Smile & Learn Klubhouse LLC
A licensed child care center in Galveston, Texas 77551
6012 Avenue R, Galveston, Texas 77551. (409) 740-3939.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 9 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Galveston County: 5
- 1 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 9 inspections on record
- 2-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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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?
9 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 127 child care providers in Galveston County had 5.
9 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 5, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Jul 30, 2026
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
9 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 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.
Jul 30, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“During the walk through of the operation the Annual Fire inspection appeared to be expired.”
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric CPR
“During the record keeping check the director appeared to no have an updated CPR/Fiirst aid card.”
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Measurement of Use Zone for Slides - Six Feet High or Less
“During the walkthrough of the outside area the use zone for the slide is less than 6 feet.”
Jan 17, 2025: assessment1 deficiency
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Report Number of Employees
“A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 Survey data from January 17, 2025, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.”
Aug 7, 2024: inspection5 deficiencies
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Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually
“The director does not have current transportation training.”
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Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
“The ceiling tile above the sink in the pre-k room is missing. Paint is also peeling off of the wall. School age room has paint peeling.”
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“A fire drill has not been conducted since May of 2024.”
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Director Certificate Not Renewed
“The director’s credential expired on 7/26/2024.”
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Minimum Qualifications Child Care Center Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit
“The affidavit in one file has not been notarized.”
10 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 8, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
“One caregiver was caring for 7 toddlers, 1 infant, and 4 three year, 1 four year old and 1 five year old, for a total of 13 children. The oldest child was more than 18 months older than the youngest infant.”
Sep 19, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“Follow Up: In the indoor play area also had chipping paint along the wall.”
Sep 9, 2022: inspection8 deficiencies
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Smoke Detectors Testing
“There is no documentation that the monthly check were done for the months. A photo was taken of the form.”
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Transportation Training
“The director and caregivers did not have the annual transportation training. The transportation training was last completed on 02/22/2021.”
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“The ceiling tiles were missing or stain in the following classroom indoor play, schoolers boy’s restroom, infants and the kitchen. In the indoor play area also had chipping paint along the wall.”
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Pest Extermination
“In the kitchen I observed several rat traps on the floor. A photo was taken. The traps were removed from kitchen as the problem no longer.”
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Inspect Fire Extinguishers Monthly
“There is no documentation that the monthly check were done for the months. A photo was taken of the form.”
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Electronic or Battery-Operated Carbon Monoxide Detector-Check All Detectors Monthly
“There is no documentation that the monthly check were done for the months. A photo was taken of the form.”
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Documentation of Drills
“None of the drills were properly documented on the Emergency Practice form. A photo was taken.”
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Required Personnel Records-signed dated statement that employee received child care center’s operational policies
“I reviewed three out of three files were reviewed did not have center policies available.”
All 12 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 22, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 31, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 17, 2025 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 7, 2024 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 27, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 8, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 11, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 29, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 19, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 9, 2022 | Inspection | 8 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Sep 19, 2017.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 53 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.
- 2 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: 2-Star (the first of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 127 child care providers in Galveston County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 9.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| New Life Fellowship of Galveston Day School | 1 |
| Kids Palace Learning Center | 11 |
| Kribs 2 Krayons Academy | 9 |
| Smile & Learn Klubhouse LLC This child care provider | 9 |
| Rebekah Ann Martinez | 1 |
| Island Explorers Childcare | 1 |
| Childrens Coalition | 10 |
| Shining Stars | 34 |
| Moody Methodist Day School | 3 |
| For Children Only Day School | 4 |
| Laura Mallios | 2 |
| Trinity Episcopal School | 2 |
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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