Hearth Record

The Apple Tree School

A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77090

17127 Red Oak Dr, Houston, Texas 77090. (281) 444-6707.

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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 Jan 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?

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

13 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 26, 2026: no violation found.

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 Aug 28, 2025

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 Jan 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.

Jan 13, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Background Check Validation - You must inactivate a subject who is no longer associated with your operation within 7 days of leaving

    “Background checks for staff who are no longer employed by the center have not inactivated.”

    Rule 745.651(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 13, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 13, 2026.

Jan 12, 2026: report to the state4 deficiencies

  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

    “There were 18 children, ages 11 months to 6 years old, with one caregiver. The specified age group was 3 years old.”

    Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 10, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 25, 2026.

  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age

    “A child was combined with children that were more than 18 months older than the youngest child in the group on the following days: 12/8/25, 12/9/25, 12/10/25, 12/12/25, 12/15/25, 12/16/25 and 12/23/25. On these days the youngest child in the group was combined with children between the ages of 3-11 years old.”

    Rule 746.1605(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 10, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 25, 2026.

  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - 12 or Fewer Children

    “The center was out of compliance with ratios for when 12 or fewer children are in care on the following days: 12/3/25, 12/4/25, 12/5/25, 12/11/25, 12/19/25, 12/23/25, 1/7/26, 1/8/26, 1/9/26 and 1/12/26. On these days there was one caregiver present with 8-12 children, ages 11 months to 6 years old.”

    Rule 746.1701. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 10, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 25, 2026.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Employees’ Attendance

    “The director is not documenting the days and hours worked.”

    Rule 746.801(5). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 13, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 22, 2026.

Dec 18, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Director’s Absence - Caregiver in Charge Has Access to All Records

    “The caregiver in charge did not have access to the children’s records.”

    Rule 746.1013(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 19, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 13, 2026.

Aug 28, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

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

    “A 6 month old infant was sleep in a crib with a boppy pillow and a blanket.”

    Rule 746.2415(b). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 28, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 8, 2025.

3 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 7, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

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

    “Four of the five employee files reviewed did not have documentation that orientaion was completed.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(1)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 21, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 21, 2023.

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training

    “Four of the five employee files reviewed did not documentation showing that preservice was completed.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(2)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 21, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 21, 2023.

Feb 7, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Arrangement of Napping Equipment - Not Blocking Entrances or Exits

    “A child was observed laying in the doorway during naptime. The child was removed from blocking the doorway.”

    Rule 746.2909(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 7, 2023.

All 17 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 26, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Feb 25, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jan 13, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jan 12, 2026Report to the state4 deficiencies cited
Dec 18, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 29, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 22, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 8, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Aug 28, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Aug 29, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Dec 18, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Dec 5, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 7, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Feb 7, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 3, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 22, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jun 16, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jun 10, 1998.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 102 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.
  • 4 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
The Apple Tree School This child care provider7
Kidz K’nect Child Development Center9
Achievers Academy8
Mi3 Center Academy1
Cranbrook Learning Connection0
Elite City Kids Childcare and Learning Academy #230
Cynthia Dubose3
Avance Bammel Head Start2
Avance-Eickenroht Head Start1
Fundamental Learning Center15
Sweet Peas Daycare Academy2
Apple Seed Private School2
Tiny Legends Learning Center12

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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