2025 Assessment · deficiency found: Yes
- October 17, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- October 6, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- October 22, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- March 5, 2024 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- February 29, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 11, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- November 15, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- November 1, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- May 19, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- May 16, 2023 Report · deficiency found: No
- January 17, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- November 1, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
How many times has the state inspected Sproutstart Academy?
Texas HHSC's file lists 3 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on September 30, 2026. 3 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Sproutstart Academy have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 30: 2 high-risk, 13 medium-high-risk, 12 medium-risk, 2 medium-low-risk, 1 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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