Spanish School 4kids
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77008
215 W 23rd St, Houston, Texas 77008. (713) 393-7197.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 12 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 14 inspections on record
- Not rated 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?
12 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
14 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 17, 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 inspection on Sep 4, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization, at the inspection on Sep 4, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Sep 4, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
12 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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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.
Sep 4, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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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 was observed to leave a clasroom to open the front door, leaving the children unsupervised.”
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization
“Four out of four children records reviewed was missing the authorization for medial attention.”
Oct 29, 2025: assessment1 deficiency
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Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
“A window-mounted air conditioner can pose a danger to children in a playground area because it could become dislodged and fall, or the unit could be improperly secured and fall, and its internal components, such as the fan, are a hazard.”
Oct 10, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Prohibited Equipment - Multiple Occupancy Swings
“A prohibited playground equipment item was observed on the operations outdoor playground.”
Sep 4, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The operation did not have a current annual fire inspection report.”
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Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
“The operation should not have broken play equipment, exposed sharp edges, or nails accessible to children.”
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
“4 out of 6 children did not have the required emergency contact information on file.”
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Measurement of Use Zone for Stationary Equipment
“An outdoor playground stationary equipment does not have a use zone 6ft all around.”
Jan 21, 2025: assessment1 deficiency
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Report Number of Employees
“A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2023 data from January 17, 2025, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.”
Mar 26, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down procedures
“The operation does not have how they would get children 24 months and younger or children with limited mobility out of the building in case of a fire.”
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Written Operational Policies - Field Trips
“The operational policies did not have information on the center taking field trips.”
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Written Operational Policies - Emergencies
“The operational policies did not have procedures for handling medical emergencies at the center.”
16 deficiencies older than three years
Jul 11, 2023: inspection7 deficiencies
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
“The one caregivers did not have first aid training.”
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
“Two children were missing address for their emergency contact person.”
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Provide Parents With Copy of Policies
“Two children did not have in their file that parents received the parent handbook.”
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Children’s Records - Health Statement
“Two children did not have a health statement in their file.”
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Required Admission Information - Physician Information
“A child did not have information for their physician or authorization to obtain emergency medical care.”
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Required Personnel Records-signed dated statement that employee received child care center’s operational policies
“All five employees did not have any information stating they received the operational policies.”
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Required Personnel Records-signed dated statement that employee received child care center’s personnel policies
“All five employees did not have any information stating they received the personnel policies.”
Jan 20, 2023: inspection8 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The operation did not have a fire inspection report.”
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“The operation did not have a sanitation inspection or a letter from the health department for the operation.”
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Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
“In one of the classroom the plug cover that goes over the outlet was missing which was exposing the plug and wall area.”
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Written Operational Policies - Discipline
“The operation did not have a operational policies for viewing with all required information.”
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Fire Extinguishing System - Approval
“The operation did not have the required fire extinguisher, they had a type A size 1.”
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Mounting of Fire Extinguishers
“The fire extinguisher was not mounting but in a lower cabin.”
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Measurement of Use Zone for Stationary Equipment
“On the playground structure they were not the required use zone around the front and back of the structure. The back was too close to the fence and the front slide was too close to another play structure.”
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Required Documentation for Unitary Surfacing Materials
“The director did not provide documentation for the unitary surfacing for the playground.”
Oct 5, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Program Does Not Meet Exemption Criteria
The inspectors’ words, 252 words
“The program was offering services that did not align with the single skilled exemption they were originally approved for. A single skill exemption must meet the following criteria from Texas administrative code 745. 129 (2): (A)The program offers direct instruction in a single skill, talent, ability, expertise, or proficiency; (B) The program does not provide or offer services that are not directly related to a single skill, talent, ability, expertise, or proficiency, but may offer transportation and snacks; (C) The program does not advertise or represent that the program is a child-care facility, day-care center, or licensed before or after-school program or that the program offers child-care services; (D) The program informs parents that the program is not licensed by the state; (E) The program informs parents of the physical risk a child may face while participating in the program; and (F) The program conducts background checks using information that is obtained from the Department of Public Safety for all program employees and volunteers who work with children. The program was found to be offering two extra-curricular activities, Tippy Toes and Soccer Shots, that are not directly related to a single skill, talent, ability, expertise, or proficiency of the Spanish language. In addition, Tippy Toes was being provided in the English Language and therefore did not meet the approved single skills exemption of Spanish Immersion Program. Other daily activities observed such as independent center time and outdoor play did not provide direct instruction of the Spanish Language as they were self-led activities.”
All 17 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 4, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 10, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 4, 2025 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 21, 2025 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 30, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 26, 2024 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 11, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 11, 2023 | Inspection | 7 deficiencies cited |
| May 11, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 20, 2023 | Inspection | 8 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 9, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 18, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 5, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Sep 6, 2023.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 51 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.
- 1 report 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?
- Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
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 12.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Immanuel Lutheran Church and School | 12 |
| Grace Weekday School | 10 |
| Principrin School | 3 |
| Great Little Minds Academy | 11 |
| The Goddard School (The Greater Heights) | 1 |
| Miss Pattycake Childcare of Heights | 2 |
| Heights Garden Montessori | 8 |
| Alianza Eco International School | 6 |
| After 3 After School Program at Love E.s. | 4 |
| The Kenworthy School | 16 |
| After 3 After School Program at Sinclair E.s | 3 |
| Spanish School 4kids This child care provider | 12 |
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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