Zion Lutheran Early Childhood Center

A licensed child care center in Pasadena, Texas 77505

5050 E Sam Houston Pkwy S, Pasadena, Texas 77505. (281) 991-8600.

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The short answer

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

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
7 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 4 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2025. 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?

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

7 inspections on record. The latest, on Nov 12, 2025: 2 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Child-Care Center Must be Equipped with a Working Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection System, at the inspection on Nov 12, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Dec 13, 2023

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

When those deficiencies happened

4 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

4 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.

Nov 12, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

Child-Care Center Must be Equipped with a Working Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection System

“I did not observe carbon monoxide detector in the daycare building.”

Rule 746.5531. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 26, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 14, 2025.
Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights

“The operational policies is missing complete list of the parent rights documentation.”

Rule 746.501(a)(20). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 26, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 14, 2025.

Jan 17, 2025: assessment1 deficiency

Report Number of Employees

“It was found that the number of employees who ceased working at the operation in 2024 was not reported through the provider portal by 1/15/25.”

Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 24, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 21, 2025.

Dec 13, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

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

“Fire inspection dated for 11/29/2022 was observed during inspection.”

Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 13, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 27, 2023.

1 deficiency older than three years

Jan 6, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required

“One caregiver was lacking current training for children under 24 months. The caregiver was caring for children under 24 months.”

Rule 746.1309(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 11, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 10, 2022.

All 9 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Nov 12, 2025	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Jan 17, 2025	Assessment	1 deficiency cited
Nov 21, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Apr 3, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Dec 13, 2023	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Jan 5, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 27, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 14, 2022	Report to the state	No violation found
Jan 6, 2022	Inspection	1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 26, 2018.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 107 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.
1 report 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 4.

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
Maria Celado	Not given
Zion Lutheran Early Childhood Center This child care provider	4
Star Montessori	5
Steadfast Academy	6
Memorial Kids Academy	0
First Presbyterian Preschool	2
Bushi Ban International	19
Asbury Methodist Day School	5
The Learning Center	0
Norma Leon	4
Yorkshire Academy	4
Immanuel Lutheran Church and School	12

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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