Ivy Kids of the Heights
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77008
824 W 25th St, Houston, Texas 77008. (346) 637-2772.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 20 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 8 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 25 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?
20 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
25 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 27, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone, at the inspection on Feb 25, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Oct 17, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children responsible for, at the report to the state on Sep 24, 2025
5 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
20 deficiencies in 10 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2023 | Dec | |||||||||||
| 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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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.
Apr 2, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean
“A toy playhouse in the outdoor area has spider webs on it.”
Feb 25, 2026: inspection6 deficiencies
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AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone
“A present caregiver was in charge of children without a current active background check. The caregiver was replaced with another qualified caregiver with a current background check.”
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Employee Handwashing After Handling or Cleaning Bodily Fluids
“A caregiver did not wash their hands after wiping a child’s nose.”
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
“One of the reviewed children files did not have a completed emergency contact.”
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Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
“Three of the reviewed children files did not have a current immunization record.”
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Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
“Two of the reviewed infant feeding instructions have not been updated for over the 30 days time period.”
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Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2912)
“Nine of the reviewed caregiver files did not have a completed pre-employment affidavit form.”
Nov 3, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization
“The operation did not self-report an injury where a child required medical attention.”
Oct 17, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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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.”
Sep 24, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children responsible for
“The caregivers were unaware that one child in their care was missing.”
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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 child was left inside of a classroom unsupervised for 55 seconds.”
Aug 25, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
“The operation failed to document and share a copy of an incident report with the child’s parents in regard to an incident that occurred while the child was in care.”
Jun 2, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Caregivers Must Wear Gloves When Handling Blood or Bodily Fluids
“A caregiver did not wear gloves during assisting a child while handling blood after a child’s incident.”
May 7, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“A caregiver picked up two children by one arm to wake them up from nap.”
Apr 5, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
“A caregiver placed a child in a highchair without using the safety straps, which caused the child to fall.”
Jan 10, 2025: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance
“The director failed to actively address a staff incompatibility issue promptly to maintain child safety, ensure adequate supervision, and uphold the daycare’s standards of care and compliance. ensure the operation remains in compliance and also maintain a safe and productive work environment.”
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“Two caregivers were arguing with one another while in the classroom with children in care.”
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Share Information with Incoming Caregivers
“One caregiver left the classroom without providing any information to the other caregiver.”
Jan 9, 2025: report to the state2 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 child was left unsupervised in a classroom for a moment.”
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Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
“The operation failed to provide an incident report to the child’s parents.”
All 36 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 2, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 19, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 6, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Inspection | 6 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 17, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 11, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 28, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 25, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 4, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 2, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 2, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 7, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 5, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 13, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 29, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 24, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 10, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 10, 2025 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 9, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 16, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued May 21, 2026.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 190 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.
- 11 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?
- 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 20.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Ivy Kids of the Heights This child care provider | 20 |
| 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 | 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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