Best Kids Academy
A licensed child care center in Katy, Texas 77450
21915 Royal Montreal Dr, Katy, Texas 77450. (832) 437-1777.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 26 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 7 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 10 inspections on record
- Not star-rated Texas Rising Star rating
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?
26 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
10 inspections on record. The latest, on Mar 12, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Dec 9, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions, at the inspection on Dec 9, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Smoke Detectors Testing, at the inspection on Jan 16, 2025
4 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
26 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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 |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
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.
Dec 9, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“A fire inspection has not been conducted since January 8, 2024.”
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Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions
“The child safety alarm has not been maintained on 1 out of 3 buses used to transport children.”
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“A sanitation inspection has not been conducted since February 27,2024.”
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“1 out of 4 children’s files evaluated did not contact immunization records.”
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Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation’s child-care program
“2 out of 4 children’s files evaluated did not contain a signed health statement.”
Jan 16, 2025: inspection9 deficiencies
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Smoke Detectors Testing
“Documentation the smoke detectors have been tested since August of 2024 was not availabe upon request.”
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“Documentation a fire drill has been conducted since October 11,2024 was not available upon request.”
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Electronic or Battery-Operated Carbon Monoxide Detector-Check All Detectors Monthly
“Documentation the carbon monoxide dectectors have been tested since August of 2024 was not avaialable upon request.”
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Required Admission Information - Special Needs Statement
“2 out of 10 children’s files evaluated did not contain a special needs statement.”
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Required Admission Information - Parents’ Information
“1 out of10 children’s files evaluated did not contain the parents’ information.”
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
“1 out of 10 children’s files evaluated did not contain an emergency contact.”
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Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
“2 out of 10 children’s files evaluated did not contain a current immunization record.”
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Required Admission Information - Physician Information
“1 out of 10 children’s files evalauted did not contain the name, address and phone number of the child’s physican or the emergency care facility.”
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Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation’s child-care program
“4 out of 10 children’s files evalauated did not contain a signed health statement.”
Jan 3, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
“A caregiver did not know the number of children in care during the inspection. The caregiver stated there were 12 children and there was a total of 14 children observed on the playground.”
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“A child was observed leaving the playground to go to the restroom without being accompanied by a caregiver.”
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Director’s Absence - Employees Know Who Is in Charge
“During the inspection, caregivers were unaware of who was left in charge in the director’s absence.”
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children’s names and ages
“A caregiver did not know the age of the oldest child in care and did not have information to show the ages of the children.”
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Director’s Absence - Caregiver in Charge Has Access to All Records
“During the inspection, the operation could not provide access to children and staff files upon request.”
Feb 13, 2024: inspection7 deficiencies
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Required Admission Information - Release Information
“1 out of 4 children’s files evaulated did not contain names and telephone numbers of other person’s in which the child can be released too.”
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Required Personnel Records-Proof of DFPS background checks
“3 out of 9 staff files evaluated did not contain a elgible background check letter.”
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
“1 out of 9 staff files evaluated did not contain current CPR certification. The certification expired 07/2022.”
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Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
“2 out of 4 children’s files evaluated did not contain a completed food allergy emergency plan.”
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Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements
“3 out of 9 staff files evaulated did not contain proof of education.”
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Required Personnel Records- Photo Identification
“1 out of 9 staff files evaluated did not contain photo identification.”
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Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit
“1 out of 9 staff files evauated did not contain a signed affidavit of employment.”
8 deficiencies older than three years
Mar 3, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies
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AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone
“A person was observed in a classroom with 8 children, ages 1yr. to 2yr. providing direct care. The person does not have an initial background check submission on file. Note: The person in charge asked the person leave the operation during the inspection.”
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know Group Responsible For
“A caregiver responsible for a group of 8 children ages 3y to 4y did not know state the correct number children that were currently present. The caregiver stated there were 9 children currently present. A caregiver responsible for a group of 11 children ages 4y to 5y did not know state the correct number of children that were currently present. The caregiver stated there were 12 children currently present.”
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Documentation of Fire Inspection
“Documentation of the most recent fire inspection is not available for review during this inspection. The last inspection conducted was on 10/18/2021.”
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Children’s Products- Annual Certification
“The operation has not certified annually the children’s product safety recalled items list. Documentation shows certification was completed on 4/1/2021.”
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Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity
“The operational policies handbook is missing the policy for the promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity.”
Mar 15, 2022: assessment1 deficiency
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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, as required.”
Mar 3, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups
“Two sippy cups were not labeled with child first name and last name or last name initial.”
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Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained
“The playground was observed to not have a sufficient amount of loose fill.”
All 11 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 9, 2025 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 16, 2025 | Inspection | 9 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 3, 2025 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 13, 2024 | Inspection | 7 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 6, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 25, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 15, 2022 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 3, 2022 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Dec 21, 2010.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 216 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 A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
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).
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 26.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Best Kids Academy This child care provider | 26 |
| West Kingsland Kindercare | 6 |
| Childs Play Learning Center | 0 |
| YMCA Afterschool @ Memorial Pkwy Elementary | 0 |
| Child Enrichment Center | 1 |
| Childtime Learning Centers | 7 |
| A Child’s Reflection | 0 |
| Cimmaron Elementary YMCA | 1 |
| Generation Child Care | 5 |
| First Steps Learning Center | 12 |
| Vanguard Academy Katy | 9 |
| Scribbles Academy | 1 |
| Baby 1-2-3 Daycare | 0 |
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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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).
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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).
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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).
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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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