Red Apple Private School & Childcare

A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77074

7605 Bissonnet St, Houston, Texas 77074. (713) 771-7913.

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The short answer

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

31 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
8 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
8 inspections on record
4-Star Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 31 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 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?

31 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

8 inspections on record. The latest, on Apr 8, 2026: 5 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Medical Information, at the inspection on Apr 8, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Telephone Numbers for Each Child, at the inspection on Apr 8, 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 Mar 28, 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

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

31 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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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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

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.

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

Apr 8, 2026: inspection5 deficiencies

Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Medical Information

“The van used for transporting children did not have emergency medical transport and treatment authorization information for eleven children.”

Rule 746.5617(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 15, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 10, 2026.
Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Telephone Numbers for Each Child

“The van used for transporting children did not have Parent names and telephone numbers and emergency telephone numbers for eleven children.”

Rule 746.5617(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 15, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 10, 2026.
Annual Sanitation Inspection

“The last sanitation inspection was completed 02/12/2025.”

Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 22, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 17, 2026.
Corrections Made to Annual Sanitation Inspection

“A staff member used the kitchen stove, which was previously cited by the local health department as unapproved and required to be removed. The operation informed the health department that the stove was not in use; however, it was observed being used to cook food for children in care.”

Rule 746.3405. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 8, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 22, 2026.
Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

“An updated immunization record is needed for one child enrolled.”

Rule 746.613(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 22, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 13, 2026.

Mar 28, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

“The pre-k and school-age caregivers were observed left their groups unsupervised, According to one caregiver, The prek teacher supervised both groups while the school-age careigver escorted a group of toddlers to another room.”

Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 28, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 10, 2025.
Janitorial duties

“A caregiver was observed cleaning their room, while children were playing and running around the room, according the the caregiver they were cleaning after a meal. Note: There was no food observed on the floor or tables. There was cleaning spray on the handwashing sink in reach.”

Rule 746.1203(3)(C). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 28, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 10, 2025.

Mar 6, 2025: inspection16 deficiencies

Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers

“Two infants were observed to be sleep in cribs with bibs on.”

Rule 746.2401(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 13, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2025.
Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device - Remove the infant from the device and place the infant in a crib as soon as possible

“Upon arrival, a 7mo old infant was observed sleeping in a baby swing. The infant was then removed and placed in a crib. NOTE: According to the caregiver, the infant had been sleep for approx. 3minutes prior to CCR arrival”

Rule 746.2426(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 6, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2025.
Required Equipment in Vehicles - List of Children

“An updated list of the children transported was on both vehicles was not available.”

Rule 746.5617(a)(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 6, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2025.
Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher

“Fire extinguisher was observed under the front passenger seat not secured. A fire extinguisher on another vehicle was observed unsecure next to the driver’s seat”

Rule 746.5617(a)(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 6, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2025.
Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Safe and Sanitary

“Hotdog buns with an expiration date of 2/26/25 were observed in the kitchen NOTE: Corrected at inspection. The food was disposed of during the inspection”

Rule 746.3317. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 6, 2025.
Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

“In one room, a vent covering was observed to be missing, another room, the vent covering was observed to be falling down. A light switch was observed to be missing a plate cover.”

Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 20, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2025.
Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

“A child with a diagnosed food allergy did not have a plan on file.”

Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 20, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2025.
First Aid Kit - Available in Each Building, on Field Trips, during Transportation

“First aid kits on both vehicles used were observed to be missing tweezers NOTE: Corrected at inspection, the tweezers were placed in each kit.”

Rule 746.4001. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 6, 2025.
Posting Requirements - Child’s Food Allergy Plans

“The operation did not have a posted list for a child with a diagnosed food allergy”

Rule 746.403(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 6, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2025.
Measurement of Use Zone for Slides - No Overlap

“A little tikes climing structure was observed to be overlaping the use zone of other climbing structures on the playground.”

Rule 746.4805(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 20, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2025.
Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained

“Loose-fill surfacing was not observed to be properly maintained. Tarp under surfacing was exposed.”

Rule 746.4907(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 14, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 10, 2025.
Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Not expired or damaged in accident

“On one vehicle used 4 booster seats were observed to have expired between 2010-2021. Another vehicle used had 7 expired booster seates dated between 2010 and 2019.”

Rule 746.5607(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 6, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2025.
One Seat Belt Per Person

“14 children were observed exiting a vehicle where there were only 13 seats/seatbelts available.”

Rule 746.5613. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 6, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2025.
Education Outside of U.S.

“6 caregiver who received education outside of the U.S. did not have documentation to verify high school education or equivalent.”

Rule 746.1111. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 11, 2025. Correction verified: May 16, 2025.
Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)

“of the 10 staff files 4 staff did not a completed notarized affidavit on file.”

Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 13, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2025.
Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)

“2 caregivers hired after 9/1/2023 did not have a pre-empoyment affidavit on file”

Rule 746.901(5). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 13, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2025.

Mar 7, 2024: inspection8 deficiencies

Safety - Bodies of Water Inaccessible to Children

“Buckets of mop water was observed in reach of children during the inspection. Note: The provider moved the mop water into locked closets out of reach of children.”

Rule 746.3701(9). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 7, 2024.
Requirements for Feeding Infants - Other Use of Handwashing Sink

“Observed bottles in the hand washing sink in the infant room during the inspection. Note: The provider removed the bottles from the off the hand washing sink during the inspection.”

Rule 746.2419(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 7, 2024.
Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering

“A child’s hands were not washed after diapering during the inspection. Note: The caregiver was corrected and had the child wash their hands after diapering and before they engaged in other activities.”

Rule 746.3417(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 7, 2024.
Medication Records - Name of Medication

“The name of medication administered to a child was not documented on the medication log. Note: The provider added the name of the medication during inspection.”

Rule 746.3805(c)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 7, 2024.
Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Hazards Removed or Repaired

“Observed an unstable refrigerator in the infant room that poses a tipping hazard. A slide in the outdoor play area has cracks in it located at the end of the slide. A toilet seat in the girls restroom contains a loose screw in the back.”

Rule 746.4751(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 21, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 22, 2024.
Required Admission Information - Limitations or Restrictions

“1 child’s file did not contain the completed information on limitations or restrictions. Note: The provider corrected this at inspection by confirming with parent there were no limitations or restrictions.”

Rule 746.605(13)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 7, 2024.
Chairs - Safety Straps Used if Required by Manufacturer

“Observed an infant placed in a chair for use of safety straps and the straps were missing. Note: The caregiver removed the chair and placed the child in another chair that was equipped with straps and secured the child in the chair.”

Rule 746.4501(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 7, 2024.
Individual Cot, Bed, or Mat for Each Walking Child Through 4 Years of Age

“Observed a nap mat layed out in the classroom for a child that was torn. Note: The provider disposed the torn mat and provided the child with a new one during inspection.”

Rule 746.4503(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 7, 2024.

6 deficiencies older than three years

Mar 8, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies

Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

“The toilet seat in the Pre-Kinderarten classroom was cracked in the middle.”

Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 17, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 20, 2023.
Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface

“During the inspection multiple diaper changing mats were torn and cannot be cleaned properly.”

Rule 746.3503(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 17, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 20, 2023.
Written Activity Plan - Outdoor Play Opportunities

“The activity schedules in the Pre-Kindergarten classrooms did not show opportunities for outdoor time. This was corrected during the inspection.”

Rule 746.2206(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 8, 2023.
Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child’s Name

“During the inspection children were resting on nap mats that contained another child’s name ono it. Note: This was corrected during the inspection.”

Rule 746.4503(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 8, 2023.
Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

“The operational policies did not contain the following information: (A) The benefits of physical activity and outdoor play (C) The type of physical activity (structured and unstructured) that children may engage in at your operation (D) Each setting in which your physical activity program will take place (F) A plan to ensure physical activity occurs on days when extreme weather conditions prohibit or limit outdoor play.”

Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 17, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 20, 2023.

Mar 1, 2022: assessment1 deficiency

Report Number of Employees

“A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2021 data from February 23,2022, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2021 by February 22, 2022, as required.”

Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 4, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 7, 2022.

All 9 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Apr 8, 2026	Inspection	5 deficiencies cited
Jul 25, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Apr 10, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 28, 2025	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Mar 6, 2025	Inspection	16 deficiencies cited
Mar 7, 2024	Inspection	8 deficiencies cited
Mar 8, 2023	Inspection	5 deficiencies cited
Mar 10, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 1, 2022	Assessment	1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Jul 18, 2007.
Its permit has conditions.
Accepts state child care subsidies.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 129 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.
0 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

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: 4-Star (the highest 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 31.

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

11 of the 2,139 in Harris County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Montessori Learning Institute	6
Montessori Learning Institute	12
Kelley Porter	Not given
Kinderworld Academy	0
Small Steps Nurturing Center-Gulfton	18
Shining Stars Academy	10
Kce Champions LLC @ Kipp Connect	7
Project One Day	13
Mireya Del Rocio Adame	9
Sharpstown Kindercare	46
Red Apple Private School & Childcare This child care provider	31
Epifania Molina	73

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

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).
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).
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).
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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