Hearth Record

A Better Class Learning Academy

A licensed child care center in West Columbia, Texas 77486

501 Kirby Dr, West Columbia, Texas 77486. (979) 299-2007.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 6 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Most serious: Medium. 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?

12 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 206 child care providers in Brazoria County had 4.

5 inspections on record. The latest, on Jan 22, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Nov 28, 2023

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

6 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Most serious: Medium. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

6 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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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
Source:

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.

Source:

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

Jan 22, 2026: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2025 Survey data from January 17, 2026, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2025 by January 15, 2026 as required.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 26, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 22, 2026.

Nov 20, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

    “The caregiver only has 20 out of the 24 hours of annual training for the previous training year.”

    Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 6, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 5, 2024.

  • Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required

    “The director has 20 hours out of the 30 required hours of training for the previous training year.”

    Rule 746.1311(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 6, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 5, 2024.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “One child’s file out of four reviewed does not have an immunizations record in their file.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 29, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 2, 2024.

  • Required Personnel Records

    “Personnel records were not complete for the director and the caregiver. The personal history statement, affidavit, proof of pre-service, proof of orientation, and copies of ID were missing from the files. Note: The documents were observed at the last inspection for record keeping but have been misplaced.”

    Rule 746.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 29, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 6, 2024.

Jan 19, 2024: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “The operation has not reported the number of employees who left employment as required by January 15, 2024.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 22, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 23, 2024.

Nov 28, 2023: inspection6 deficiencies

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The last documented fire inspection was completed in 2021.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 15, 2023. Correction verified: Dec 7, 2023.

  • Measurement of Use Zone for Slides - in Front of Access and on Sides

    “The three slides on the playground do not have the required 6 feet of use zone.”

    Rule 746.4805(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 8, 2023. Correction verified: Dec 6, 2023.

  • Measurement of Use Zone for Slides - No Overlap

    “The use zone at the exit of two of the slides is over lapping with the slide next to it.”

    Rule 746.4805(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 8, 2023. Correction verified: Dec 6, 2023.

  • Director Annual Training - Additional required topics

    “The director has not completed the training in this section.”

    Rule 746.1311(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 8, 2023. Correction verified: Dec 6, 2023.

  • Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Monthly Maintenance Checklist

    “Monthly check lists have not been completed.”

    Rule 746.4751(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 8, 2023. Correction verified: Dec 8, 2023.

  • Documentation of Drills

    “Documentation of drills must include time started, time exited the building, date, and initials of person conducting the drill.”

    Rule 746.5205(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 8, 2023. Correction verified: Dec 8, 2023.

4 deficiencies older than three years
Dec 8, 2021: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children

    “Cleaning supplies were observed accessible to children in the restroom. Note: The director removed the cleaning supplies from the restrooom and out of reach of children.”

    Rule 746.3407(12). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 8, 2021.

  • Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner

    “There is a large active ant pile on the playground. Note: A picture was taken for the file.”

    Rule 746.3407(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 17, 2021. Correction verified: Jan 5, 2022.

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “There is no documentation of the trainings completed under this topic.”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 10, 2021. Correction verified: Jan 14, 2022.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “One child’s file out of four reviewed does not have an immunization record. Note: The immunization record was obtained during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 8, 2021.

All 7 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jan 22, 2026Assessment1 deficiency cited
Dec 19, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Nov 20, 2024Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Jan 19, 2024Assessment1 deficiency cited
Nov 28, 2023Inspection6 deficiencies cited
Dec 6, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Dec 8, 2021Inspection4 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 11, 2016.
  • Its permit has conditions.
  • Licensed for ages: Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 27 children.
Source:

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 .
Source:

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.
Source:

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

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 206 child care providers in Brazoria County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 12.
Source:

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

11 of the 206 in Brazoria County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Discovery Days Learning Center0
A Better Class Learning Academy This child care provider12
Kids Academy Learning Center24
Klassy Kids Lighthouse Child Development Academy5
Kingdom Class Academy7
Chapelwood Weekday Ministries6
Happy Faces Early Learning Center - Garland Dr4
Sharon Lee Gray0
Phuong Nguyen3
Kids Campus Child Care3
Children’s Choice Learning Center10
Lifeguard Christian Home Childcare2

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

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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