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La Petite Spencer

A licensed child care center in La Porte, Texas 77571

8414 Spencer Hwy, La Porte, Texas 77571. (281) 479-6125.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 13 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 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?

13 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

15 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 21, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on Aug 18, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on Aug 18, 2026

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

13 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.

Sep 21, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “I did not observe current sanitation inspection for the operation last one expired on 6/27/2026. The operation submitted paperwork to have the inspection completed.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 19, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 22, 2026.

  • Inspect Fire Extinguishers Monthly

    “I did not observe documentation to show fire extinguisher inspected monthly and recorded.”

    Rule 746.5307(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 5, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 8, 2026.

Aug 21, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “The latching mechanism on the playground gate was not closing properly presenting a safety hazard.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 28, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 25, 2026.

Aug 18, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies

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

    “Based on the information obtained, it was determined that a caregiver did not use good judgment when the caregiver physically removed a child?s backpack in an aggressive manner.”

    Rule 746.1201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 16, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 21, 2026.

  • Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling

    “Based on the information obtained, it was determined that a caregiver used prohibited punishment when the caregiver physically grabbed and pulled on a child?s backpack during care.”

    Rule 746.2805(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 16, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 21, 2026.

Sep 23, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The mulch under playground equipment is depleted and piece wooden log along edge is deteriorating presenting a safety hazard.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 7, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 24, 2025.

  • Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram - Posted in Each Room

    “The emergency evacuation and relocation diagram was not posted in infant room. Note: corrected when staff posted diagram.”

    Rule 746.5207(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 23, 2025.

  • Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child’s Name

    “I observe napping cots used by children in two rooms that were not labeled. Note: corrected when staff labeled cots.”

    Rule 746.4503(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 23, 2025.

Sep 24, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “I observe in boy’s restroom unsanitary with a toilet seat, floor stains and a strong odor. Note: corrected during inspection.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 24, 2024.

  • First Aid Kit - Incomplete Kit

    “The first aid kit in day care vans were incomplete missing various items and one was missing. Note: corrected during inspection.”

    Rule 746.4003(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 24, 2024.

  • Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child’s Name

    “I observe six cots that were not labeled with child’s name or other identifying information. Note: corrected during inspection.”

    Rule 746.4503(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 24, 2024.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records

    “One caregiver’s personnel record was missing orientation statement, and notarized affidavit.”

    Rule 746.801(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 1, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 24, 2024.

Jan 19, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “I observe food stains along the wall and floor in the kitchen area.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 24, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 22, 2024.

12 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 25, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “There were four infant feeding instructions that have not been updated. The Director is going to correct this by getting the infant feeding instructions updated.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 27, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 26, 2023.

Apr 14, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency

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

    “During inspection I observe child walked in from outside to use the restroom without staff supervision. Note: corrected when staff took child to playground.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 20, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 28, 2023.

Feb 7, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

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

    “Two month old child was in crib with a bib on and it was covering his face. The bib was removed during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.2401(6). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 7, 2023.

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The fence on the playgrong is leaning and was not stable.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 27, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 27, 2023.

Jan 31, 2023: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.

    “There was not any documentation that a caregiver was trained in CPR/First Aid at the time of the incident..”

    Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 10, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 21, 2023.

  • AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization

    “Director was aware that she did not contact Liscencing regarding an injury that resulted in medicaal attention.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 7, 2023.

Sep 28, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual

    “Based on the information obtained, it was determined caregiver grabbed on to child’s wrist inappropriately for an extended amount of time.”

    Rule 746.2805. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 27, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 4, 2022.

Sep 28, 2022: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit

    “One bus was missing the first aid kit. Another bus first aid kit was soiled and needed replacement. Note:corrected at inspection.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 28, 2022.

  • Documented Annual Training - 1 hour in Prevention, Recognition and Reporting of child maltreatment

    “There was no abuse/neglect training for the staff on file when training was reviewed.”

    Rule 746.1309(c). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 7, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 7, 2022.

  • Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child’s Name

    “In the mixed class all of the cots were not labeled appropriately.”

    Rule 746.4503(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 7, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 7, 2022.

  • Required Admission Information - School Information for School-age Child

    “There was no school information for 2 student files inspected.”

    Rule 746.605(14). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 7, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 7, 2022.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Documentation for Emergency Drills, Fire Extinguishers, & Smoke Detectors

    “The OP has not documented CO and fire drills.”

    Rule 746.801(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 7, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 11, 2022.

All 26 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 21, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Sep 2, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 21, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Aug 18, 2026Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Jan 22, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jan 21, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 23, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Sep 24, 2024Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Jan 22, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jan 19, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Sep 25, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Aug 1, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jul 28, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 28, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Apr 20, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Apr 14, 2023Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Apr 12, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Feb 7, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jan 31, 2023Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Dec 21, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Nov 4, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Oct 26, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Oct 20, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 30, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Sep 28, 2022Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Sep 28, 2022Inspection5 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Sep 10, 1985.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 136 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.
  • 11 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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
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 13.
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
La Petite Spencer This child care provider13
Cynthia Hennessy4
Ms. Litha’s Child Care Center17
Wise Old Owl Learning Center9
High Achievers Learning Center28
Kce Champions LLC @ Bayshore Elementary5
Barbara Yamila Alvarez-CoureauxNot given
Holly Liane Mcgee1
Little Steps - Bayshore3
Rainbow Express Learning Academy7
Funcare Children’s Center0
La Porte Head Start11
Kce Champions @ Lomax Elementary7

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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