Saint Nicholas School
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77025
3511 Linkwood Dr, Houston, Texas 77025. (713) 791-9977.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 5 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 1 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 10 inspections on record
- 4-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?
5 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 Dec 5, 2025: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the report to the state on Mar 15, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
5 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2024. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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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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.
Dec 9, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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Documented Annual Training- Required Content
“Three out of four caregivers files reviewed did not have the required HASA training. 1. Emergency preparedness 2. Preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases. 3. Administering medication 4. Preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction. 5. Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials.”
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Director Annual Training - Additional required topics
“The director did not have the required HASA training topics available for licensing to review. 1. Emergency preparedness 2. Preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases. 3. Administering medication 4. Preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction. 5. Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials.”
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Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation’s child-care program
“Two out of the four children files reviewed, did not have an updated health statement.”
Mar 15, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“A caregiver left a child unattended in a classroom for an extended amount of time.”
Jan 9, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based
“Two out of five caregivers did not have the required hands-on skills CPR training.”
8 deficiencies older than three years
Jun 16, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“A caregiver was present at operation in a classroom with children, without a current eligible background check available for licensing to review.”
Jan 27, 2023: assessment1 deficiency
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Report Number of Employees
“A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2022 data from January 26, 2023 revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2022 by January 15, 2023 as required.”
Jan 11, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies
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Designating Director
“The oepration does not have a qualified director on staff. The operation has not had a designated director since August 2022.”
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Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
“Records for 3 staff was reviewed. Two caregivers did not have training for the 2021-2022 training period and one did not have training for the 2022-2023.”
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Children’s Records Maintained
“Records for 5 children was reviewed, of the five, 2 did not have an address listed for the child, 1 did not have an immunization record, 2 did not have emergency medical authorization, and 2 did not have a health statement.”
Feb 11, 2022: assessment1 deficiency
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Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection
“After the initial citation was issued and an extension was granted, the operation failed to provide the most recent gas inspection report.”
Jan 14, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The operation did not have the most recent fire inspection report available upon request.”
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Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection
“The operation did not have to most recent gas inspection available for licensing to review upon request, during business hours,”
All 14 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 9, 2024 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 5, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 24, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 18, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 9, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 11, 2023 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 11, 2022 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 14, 2022 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Nov 25, 2019.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 177 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.
- 2 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: 4-Star (the highest 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 5.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Grace Episcopal School | 2 |
| Weekly YMCA Club Mid @ Pershing Middle School | 16 |
| The Learning Experience Bellaire | 4 |
| Saint Nicholas School This child care provider | 5 |
| Kce Champions LLC @ the Rice School | 0 |
| St. Marks Episcopal School | 0 |
| YMCA Afterschool @ Weekley YMCA | 23 |
| St Catherines Montessori | 1 |
| Yorkshire Academy | 4 |
| Immanuel Lutheran Church and School | 12 |
| Brooke’s Learning Corner | 4 |
| School in the Pines | 2 |
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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