Cadence Academy Preschool
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77095
12300 Queenston Blvd, Houston, Texas 77095. (281) 213-9300.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 15 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 7 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 22 inspections on record
- 3-Star 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?
15 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
22 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 11, 2026: no violation found.
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 report to the state on Jul 27, 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 report to the state on Jun 13, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Jun 13, 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
15 deficiencies in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. 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 |
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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.
Jul 27, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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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
“Based on the information gathered in the investigation, there’s sufficient evidence the caregiver did not maintain supervision and a child was left unsupervised in the classroom.”
Nov 17, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“The children furniture in multiple classrooms are not being properly maintained and the material on the furniture is peeling.”
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Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered
“Two out of seven classrooms did not have the outlets covered. Note: This was corrected at inspection when the director child proof covered the outlets.”
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Sheltering Drill For Severe Weather-Four times a calendar year
“There was no sheltering drills practiced at the operation.”
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Sheltering Drills for Lock-Down-4 times in a calendar year
“There were no sheltering for lock downs practiced at the operation.”
Jun 13, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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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
“Based on the information gathered, there’s sufficient evidence to support a child was left unsupervised in the classroom.”
Jun 13, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The operation did not have a current fire inspection available for review.”
Jun 12, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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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
“Based on the information gathered in the investigation, there’s sufficient evidence supervision was not being maintained, and two children were unsupervised.”
Dec 12, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“The outdoor area had a flat table device with water in it, planting soil was left out and accessible, and the water sprinkler head was lying in the grass were children were running, and it could have caused a tripping hazard. The rug in the Preschool room was rolled up on the ends, and was a tripping hazard. Corrected at inspection. All items were moved from the playground and the rug was removed from the room.”
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Education Outside of U.S.
“One out of five staff files had outside education did not show the equivalence to the U.S. in the documents.”
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Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)
“Three out of five staff files did not have the pre-affidavit in them.”
Apr 23, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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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
“Based on the information provided in the investigation, there’s sufficient evidence supervision was not maintained when the child was able to open the exit door leading to the playground unsupervised twice in two different classrooms.”
Feb 18, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Children Not Required to Sleep - May Not Force Child to Sleep
“Based on the information gathered during the investigation, there’s sufficient evidence the caregiver forced the child head down during naptime.”
Jan 9, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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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
“Based on the information provided, there’s sufficient evidence the child was left unattended in the classroom.”
Dec 14, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions
“The alarm was not working on the bus during the evaluation of transportation”
1 deficiency older than three years
Jun 24, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based
“Based on the information gathered during the investigation, one out of the three CPR/First Aid cards was completed on line and not practiced with a manikin.”
All 35 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 21, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 17, 2025 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 22, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 9, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 12, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 12, 2024 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 1, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 24, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 23, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 10, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 23, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 18, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 8, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 5, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 12, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 9, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 9, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 14, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 20, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 22, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 24, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 12, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jun 10, 2011.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 297 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.
- 13 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?
- Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle 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 15.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Cadence Academy Preschool This child care provider | 15 |
| Kim Lien Nguyen | 1 |
| West Montessori School of Copperfield | 3 |
| Cornerstone Preschool | 2 |
| King’s Castle | 1 |
| Ngan Kim Ngo | 1 |
| Patricia Adaclog | Not given |
| Nakia Singleton | 0 |
| Cypress Falls High School | 1 |
| Foundation Learning Academy- Queenston | 17 |
| Kids ‘r’ Kids of Copperfield | 4 |
| Primrose School of Copperfield | 3 |
| Minh Pham | 10 |
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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