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Smaller Scholars

A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77077

1685 &1675 S Dairy Ashford, Houston, Texas 77077. (281) 558-3515.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 12 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: Medium 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?

12 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

18 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 20, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

12 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.

May 5, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “Observed ceiling tile hanging down in classroom with children present.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 19, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 10, 2026.

  • Safety Requirements for Cribs - Label for Each Infant

    “One infant was observed sleeping in a crib that was not labeled with the child’s name”

    Rule 746.2409(a)(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 19, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 10, 2026.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “It was observed that feeding instructions for two infants were not signed or updated by the parent/guardian within the last 30 days.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 19, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 10, 2026.

  • Medication No Longer Used

    “I observed expired emergency medication in the mediation cabinet. NOTE: This was corrected during the inspection by removing the medication to go back home with parents”

    Rule 746.3809. Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 5, 2026.

Mar 6, 2026: assessment1 deficiency

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “In rooms PR 4 and PR 5, I observed major cracks within the walls’ interior. In the same rooms around the crack, the paint is starting to chip.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 20, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 17, 2026.

Dec 5, 2025: assessment1 deficiency

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “In rooms PR 4 and PR 5, I observed major cracks within the walls’ interior. In the same rooms around the crack, the paint is starting to chip.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 5, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 6, 2026.

May 13, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The wood borders around the playground were broken, exposing sharp parts of the wood and nails.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 20, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 18, 2025.

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “In rooms PR 4 and PR 5, I observed major cracks within the walls’ interior. In the same rooms around the crack, the paint is starting to chip.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 16, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 2, 2025.

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal

    “The last fire inspection was conducted on 4/25/24.”

    Rule 746.5101(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 20, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 15, 2025.

May 31, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

  • CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based

    “One employee did not have a valid hands on CPR training certificate.”

    Rule 746.1315(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 7, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 20, 2024.

  • Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner

    “I observed several rooms without trash cans covers.”

    Rule 746.3407(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 14, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 20, 2024.

  • Medication No Longer Used

    “I observed expired emergency medication in the mediation cabinet. NOTE: This was corrected during the inspection by removing the medication to go back home with parents.”

    Rule 746.3809. Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 31, 2024.

8 deficiencies older than three years
Nov 2, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “The operation had one caregiver present who was counted in the child caregiver ratio and did not have an eligible background check.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 2, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 7, 2023.

  • Safety - Play Materials and Equipment Safe

    “During the walkthrough on the playground, there was a plywood with a sharp nail sticking out. Along the toddlers playground fence there was a nail sticking up out of the board. NOTE: This was corrected during the inspection with the plywood being removed and nail being hammerd down into the wood.”

    Rule 746.3701(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 2, 2023.

Aug 18, 2023: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment

    “During the course of the investigation, it was discovered that a caregiver used prohibited punishment on a child in care.”

    Rule 746.2805(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 16, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 2, 2023.

  • Prohibited Punishments - Placing Child in Locked or Dark Room

    “During the course of the investigation, it was discovered that a caregiver locked a child in the restroom.”

    Rule 746.2805(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 16, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 2, 2023.

Oct 13, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know Group Responsible For

    “The caregiver in room PR6 stated there were 17 children present, however 16 were counted.”

    Rule 746.1203(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 13, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 26, 2022.

Jun 14, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know Group Responsible For

    “The caregiver in room TR1 stated there were 8 children present, but there were 9 children present. The caregiver in room PR8 stated there were 8 children, then stated there were 9 children, but there were 10 children present.”

    Rule 746.1203(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 14, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 29, 2022.

  • Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required

    “2 caregiver in charge of children under 24 months old did not have the following trainings: 1. Understanding early childhood brain development. 2. Recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma.”

    Rule 746.1309(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 28, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 28, 2022.

  • Caregivers Have Access to Tracking System

    “The caregiver in room PR8 had 4 children napping in another classroom during her shift, but the children were not signed out on the name to face log. Note: This was corrected during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.631(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 14, 2022.

All 23 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 20, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Oct 6, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Oct 2, 2026Report to the stateOutcome pending
Aug 6, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 5, 2026Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Mar 6, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 6, 2026Assessment1 deficiency cited
Dec 5, 2025Assessment1 deficiency cited
May 20, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 13, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Mar 11, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 31, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Jan 30, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Nov 7, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Nov 2, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Aug 21, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Aug 18, 2023Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Jun 8, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Oct 27, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Oct 13, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 4, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 29, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jun 14, 2022Inspection3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Nov 14, 2005.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 238 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?

  • Not star-rated in Texas Rising Star (TWC’s code: ELD).
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 12.
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
Smaller Scholars This child care provider12
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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