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Princeton Academy III

A licensed child care center in Missouri City, Texas 77489

1521 Texas Pkwy, Missouri City, Texas 77489. (281) 261-4975.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 11 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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?

11 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 477 child care providers in Fort Bend County had 4.

10 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 23, 2026: 6 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for, at the inspection on Jul 30, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

11 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.

Jun 23, 2026: inspection6 deficiencies

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “Multiple ceiling tiles were observed damaged and drooping to the point were the ceiling has an exposed gap or hole.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 14, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 1, 2026.

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “Three live ant beds were observed on the playground This was corrected during the inspection when the owner sprayed the ant piles with ant killer”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 23, 2026.

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

    “The surfacing on the playground is not at least six inches deep.”

    Rule 746.4907(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 14, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 1, 2026.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “For the month of April and May of 2026 the fire drill exit time was not within three minutes”

    Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 7, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 2, 2026.

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

    “Four out of ten children did not have an emergency contact other than there parents. One out of ten children did not have a phone number or address of the emergency contact and one out of ten children did not have an emergency contact listed. This was corrected during the inspection when the parents updated there child’s admission information during pick-up”

    Rule 746.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 23, 2026.

  • Required Admission Information - School Information for School-age Child

    “The admission form does not state the name of the school of two school age children.”

    Rule 746.605(13). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 30, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 2, 2026.

Jul 24, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age

    “A twenty-eight month old child was mixed with a six month old infant. This was corrected during the inspection when the director removed the child from the classroom.”

    Rule 746.1605(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 24, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 12, 2025.

Jul 8, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

    “A school-age teacher was present by themselves with twenty-seven children. The youngest child was six and the oldest child was twelve. This was corrected during the inspection when the director moved a child to another classroom.”

    Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 8, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 24, 2025.

Jul 30, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for

    The inspectors’ words, 94 words

    “Two caregivers in charge of 24 children 21mo-5years old was not aware of the number of children in their care. When I asked one caregiver they stated there were 23 children and then the other caregiver corrected her and stated no there’s 25 children. However, I counted 24 children. The caregiver was asked again to verify. The caregiver recounted and stated no there is 25 children. However I recounted again and there were 24 children. The caregiver then recounted again and she counted 24 children and stated one of the kids had went home.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 30, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 7, 2024.

  • Safety - Poisonous Plants Inaccessible to Children

    “There were multiple mushrooms growing out of the ground outside on the playground. This was corrected during the inspection when i observed the career remove the mushrooms.”

    Rule 746.3701(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 30, 2024.

  • Screen Time Activities - Related to Planned Activities

    “School age children were observed playing video games on a computer. The games were not educational or apart of the planned activities.”

    Rule 746.2207(c)(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 30, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 7, 2024.

7 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 7, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Infant Care Area - Space to Walk Between Cribs, Cots or Mats

    “The cribs were all next to each other with no room to walk in between. This was corrected when the director, Rose Gainey, rearrranged the furniture while I was present.”

    Rule 746.2403(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 7, 2023.

Jun 22, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for

    “The caregiver in the toddler class stated she had 24 children in care, but there were 25 children present. This was corrected during the inspection when the caregiver recounted the children.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 22, 2023.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Liability Insurance

    “The operation could not provide documentation of liability insurance coverage for review by licensing. The previous documents stated insurance coverage expired 04/28/2023.”

    Rule 746.801(6). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 29, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 26, 2023.

Jan 23, 2023: report to the state4 deficiencies

  • AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited

    “Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that neglectful supervision occurred at the operation when a child was found by a bystander away from the operation.”

    Rule 746.1201(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 15, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 21, 2023.

  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that supervision was not maintained when a child was left on a vehicle and then wandered away from the operation.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 15, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 21, 2023.

  • Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - Account for All Children

    “Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that a caregiver did not account for all children causing a child to be left on the vehicle.”

    Rule 746.5605(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 15, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 21, 2023.

  • Electronic Child Safety Alarm - Driver or designated employee conduct walk-through and visual check of vehicle

    “Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that the driver of the vehicle did not conduct a walk through or visual check of the inside of the vehicle after dropping the children off at school.”

    Rule 746.5625(d)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 15, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 21, 2023.

All 12 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jun 23, 2026Inspection6 deficiencies cited
Aug 12, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 24, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 8, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Aug 7, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jul 30, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Sep 7, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 22, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Mar 21, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 23, 2023Report to the state4 deficiencies cited
Sep 12, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Aug 22, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 5, 2018.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 141 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.
  • 2 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?

  • Texas Rising Star: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Source:

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

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 477 child care providers in Fort Bend County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 11.
Source:

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

11 of the 477 in Fort Bend County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Shirley Christian Daycare1
Telicia Guyton6
Mrs Tammy’s Learning Center24
A Creative Genius Learning Academy5
Princeton Academy III This child care provider11
Chasity Sweet9
The Cartwright School1
Holliday’s Kiddie Castle3
Wilma Barrera10
Little Blossoms Daycare5
Marian Allen/Peachtree Learning Academy6
Camdyn’s Clay World Learning Center8

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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