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Challenger Elementary After School Program

A licensed child care center in Pearland, Texas 77584

9434 Hughes Ranch Rd, Pearland, Texas 77584. (281) 485-6805.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 11 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 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?

11 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 206 child care providers in Brazoria County had 4.

9 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 13, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene when necessary, at the inspection on Dec 3, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

11 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.

Apr 28, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Director Responsibilities - Employees Supervised

    “There is no program director or site director present at the operation to supervise employees.”

    Rule 744.1005(a)(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 24, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2026.

  • Director - Multi-Site Operations

    “The operation has not had a designated site director since March of 2026.”

    Rule 744.1003(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 24, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2026.

Oct 31, 2025: assessment1 deficiency

  • Designating Director

    “The operation does not have a designated site director.”

    Rule 744.201(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 25, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 28, 2026.

Jun 4, 2025: assessment1 deficiency

  • Designating Director

    “The operation has been without a designated site director since March 14, 2025. I reached out regarding the vacancy however, a response was not received, and documentation was not submitted designating a new site director.”

    Rule 744.201(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 31, 2025.

Apr 24, 2025: assessment1 deficiency

  • Designating Director

    “The operation has been without a designated site director since March 14, 2025. I reached out regarding the vacancy however, documentation was not submitted designating a new site director.”

    Rule 744.201(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 9, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 4, 2025.

Dec 17, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “During a follow up inspection, the operation had not completed a fire drill that did not exceed three minutes.”

    Rule 744.3559(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 3, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 19, 2024.

Dec 3, 2024: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene when necessary

    “A four year old child was not adequately supervised as they were observed standing by the restroom while the caregivers were in the cafeteria.”

    Rule 744.1205(a)(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 3, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 17, 2024.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “The operation’s fire drill documentation shows multiple fire drills were completed however, the evacuation time exceeded three minutes.”

    Rule 744.3559(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 13, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 17, 2024.

  • First Aid Kit Incomplete - Scissors

    “The operation’s first aid kit is missing scissors.”

    Rule 744.2753(a)(5). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 6, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 17, 2024.

  • First Aid Kit Incomplete - Sterile Gauze Pads

    “The operation’s first aid kit is missing gauze.”

    Rule 744.2753(a)(6). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 6, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 17, 2024.

  • Access to Personnel Records

    “The operation’s personnel files were not available for review during the inspection.”

    Rule 744.909. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 10, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 4, 2024.

All 12 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 13, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Apr 28, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Oct 31, 2025Assessment1 deficiency cited
Jun 4, 2025Assessment1 deficiency cited
Apr 24, 2025Assessment1 deficiency cited
Dec 17, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Dec 3, 2024Inspection5 deficiencies cited
May 17, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Dec 19, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 23, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 10, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 13, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 20, 1999.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 80 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.
  • 0 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: 2-Star (the first 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 206 child care providers in Brazoria County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 11.
Source:

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

12 of the 206 in Brazoria County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Challenger Elementary After School Program This child care provider11
Lifeguard Christian Home Childcare2
Shepherd?s Little Hearts Academy10
Kiddie Academy of Pearland - West8
A Place to Grow13
Silverline Montessori - Shadow Creek11
Silverline Montessori - Silverlake9
Bushi Ban International - Pearland, LLC23
Martha GarciaNot given
Montessori School of Downtown8
Sheila Johnson Wilson3
The Goddard School11
Kids R Kids 42 TX12

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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