Goddard School of Lake Houston
A licensed child care center in Atascocita, Texas 77346
17823 W Lake Houston Pkwy, Atascocita, Texas 77346. (832) 995-2200.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 6 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 17 inspections on record
- 3-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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?
6 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
17 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 6, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on Jun 12, 2026
Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the inspection on May 6, 2026
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
6 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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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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.
Jun 12, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“A child in care was pulled by their forearm by a caregiver to get the child to comply.”
May 6, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“One employee was observed working with children in care and did not have an active background check with the operation. The employee was removed from caring for children and a background check was submitted to be completed.”
May 15, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
“During the inspection it was found that one of the caregivers, whose file was reviewed, only had 19 of their required 24 annual training hours.”
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 30 Annual Training
“During the inspection it was found that the director, whose file was reviewed, only had 24 of their required 30 annual training hours.”
Oct 7, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Infant Daily Report - Share with Parent
“Based on the information obtained, infant daily reports are not being fully completed and provided to the parent.”
Jun 17, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Children’s Records Maintained
“During the inspection, 10 childrens records were evaluated and the following was observed: One child did not havee healthcare information or an emergency care authorization. One child did not have an address for their emergency contact. One child did not have a parent phone number or address for their emergency contact. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection when the operation called parents to gain information as well as during pick up.”
6 deficiencies older than three years
Jun 22, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
“One caregiver was missing nine hours of annual training for 2022-2023.”
Jun 6, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
“There is evidence to suggest that the standard is deficient.”
Aug 19, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Discipline - Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance
“It was found that caregivers are not using positive methods of discipline and guidance.”
Jun 28, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based
“Eight out of ten caregiver files reiveiwed completed CPR Training online.”
Jun 8, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children
“It was found that a school age child walked into the classroom and was left unattended.”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“It was found that the acting director at the time of the incident failed to notify the owner and main director about the incident which resulted in not notifying CCR.”
All 27 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 21, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 27, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 6, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 15, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 9, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 7, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 17, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 12, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 13, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 15, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 6, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 25, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 22, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 22, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 6, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 12, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 22, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 19, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 19, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 5, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 28, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 5, 2017.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 216 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.
- 10 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
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?
- Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
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 6.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Life Time Fitness Camps | 6 |
| Kingdom Kidz Childcare Development Center | 39 |
| Primrose School of Atascocita | 0 |
| Lil Mindbuilders Learning Center | 6 |
| Goddard School of Lake Houston This child care provider | 6 |
| Dreamer Lajoy Edwards | Not given |
| Atascocita Methodist Church | 2 |
| Groves Elementary YMCA | 4 |
| YMCA at the Oaks Elementary | 0 |
| YMCA at Timbers Elementary | 2 |
| YMCA at Whispering Pines Elementary | 1 |
| Ivan De Mesa | 1 |
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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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).
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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).
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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).
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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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