Early Ivy Education- Spring
A licensed child care center in Spring, Texas 77373
2814 Trailing Vine Rd, Spring, Texas 77373. (281) 353-5757.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 10 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 18 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?
10 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
18 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 14, 2026: 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 Oct 28, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment, at the report to the state on Sep 12, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Food Service and Preparation Requirement - No Foods That Present Choking Risk, at the inspection on Aug 11, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
10 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. 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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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.
Feb 11, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training
“A new hire non-exempt caregiver who requires pre-service training has not obtained the first 8 hours of pre-service training before being counted in child/caregiver ratio.”
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Education Outside of U.S.
“One caregiver’s education documentation was in a foreign language and not translated.”
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Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights
“Parent rights were not fully included in the updated parent handbook.”
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Written Operational Policies - Preventing and Responding to Abuse and Neglect
“All the required information for abuse and neglect was not including in the parent handbook such as warning signs, trainings, prevention methods, and community engagement/resources.”
Oct 29, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing
“Two new hires for the toddler room did not have first aid training prior to having unsupervised access to children while in care.”
Oct 28, 2025: 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
“Based on DFPS documentation obtained, proper supervision was not maintained when 3 children were able get out the toddler playground gate and into the parking lot unsupervised.”
Sep 12, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
“It was self-reported and found that a 1 year old was inappropriately disciplined when a caregiver hit the child’s hand out of punishment.”
Aug 11, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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Food Service and Preparation Requirement - No Foods That Present Choking Risk
“Children under the age of 4 were served whole wieners, whole grapes and whole cherries which is a choking hazard.”
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children’s names and ages
“One caregiver did not know the ages of the children they were caring for and did not have this information showing each child’s age.”
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Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
“Children were sitting in seats and were not strapped in. The seats were missing the safety straps. This was corrected at inspection.”
5 deficiencies older than three years
Aug 7, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
“The director reported that a caregiver was seen using inappropriate discipline with a child in care. Based on the evidence, the allegation was supported. The caregiver responsible is no longer employed at the daycare. An emergency meeting was held with all remaining staff and standards were reviewed, and staff were given additional training on appropriate discipline to help ensure there are no future incidents.”
Jul 13, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“Upon follow up, the fire inspection was still not completed. The inspection was requested and paid for but the inspector has not yet arrived. An extension is granted.”
May 19, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“Upon follow up, the fire inspection was still not completed. The center is struggling to get the name changed on the account and needs more time to arrange for an inspection. An extension of 2 weeks is granted.”
May 6, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Relate to Children
“It was alleged that a caregiver used inappropriate language with a child. Based on the information obtain during the investigation, there was support for this allegation.”
Apr 29, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The fire inspection had expired in March 2022.”
All 27 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 11, 2026 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 17, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 15, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 22, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 11, 2025 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 28, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 11, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 28, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 11, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 17, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 22, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 21, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 13, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 19, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 11, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 6, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 23, 2021.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 131 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.
- 9 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 10.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Early Ivy Education- Spring This child care provider | 10 |
| Rosaura Gray | Not given |
| Amy’s Amazing Academy | 4 |
| De Colores Spanish Immersion Preschool | 16 |
| Old Town Spring Kindercare | 2 |
| Cypress Trails Childcare Center | 13 |
| Ms. Michelle’s Child Care | 9 |
| La Petite Academy | 11 |
| Jeronica M Jones | 27 |
| Little Harvard Academy Center | 11 |
| Our Little Red Schoolhouse | 8 |
| Winn Kids Academy | 41 |
| Latoya Kegler | 10 |
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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