Esperanza School
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77007
1100 Roy St Bldg A, Houston, Texas 77007. (713) 868-3276.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.
- 14 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 1 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 16 inspections on record
- Not 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?
14 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,140 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
16 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 5, 2026: no violation found.
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 Feb 29, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
14 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 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 |
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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 Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Jan 20, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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Documented Annual Training- Required Content
“Six caregivers did not have all of the required annual training topics. The caregivers were missing the following topics: Emergency Preparedness Administering Medication Understanding building and physical premises safety,”
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Director Annual Training - Additional required topics
“The directors did not have all of the required annual training topics. The directors were missing the following topics: Emergency Preparedness Administering Medication Understanding building and physical premises safety,”
Oct 10, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Diaper Changing Steps- Prompt
“A caregiver in an infant classroom is not adhering to the proper diaper changing steps and is not cleaning the children thoroughly during diaper changes.”
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Written Operational Policies - Providing & Applying Insect Repellant and Sunscreen
“The operation does not have information regarding providing and applying insect repellant in their operational policies.”
Feb 24, 2025: inspection6 deficiencies
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“There was a missed fire inspection for January 2025”
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Required Admission Information-Child’s allergies and Completed Food Allergy Plan
“One of the children with an epi pen did not have a completed allergy plan”
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Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
“Six of the reviewed caregiver files had less than the required 24 hours.”
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Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required
“The reviewed director file had less than the required 30 hours of training.”
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Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
“Seven of the reviewed feeding instructions have not been updated within the 30 days.”
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Medication No Longer Used
“An epi-pen on hand expired in 2024”
Feb 29, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“Two contractor workers did not have a background check for the operation, one of the contractor worker had an background for a different operation that does not share the same governing body as the operation. Corrected: When the contractor workers left for the day.”
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“In the pre-school class room they was a broken toilet top. On the toddler playground they were screws that where to sticking out to far and children could hurt themselves.”
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Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Not expired or damaged in accident
“The operation had six booster seats in the van that have expired in 2023.”
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Substitutes, volunteers, and contractors counted in ratio
“Two contractor workers who were counted into ratio and working with a group of children did not meet caregivers qualifications.”
13 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 30, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Employee Handwashing After Handling or Cleaning Bodily Fluids
“A caregiver did not was their hands after cleaning a child noise. Corrected: When the caregiver was directed to go wash their hands.”
Jun 14, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Required Personnel Records- Training Hours
“One caregiver is missing 2 1/2 hours of training for training year 6/21/ 2021 to 6/21/2022. Another caregiver is missing 8 1/2 hours of training for training year 5/29/2022 to 5/29/2023. Corrected: The first caregiver 2 1/2 hours training was taken from training year 6/21/2022 to 6/21/2023.”
Nov 14, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know Group Responsible For
“It was stated by the caregiver in blue eagles class they had 15 children when I counted they were 21 children. In the red eagles class it was stated by the caregiver they had 23 when I counted they were 24 children. Corrected: When the caregivers recounted the children and the director called row and added the child that was missing to the roll sheet.”
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Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface
“In a few classrooms the changing table mats were torn. Corrected: When the operation change the mats for new ones.”
Jul 12, 2022: inspection5 deficiencies
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“The operation had two caregivers with pending background checks in the classroom with children..”
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Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually
“The director and caregiver do not have transportation training it expired on 5/22/2022.”
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Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered
“A few classrooms in the operation did not have a cover over the plugs. (toddler and preschool classroom.) Corrected: When the caregiver placed a cover over the plug.”
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Required Admission Information-Completed Food Allergy Plan
“A child was with an allergy did not have a food allergy plan on file.”
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Required Vehicle Documentation - date of lease or purchase for each vehicle
“The operation did not have documentation on when the vehicles were purchase.”
May 14, 2022: report to the state3 deficiencies
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AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
“Based on the evidence obtained during the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to support the allegation of neglectful supervision. A child was left on the daycare van alone for approximately 15-20 minutes.”
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AP Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - No Child Unattended
“Based on the evidence obtained during the DFPS investigation a caregiver did not complete a thorough check of the operation?s vehicle which resulted in a child being left unattended.”
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - List of Children
“Based on the evidence obtained during the DFPS investigation, the driver did not have a list to account for all of the children being transported on the day of the incident.”
May 10, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Documentation of Gas Leak Inspection
“The gas inspection had expired on 4/25/2020.”
All 23 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Report to the state | Outcome pending |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 11, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 13, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 9, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 9, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 14, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 10, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 24, 2025 | Inspection | 6 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 30, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 14, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 27, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 14, 2022 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 12, 2022 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| May 14, 2022 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| May 10, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jul 22, 2010.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 534 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 7 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 Oct 31, 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 rated in Texas Rising Star.
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 2140 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 14.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| The Kipling School, Inc. | 2 |
| St. Theresa Early Childhood Center in Memorial Park | 2 |
| Gonzales Day Care | 13 |
| Kipling School on Floyd | 0 |
| After 3 After School Program at Memorial E.s | 7 |
| Mariner Montessori at the Heights | 21 |
| Kids R Kids of Houston Heights | 3 |
| Houston Heights DC Center | 13 |
| Esperanza Heights | 11 |
| Finale After School Program at St. Theresa’s | 7 |
| Esperanza School This child care provider | 14 |
| Messiah Lutheran Early Childhood | 82 |
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 Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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