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Little Scholars Learning Center

A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77077

14043 Westheimer Rd, Houston, Texas 77077. (281) 496-5437.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 7 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: High. Every month

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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?

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

6 inspections on record. The latest, on Mar 24, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age, at the inspection on Oct 28, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

7 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.

Mar 24, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “Observed several brown ceiling tiles in the classrooms.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 7, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 25, 2026.

  • Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface

    “Observed the changing pad wrapped in a plastic bag. NOTE: This was corrected during the inspection by removing the plastic bag off the changing pad.”

    Rule 746.3503(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 24, 2026.

Oct 28, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age

    “A 3m old infant was observed sleeping in their crib with a bib on.”

    Rule 746.2415(b). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 28, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 7, 2024.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “Three infant feeding sheets were not updated within the last 30 days.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 11, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 29, 2024.

Apr 18, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner

    “I observed trash cans without covers in the toddler rooms.”

    Rule 746.3407(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 2, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 23, 2024.

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “The wall in the toddler three room had chipped paint on the walls.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 2, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 23, 2024.

  • Safety - Play Materials and Equipment Safe

    “Play structure on the playground has a protruding nail that’s accessible to children.”

    Rule 746.3701(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 2, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 23, 2024.

All 9 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Mar 24, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Mar 25, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Mar 20, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Feb 13, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 5, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Nov 7, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Oct 28, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Oct 4, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 18, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued May 20, 2024.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 116 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.
  • 3 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 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 7.
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
Little Scholars Learning Center This child care provider7
Ashford Child Enrichment Center9
Jewish Community Ctr West Houston9
After 3 After School Programs1
The Goddard School7
Tiny Feet Child Care13
Kce Champions @ Shadowbriar Elementary6
America’s Choice Children Center24
A-1 Montessori Academy17
Kingdom Kids Learning Center0
Computer Kids Westheimer22
My Kids Daycare15
The Village School0

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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