Kidz Rocket 1
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77082
15015 Westheimer Pkwy Ste O, Houston, Texas 77082. (281) 497-5439.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 17 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 6 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 11 inspections on record
- 3-Star 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?
17 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
11 inspections on record. The latest, on Nov 3, 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 Jun 5, 2026
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 May 22, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Using Inappropriate Long Period of Silence or Inactivity Including Requiring Child to Remain in a Restrictive Device, at the inspection on May 22, 2026
3 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
17 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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.
Jun 18, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
“In the pre-k room infants and prek children were observed to be mixed, the age of the youngest child was 15 months and the oldest was 4 years old. There was more than 18 months between the youngest and oldest child in care.”
Jun 5, 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
The inspectors’ words, 205 words
“During the inspection, a child was observed standing in the hall and refusing to go in the nap room. After unsuccussful attempts to get the child into the classroom, the caregiver left the child in the hall with no further interaction. The child could not be seen by either caregiver and stayed in the hall for approximately 20 minutes. The director was observed to make attempts to placed the child in the room but was unsuccessful as well. There were multiple time were the child was left unsupervised including one time where the director walked past the child to go to the kitcen Another child was observed running out of the room before the caregiver got up to return the child to the room. While speaking with the director, a child left the room unspervised and was found in the hall by the director. The child stated they wanted water. The director explained they could not leave without permission and returned the child to the group. One child was observed lying down and trying to sleep on a table. Two children were running around and ran into each other and fell on top of another child. Neither caregiver present intervened in any of these observations.”
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children’s names and ages
The inspectors’ words, 110 words
“Two caregivers in the nap room were unaware of the ages of children in their group. When asked they stated the youngest was almost 2yrs but not two yet. When asked the child’s age in months. They stated they did not know. When asked about the age of the oldest. Both pointed to the same child. One said the child was 5yrs old and the other said the child was either 8yr or 9yrs. NOTE: The ages of children present were 2yrs to 8yrs old. The caregivers did not have information avialable to show the ages of each child in care. One caregiver stated the paperwork available was not updated.”
May 22, 2026: inspection3 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
“During the inspection, the caregiver was observed to step out of the classroom while children were still inside. CHildren were seen phyically fighting and climbing on top of each other. Two children were seen crawling and walking on furniture. While on the playground, children continued to walk inside the buliding without a caregiver. At one poinit, 4 children walked into the building without the caregiver being aware of it before another caregiver inside escorted the children back outside.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Using Inappropriate Long Period of Silence or Inactivity Including Requiring Child to Remain in a Restrictive Device
“During the inspection, the pre-k caregiver was heard telling a child one two occasions they would not go outside becuase of their behavior. The caregiver stated that for discipline children sit for 10 minutes and if the whole group is misbehaving all children aare required to have a 10 minute quite time.”
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children’s names and ages
“The caregiver in care of 10 children 2-4yrs old was not aware the ages of children in their care. The caregiver informed CCR that the posted list of children was not updated”
May 14, 2026: inspection5 deficiencies
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AP Background ck determination - If provisionally eligible w/conditions or eligible w/conditions you must restrict duties per conditions/restrictions
“A caregiver with a provisional background check with conditions stating they may never be alone with children was observed to be left unspervised multiple times during the inspection.”
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Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children
“A bottle of chemical cleaner and bleach water spray bottle in the pre-k room and Clorox wipes in the bathroom used by children were observed to in unlocked cabinets in reach of children”
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Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
“A caregiver was observed to be on their personal cell phone during naptime supervsion. CCR stood infront of the caregiver for approximately 30 seconds before the caregiver was aware of CCR’s presence in the classroom. Another caregiver present called their name multiple times before the caregiver looked up and acknowledged CCR’s presence.”
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Individual Cot, Bed, or Mat for Each Walking Child Through 4 Years of Age
“A child was observed sleeping on the bare floor. Another child was not observed to have a cot/mat for naptime. According to staff there were not enough for all children. Cots/mats are not kept for drop-in children.”
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Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child’s Name
“Multiple children were observed sleeping on unlabeled napmats. According to the caregiver, the children pulled them off but they had not yet been replaced.”
Jul 8, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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Required Admission Information - Release Information
“There was no release information on file for one out of four files checked.”
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
“Current first aid and Cpr was not observed on file for the director.”
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
“There was no emergency contact information for one out of four records checked.”
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Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
“Infant feeding instruction was not updated for two infants. Last update for one was 5/28/25 and the other last update for the second infant was 5/5/2025.”
Mar 31, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Must Use for Each Child in When Transporting and be Properly Installed
“Two sealt belt in one of the vans used for transportation needed to be fixed.”
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Children’s Records - Health Statement
“Health statement was missing on one out of four files checked.”
All 12 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
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| Nov 3, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 2, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 5, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| May 22, 2026 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| May 14, 2026 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 10, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 9, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| May 28, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 31, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Nov 25, 2025.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 67 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?
- Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
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 17.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Kidz Rocket 1 This child care provider | 17 |
| Love & Art Childcare Corp. | 12 |
| La Casita De Munecas | 1 |
| Little Thinkers of West Oaks, LLC | 49 |
| Us Academy | 18 |
| Huong Thanh Lela | 0 |
| Tick Tots Around the Clock LLC | 11 |
| Living Word Academy | 47 |
| Early Discovery Montessori Academy | 9 |
| Al Hadi School | 4 |
| Cuc Vo | 2 |
| Angelique Harwell | 1 |
| Brainy Bees Childcare Center | 15 |
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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