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La Petite Academy

A licensed child care center in Cypress, Texas 77433

15255 Mason Rd, Cypress, Texas 77433. (281) 373-3904.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 17 deficiencies in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: 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?

17 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

10 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 8, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance, at the assessment on Mar 27, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the assessment on Mar 27, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance, at the assessment on Mar 2, 2026

3 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

17 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.

Jul 20, 2026: assessment1 deficiency

  • Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Hazards Removed or Repaired

    “As of today, the operation has not submitted documentation showing that the following hazards on the playground have been removed. - A white pipe was protruding from the ground. - The grass has not been maintained.”

    Rule 746.4751(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 3, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 23, 2026.

Jun 18, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Hazards Removed or Repaired

    “During the inspection several pedals were missing from the tricycles. Branches had fallen from the trees. There were exposed wires that were not covered. A white pipe was protruding from the ground. The grass has not been maintained.”

    Rule 746.4751(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 29, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 20, 2026.

Mar 27, 2026: assessment2 deficiencies

  • Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance

    “The director has not ensured that the daycare is operating in compliance with minimum standards.”

    Rule 746.1003(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 6, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 7, 2026.

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

    “As of today, the annual fire inspection still has not been conducted since December 4th, 2024.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 6, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 7, 2026.

Mar 2, 2026: assessment2 deficiencies

  • Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance

    “The director has not ensured that the daycare is operating in compliance with minimum standards.”

    Rule 746.1003(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 16, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 27, 2026.

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

    “As of today, the annual fire inspection has not been conducted since December 4th, 2024.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 16, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 27, 2026.

Jan 28, 2026: assessment1 deficiency

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

    “As of today, the annual fire inspection has not been conducted since December 4th, 2024.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 26, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 2, 2026.

Dec 17, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

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

    “The annual fire inspection has not been conducted since December 4th, 2024.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 14, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 28, 2026.

  • Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner

    “Observed dead ants in the two’s classroom that have not been disposed of.”

    Rule 746.3407(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 22, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 27, 2026.

  • First Aid Kit Incomplete Kit - Adhesive Tape

    “Adhesive tape was missing from the first aid kit.”

    Rule 746.4003(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 22, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 27, 2026.

Feb 14, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.

    “During the investigation it was determined that the director did not have current training in first aid and CPR”

    Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 4, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2025.

Jan 24, 2025: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “The operation failed to report the number of employees who have left the operation for 2024.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 24, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 27, 2025.

Jan 11, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Diaper Changing Steps- Prompt

    “Based on the information obtained during the investigation, the operation failed to change a child`s diaper in care for an extended timeframe.”

    Rule 746.3501(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 23, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 1, 2024.

Jan 9, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Basic Requirements for Infants - Holding and Comforting

    “During the inspection an infant was heard and later observed face down and crying for an extended time frame. The infant was only consoled after attention was brought by the licensing rep. Note: This was corrected at the inspection.”

    Rule 746.2401(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2024.

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “During the inspection, I observed adult scissors accessible to children in care in the preschool classroom. Note: This was corrected at the inspection.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2024.

  • Screen Time Activities - Related to Planned Activities

    “During the inspection three children were using personal devices, playing games not related to education or any planned activity. Note: This was corrected at the inspecction.”

    Rule 746.2207(c)(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2024.

  • Screen Time Activities - Does not include Advertising or Violence

    “During the inspection, I observed three children on personal devices using games that involved advertising and violence. Note: This was corrected at the inspection.”

    Rule 746.2207(c)(5). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2024.

2 deficiencies older than three years
Jan 10, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Documentation of Gas Leak Inspection

    “The operation did not have written gas report during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.5405. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 24, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 25, 2023.

Mar 15, 2022: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2021 data from February 23, 2022, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2021 by February 22, as required”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 15, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 25, 2022.

All 21 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 8, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Oct 5, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 20, 2026Assessment1 deficiency cited
Jun 22, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 18, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Mar 27, 2026Assessment2 deficiencies cited
Mar 2, 2026Assessment2 deficiencies cited
Jan 28, 2026Assessment1 deficiency cited
Dec 17, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Feb 14, 2025Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jan 24, 2025Assessment1 deficiency cited
Jan 8, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Aug 9, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Aug 8, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Jan 17, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jan 11, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jan 9, 2024Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Jan 10, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 15, 2022Assessment1 deficiency cited
Jan 20, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Nov 24, 2021InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 4, 1993.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 153 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.
  • 5 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 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 17.
Source:

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
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Zainab Boyer6
The Goddard School6
Childrens Lighthouse Learning Center23
Foundry Preschool II3
Ivy Kids Early Learning Center15
Kids R Kids #266
The Learning Experience13
Ngoc Bich Vu1
Tuyet Tran1
The Seedlings Montessori School18
La Petite Academy This child care provider17
Lycee Montessori School Inc.23

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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