Avalon Academy

A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77006

1616 Indiana St, Houston, Texas 77006. (713) 524-1174.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.

8 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
5 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 8 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: Medium High. Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean5

Inspection (survey): A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation: What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Texas’s risk levels: Texas gives each child care deficiency a risk level, by how likely it is to harm a child: Low, Medium Low, Medium, Medium High or High. High is its most serious. Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation.
Licence status: Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
Capacity: The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

8 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.

5 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 21, 2026: 7 deficiencies cited.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

8 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

8 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023												Dec
2024	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2025	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2026	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each deficiency, in Texas’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Jul 21, 2026: inspection7 deficiencies

Annual Sanitation Inspection- Inspection unavailable must maintain documentation at operation and make available to us

“The operation failed to maintain formal, written documentation proving that a standard health and sanitation inspection is not required the operation.”

Rule 746.3401(c)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 11, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 2, 2026.
Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

“The operation failed to maintain the cleanliness of its rugs, floors, and walls.”

Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 4, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 29, 2026.
Safety - Air Conditioners, Fans, Heaters Safeguarded

“The operation failed to securely mount the electric fan to the wall, creating an immediate physical hazard within the infant care area”

Rule 746.3701(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 24, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 28, 2026.
Measurement of Use Zone for Swings - No Overlap

“The swing sets feature an improper layout where their operational use zones overlap directly with the use zones of the slide structures.”

Rule 746.4807(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 24, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 28, 2026.
Written Activity Plan - Outdoor Play Opportunities

“The operation failed to provide a designated group of children with their required two daily opportunities for outdoor play”

Rule 746.2206(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 24, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 28, 2026.
Measurement of Use Zone for Stationary Equipment

“The outdoor playground area contains several pieces of stationary equipment that lack the mandatory six-foot use zone around their perimeters.”

Rule 746.4803. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 28, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 28, 2026.
Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

“The operation failed to include all required information within its operational policy regarding the promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity.”

Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 4, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 21, 2026.

Sep 9, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

Administering Medication - Not After Expiration date

“During the inspection medication for one child in care was found to be expired. The injection has been expired since Janurary 18, 2025.”

Rule 746.3805(b)(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 16, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 16, 2025.

All 5 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Jul 21, 2026	Inspection	7 deficiencies cited
Sep 9, 2025	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Sep 10, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Sep 15, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Sep 16, 2022	Inspection	No violation found

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Dec 12, 1990.
Its permit has conditions.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 147 children.

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
0 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.

Who owns it?

Texas’s open data doesn’t list owners.

How is it rated?

Not rated in Texas Rising Star.

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

Among 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 8.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 2,139 in Harris County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Avalon Academy This child care provider	8
After 3 After School Program @ Aims	4
Kidventure After School at Baker Montessori School	0
Kipling Street Academy	2
Yorkshire Academy	4
Immanuel Lutheran Church and School	12
Brooke’s Learning Corner	4
School in the Pines	2
Gloria Dei Early Childhood Program	7
Childrens Cottage Infant Center	11
Resurrection Lutheran Early Learning Center	5
Channelview I S D Children’s Center	4

What the record doesn’t say

Texas doesn’t publish whether a complaint was substantiated.
Texas rates some paperwork slips as High risk, so read what was actually cited.
Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.

Sources

Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.

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