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South Shore Montessori

A licensed child care center in League City, Texas 77573

201 S Shore Blvd, League City, Texas 77573. (281) 334-7345.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 9 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 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?

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 Jan 16, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Feb 5, 2025

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

9 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.

Jan 16, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “Four infants not yet eating table food do not have updated written feeding instructions. The most recent date recorded with a parental update is October, 2025.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 23, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2026.

  • Children’s Products- Annual Certification

    “The operation does not have a current Children’s Products Certification Form 2885.”

    Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 23, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 21, 2026.

Jul 15, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Safe and Sanitary

    “During the investigation inspection, the operation has been preparing food from their own and then serving it to the children.”

    Rule 746.3317. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 10, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 17, 2025.

Feb 5, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

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

    “Fire inspection was last conducted on 1/10/2024.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 19, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 7, 2025.

  • Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements

    “One caregiver did not have education requirements in file.”

    Rule 746.901(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 19, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 11, 2025.

Jul 19, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - Splashing/Wading Activities

    “During inspection, there were 14 children with 3 teachers outside on the splash pad. The youngest age of the group was 20 months.”

    Rule 746.2101(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 1, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 5, 2024.

Feb 6, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection - Inspection not available, you must obtain documentation stating inspection not available

    “There is no documentation that the operation does not need a sanitation inspection. Note: The operation does not have a kitchen and the children bring their own lunch and snack.”

    Rule 746.3401(c)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 16, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 13, 2024.

  • Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface

    “The changing mat in the infant room has two spots where the plastic is peeled off causing it to no longer be nonabsorbent.”

    Rule 746.3503(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 9, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 13, 2024.

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “The teeter totter on the older kids playground is loose.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 16, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 13, 2024.

1 deficiency older than three years
Mar 7, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

    “During inspection, one child was missing emergency contact address.”

    Rule 746.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 8, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 11, 2022.

All 12 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jan 16, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Sep 17, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 24, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 15, 2025Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Feb 5, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Aug 5, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jul 22, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 19, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 5, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Feb 6, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Feb 24, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Mar 7, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 11, 2019.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 107 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.
  • 3 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 127 child care providers in Galveston County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 9.
Source:

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

12 of the 127 in Galveston County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
South Shore Montessori This child care provider9
Laura Mallios2
Primrose School of League City at Victory Lakes2
Children’s Learning Adventure Child Care Center8
Tiger’s Den Martial Arts & Fitness16
Jubilee Kids Care LLC, the Goddard School6
Ferguson Elementary YMCA1
For Children Only Day School8
South Shore Kindercare12
Kids R Kids #225
Kids R Kids #295
Kids R Kids #6036
Early Learning Academy at Bay Area Christian School0

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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