Ivy Kids at Cypress Creek Lakes
A licensed child care center in Cypress, Texas 77433
20627 Cypress Plaza Pkwy, Cypress, Texas 77433. (832) 732-1156.
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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)
- 19 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.
19 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 15, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for, at the inspection on Aug 6, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device, at the inspection on Aug 6, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
6 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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.
Aug 6, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
“A caregiver did not know the correct number of children they were responsible for during the inspection.”
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Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device
“Observed an infant sleeping in a baby bouncer during the inspection. Note - The caregiver removed the infant during the inspection.”
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Prohibited Equipment for Infants - Baby Walkers
“Observed a baby walker in the infant classroom during the inspection. Note: The baby walker was removed from the classroom during the inspection.”
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Required Admission Information - Physician Information
“2 childrens files evaluated were missing the name, address and phone # for the emergency medical facility or physician.”
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Required Personnel Records
“The personnel files evaluated were missing the following information: - Pre-Employment Affidavit Form 2912 - Documentation of a High School Diploma/Equivalent”
Feb 26, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Redirecting Behavior
“Based on the information gathered during the investigation, the operation will be cited due to a caregiver not using positive methods of discipline and guidance towards a child in care.”
8 deficiencies older than three years
Jan 29, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“Based on the information obtained during the investigation, the operation was deficient.”
Dec 21, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children
“Based on the information obtained during the investigation, the operation was deficient.”
Oct 3, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
“Based on the information obtained during this investigation, a caregiver used prohibited punishment by picking a child up by the wrist.”
Jul 29, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children
“Based on the information obtained during this investigation, the operation did not properly supervise a child in care.”
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“Based on the child supervision record (Attendance Log) there were sixteen children ages 2 years old being supervised by one caregiver in Classroom Two’s B on 07/29/2022 from 8:43AM-9:10AM until another caregiver came in at 9:12AM. The maximum number of children in this age group that one caregiver may supervise is eleven.”
Jan 14, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
“The operational staff did not maintain supervision when a child was injured in the infant playground.”
Nov 18, 2021: inspection2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know Group Responsible For
“Two classroom caregivers were unaware of how many children they had in their care during the inspection.”
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“The caregiver on the playground had 19 children in her care during the inspection. The ratio is 18 to 1 the class was out of ratio.”
All 30 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 7, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 14, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 17, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 28, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 26, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 17, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 2, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 13, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 1, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 29, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 2, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 22, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 21, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 3, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 1, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 25, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 2, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 29, 2022 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 28, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 15, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 25, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 16, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 9, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 14, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 2, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 18, 2021 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jun 13, 2018.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 314 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.
- 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Ivy Kids at Cypress Creek Lakes This child care provider | 6 |
| Zainab Boyer | 6 |
| The Goddard School | 6 |
| Childrens Lighthouse Learning Center | 23 |
| Foundry Preschool II | 3 |
| Ivy Kids Early Learning Center | 15 |
| Kids R Kids #26 | 6 |
| The Learning Experience | 13 |
| Ngoc Bich Vu | 1 |
| Tuyet Tran | 1 |
| The Seedlings Montessori School | 18 |
| La Petite Academy | 17 |
| 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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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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