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Upscale Child Development & Learning Center

A licensed child care center in Missouri City, Texas 77459

4440 Lexington Blvd, Missouri City, Texas 77459. (832) 798-6878.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 14 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 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?

14 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 477 child care providers in Fort Bend County had 4.

10 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 24, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Oct 10, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

14 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.

Sep 24, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The playground was observed to not be maintained with overgrown grass.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 1, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 8, 2026.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “The operation was observed to not have monthly fire drills documented.”

    Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 1, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 8, 2026.

Jan 21, 2026: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2025 data revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2025 by January 15, 2026, as required.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 23, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 28, 2026.

Sep 30, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The playground was observed to not be maintained with overgrown grass.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 10, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 10, 2025.

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “Documentation of training certificate were not available for review.”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 16, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 17, 2025.

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “2 out 4 children’s records evaluated did not have the health statement in the files”

    Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 16, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 10, 2025.

Jan 21, 2025: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 data revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 24, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 31, 2025.

Oct 10, 2024: inspection7 deficiencies

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

    “The operation was unable to provide proof that an annual fire inspection has occurred in the last 12 months.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 23, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 17, 2024.

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Orientation

    “One caregiver hired in May 2024 did not have proof that orientation had been completed prior to being responsible for children.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(1)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 17, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 17, 2024.

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The fenced outdoor space approved for use by children has long grass and a broken latch on the gate that make it unsafe for children to use.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 15, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 17, 2024.

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “1 caregiver and the director did not having training in the following topics during their most recently completed training year: Emergency preparedness; Preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases, including immunizations; Administering medication, if applicable, Preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction; Understanding building and physical premises safety, including identification and protection from hazards that can cause bodily injury such as electrical hazards, bodies of water, and vehicular traffic; and Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 17, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 17, 2024.

  • Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights

    “The operational policies did not include a policy that addresses parent’s rights.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(20). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 17, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 17, 2024.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “2 children did not have the most current immunization record on file at the operation.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 17, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 14, 2024.

  • Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2912)

    “3 out of 3 staff files reviewed did not have the pre-employment affidavit on file that became a requirement in September 2023.”

    Rule 746.1105(4). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 17, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 17, 2024.

5 deficiencies older than three years
Apr 18, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Documentation of Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “Documentation of the most recent food inspection report was not made available at inspection.”

    Rule 746.3403. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 21, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 21, 2023.

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “There were dead bugs located in the room reserved for school age children. There were various items located in the fenced in playground area.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 20, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 20, 2023.

  • Documentation of Fire Inspection

    “Documentation of the most recent fire inspection was not made available for review.”

    Rule 746.5103. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 28, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 26, 2023.

Apr 8, 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: Apr 22, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 1, 2022.

Mar 2, 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 5, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 8, 2022.

All 14 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 24, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jan 21, 2026Assessment1 deficiency cited
Sep 30, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Jan 21, 2025Assessment1 deficiency cited
Oct 10, 2024Inspection7 deficiencies cited
Oct 31, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Oct 30, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Apr 18, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Sep 30, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Aug 29, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jun 29, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Apr 8, 2022Assessment1 deficiency cited
Mar 2, 2022Assessment1 deficiency cited
Jan 11, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Nov 4, 2022.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 36 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?

  • Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle 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 477 child care providers in Fort Bend County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 14.
Source:

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

12 of the 477 in Fort Bend County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Upscale Child Development & Learning Center This child care provider14
The Townecreek School2
New Millennium Montessori School12
Primrose School of Sienna7
The W.i.d.e School3
Unique Minds Montessori School11
Sensational Beginning Learning Academy22
Montessori School of Sugar Land Sienna77
The Little Village School4
Fort Bend Talent Academy, Inc.17
Kiddie Academy of Missouri City, Texas3
The Learning Experience35
The Learning Experience11

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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