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Early Learning Academy - Westfield

A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77090

16713 Ella Blvd, Houston, Texas 77090. (281) 891-7165.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 2 deficiencies in 2 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?

2 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 Oct 6, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on Apr 9, 2026

Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the inspection on Nov 22, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

2 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

2 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 9, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

    “Based on the video footage observed, one staff was observed pulling/yanking a child by the arm in attempt to transition the child to the outdoor area during a fire drill.”

    Rule 746.1201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 5, 2026. Correction verified: May 14, 2026.

Nov 22, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

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

    “A student was caring and present with children prior to having a completed initial background check with fingerprints.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 22, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 2, 2024.

12 deficiencies older than three years
Feb 23, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment

    “Based on the evidence obtained by DFPS, video footage was reviewed and showed a caregiver hitting a child with her hand. The caregiver also threatened and attempted to hit the child prior to actually hitting the child with the ruler.”

    Rule 746.2805(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 20, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 6, 2023.

Feb 22, 2023: report to the state3 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

    “After reviewing video footage of the incidents, it is determined that the caregivers did not demonstrate good judgement and self-control by inappropriately grabbing a child.”

    Rule 746.1201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 1, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 9, 2023.

  • Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual

    “Video footage showed two caregivers yanking, grabbing and inappropriately handling a child.”

    Rule 746.2805. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 1, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 9, 2023.

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Free of other activities

    “The director reported that while reviewing video footage, she saw a caregiver using her cell phone while caring for children.”

    Rule 746.1203(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 23, 2023.

Dec 6, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

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

    “A caregiver, hired on 10/18/22, was present and caring for children prior to having a completed initial background check with fingerprints. This was correct when the caregiver was removed.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 6, 2022.

Dec 9, 2021: inspection7 deficiencies

  • Required Immunizations

    “Of the 10 children’s records evaluated, three were behind with immunizations.”

    Rule 746.613(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 7, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 15, 2021.

  • Training Requirements for Employees and Caregivers - Pre-service Training

    “Of the 10 children’s records evaluated, one lacked pre-seervice training in SIDS.”

    Rule 746.1301(2)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 4, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 4, 2022.

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

    “Of the 10 personnel records evaluated,three did not receive training covering SIDS, Shaeken Baby and Abusive Head Trauma.”

    Rule 746.1309(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 4, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 4, 2022.

  • Director Annual Training - Caring for children under 24 months

    “The director did not receive training in SIDS, Shaken Baby and Abusive Head Trauma for the August 2020-August 2021 training year.”

    Rule 746.1311(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 4, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 4, 2022.

  • Infant Daily Report - Share with Parent

    “A daily report sheet is not being compoeted for infants over 12 months old. Daily report sheets must be provided for all infants. An infant is descirbed a child aaged 0-17 months.”

    Rule 746.2431. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 9, 2021.

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “Of the 10 personnel records evaluated, 8 lacked training in food allergies and handling, storing and disposing of hazardous materials.”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 4, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 4, 2022.

  • Director Annual Training - Additional required topics

    “The director did not receive training in handling, storing and disposing of hazardous materials for the August 202-August 2021 training year.”

    Rule 746.1311(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 4, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 4, 2022.

All 14 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 6, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 5, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Apr 10, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Apr 9, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Oct 9, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Nov 22, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Dec 5, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Apr 6, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Mar 9, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Feb 23, 2023Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Feb 23, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Feb 22, 2023Report to the state3 deficiencies cited
Dec 6, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Dec 9, 2021Inspection7 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 20, 2009.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 83 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?

  • 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 2.
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
Early Learning Academy - Westfield This child care provider2
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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