Licensed child care center · public record
The Crayon Academy
Missouri City, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
2 state inspections, last 2 years
16 deficiencies on the state’s summary
14 high or medium-high risk
May 14, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued May 7, 2002
- Capacity
- 156 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
- 815391
Where
2861 Dulles Ave
Missouri City, TX 77459
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 |
|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2025 | Medium High | 746.5603(c) - Types of Vehicles Used to Transport Children - Be Maintained Safely State’s note: “Seat belt buckle was observed to be broken.” |
| May 28, 2025 | Medium High | 746.5607(b) - Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Not expired or damaged in accident State’s note: “1 car seats used for transporting children were expired.” |
| May 28, 2025 | Medium High | 746.605(6) - Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact State’s note: “Two children records evaluated did not an address for the emergency contact. Corrected at Inspection: the operation was able to call the parents for the emergency address for the emergency contact.” |
| May 28, 2025 | Medium High | 746.5207(a) - Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram State’s note: “Evacuation and Relocation diagram was observed to not be posted in two classrooms. Corrected at Inspection: Evacuation and relocations diagrams were observed to be posted in both classrooms.” |
| October 3, 2024 | Medium High | 746.5607(b) - Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Not expired or damaged in accident State’s note: “2 booster seats used for transporting children were expired.” |
| October 3, 2024 | Medium High | 746.1315(b)(1) - CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based State’s note: “4 out of 5 caregiver files reviewed had online CPR that did not meet minimum standards and include a hands-on portion with the mannequin.” |
| October 3, 2024 | Medium High | 746.2407 - Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps State’s note: “2 infants weren't buckled into high chairs and one was not buckled into a bouncer.” |
| October 3, 2024 | Medium | 746.603(a)(4) - Children's Records - Immunizations State’s note: “1 child did not have an immunization record on file at the operation.” |
| October 3, 2024 | Medium Low | 746.901(5) - Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912) State’s note: “5 out of 5 caregiver's files checked did not have the required pre-employment affidavit.” |
| October 3, 2024 | Medium High | 746.605(15) - Required Admission Information-Child's allergies and Completed Food Allergy Plan State’s note: “One child with a diagnosed food allergy did not have a food allergy emergency plan on file at the operation.” |
| October 3, 2024 | High | 746.5625(a) - Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle State’s note: “2 out of 3 vehicles used for transporting children did not have an electronic child safety alarm installed.” |
| July 5, 2024 | High | 745.641 - AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation State’s note: “During the inspection I observed, two caregivers alone in direct care of a children without an active background check on file.” |
| July 5, 2024 | 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: “During the walkthrough I observed 10 children in care unsupervised. The caregiver was in the front office when I arrived. The second caregiver was in the kitchen.” |
| July 3, 2024 | High | 746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control State’s note: “A caregiver did not exhibit good judgment when separating two children who were fighting over toys and putting one of them into a dark closet to speak to them and calm them down. The caregiver also did not exhibit good judgment when sitting the toddler aged child on a stack of cots in the closet as the child could have gotten injured by falling off or trying…” |
| July 3, 2024 | High | 746.2805(7) - Prohibited Punishments - Placing Child in Locked or Dark Room State’s note: “Information gathered in the investigation substantiated that a child was placed in a dark closet by a caregiver after separating the child from another child to speak to them and calm them down.” |
| November 2, 2023 | Medium High | 746.2911 - Adequate Lighting During Naptime State’s note: “The Toddler room was too dark to count the children during naptime. NOTE: The deficiency was corrected with additional lighting turned on from a closet space.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- May 14, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- May 28, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- October 8, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- October 3, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- August 5, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- July 17, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- July 5, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- July 3, 2024 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- November 2, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- February 2, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- January 30, 2023 Report · deficiency found: No
- December 15, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 13, 2022 Report · deficiency found: No
- December 5, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 6, 2021 Inspection · deficiency found: No
How many times has the state inspected The Crayon Academy?
Texas HHSC's file lists 2 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on May 14, 2026. 1 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does The Crayon Academy have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 16: 5 high-risk, 9 medium-high-risk, 1 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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