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Acuarela Kidz Academy

A licensed child care center in Katy, Texas 77449

3111 Fry Rd Ste 100, Katy, Texas 77449. (346) 600-2606.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 3 deficiencies in 2 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?

3 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.

9 inspections on record. The latest, on Jan 20, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Jan 20, 2026

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

3 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 20, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The fire marshal inspection document expired on 01/14/2026.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 25, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 25, 2026.

Jan 29, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Written Operational Policies - Water Activities

    “The parent handbook lacked a written water activity policy.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(15). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 5, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 6, 2025.

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “One child’s record lacked the health statement from a health professional.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 12, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 6, 2025.

17 deficiencies older than three years
Jun 7, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher

    “The fire extinguisher in the van had not been tagged and approved by the fire marshall.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 12, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 12, 2023.

  • Liability Insurance Maintained

    “The liability insurance information was not availbe for review. It expired 5/10/2023.”

    Rule 746.201(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 12, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 7, 2023.

Feb 23, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies
  • Training Requirements for Employees and Caregivers - Pre-service Training

    “Four caregivers had not completed the required 16 hours of training within 90 days of hire.”

    Rule 746.1301(2)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 6, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 13, 2023.

  • Background Check Validation ? Every 3 months each operation, other than a licensed, registered, or listed home, must validate current list

    “The background check validation was last updated on 10/16/2022.”

    Rule 745.651(2)(A). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 27, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 26, 2023.

  • Director Annual Training - Additional required topics

    “The required annual training on the following topics had not been completed by caregivers. The required annual training topics are 1. emergency preparedness 2. communicable diseases to include immunizations 3. administering medications 4. preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction 5. building and physical premises safety and 6. handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials.”

    Rule 746.1311(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 6, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 9, 2023.

Jan 30, 2023: assessment1 deficiency
  • Report Number of Employees

    “The operation did not submit the number of employees who left employment by the due date and extended due date due to portal issues.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 30, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 2, 2023.

Aug 30, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The annual fire inspection was due by 07/20/22. The inspection had not been conducted.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 13, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 13, 2022.

Feb 25, 2022: assessment1 deficiency
  • Report Number of Employees

    “A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2021 data from February 23, 2022, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2021 by February 22, 2022, as required.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 2, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 28, 2022.

Nov 29, 2021: inspection9 deficiencies
  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “A volunteer was seen to function in a caregiver role. The volunteer was unsupervised when she took children to the restroom and was in charge of the toddler classroom. The volunteer requires a background check to be submitted with FBI fingerprints.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 29, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 29, 2021.

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric first aid with rescue breathing

    “Two caregivers did not have the pediatric first aid completed priorto direct care of the children.”

    Rule 746.1301(3)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 6, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 5, 2021.

  • AP Parent Notification of Liability Insurance - If No Insurance Must Notify Parent in Writing at Enrollment

    “There was no written documentation that the parents were notified that the operation did not have liability insurance.”

    Rule 746.207(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 6, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 6, 2021.

  • Medication Records - Date, Time and Amount Given

    “There was no medication record for medication administered to a child on September.”

    Rule 746.3805(c)(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 6, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 6, 2021.

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

    “One child’s record did not have the emergency contact on it.”

    Rule 746.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 6, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 6, 2021.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “Three children’s records did not have the updated immunization record on file.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 13, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 13, 2021.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Playground Maintenance Records

    “There was no playground maintenance checklists available for review.”

    Rule 746.801(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 6, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 6, 2021.

  • Required Personnel Records

    “The personnel records were incomplete. The records lacked affidavit, educational requirements, training, employee statement re: personnel and center policies, and orientation statement re: abuse/neglect training.”

    Rule 746.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 6, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 13, 2021.

  • Required Admission Information - Date of Admission

    “The children’s records reviewed did not have the date of admission on it.”

    Rule 746.605(3). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 6, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 6, 2021.

All 11 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jan 20, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jan 29, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Feb 7, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jun 7, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Feb 23, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Jan 30, 2023Assessment1 deficiency cited
Oct 17, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Aug 30, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 25, 2022Assessment1 deficiency cited
Jan 18, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Nov 29, 2021Inspection9 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 8, 2022.
  • Its permit has conditions.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 75 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.
  • 0 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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

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 3.
Source:

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

12 of the 2,139 in Harris County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Acuarela Kidz Academy This child care provider3
Texas Kids Learning Center4
Mary Morales Child Care Home7
Ha Le0
Bertha Valdes3
Holy Covenant Cdc0
Wendy Mazariego3
Kathleen Dufour0
Kinder Shine Academy12
Texas Kids Childcare19
Rayshell ButlerNot given
Golbow Elementary YMCA0
Svitlana ZievakinaNot given

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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