St Mark Lutheran School Extended Care
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77055
1515 Hillendahl Blvd, Houston, Texas 77055. (713) 468-2623.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 5 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 11 inspections on record
- Not rated Texas Rising Star rating
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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?
5 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 Nov 2, 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 report to the state on Mar 24, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on Mar 12, 2025
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 Jan 31, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
5 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 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 |
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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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Mar 24, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“An employee that regularly present at the operation did not have a background check.”
Mar 12, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“Base on the investigation conduct it is evidence to support that a caregiver grabbed a child by the face inappropriately.”
Jan 17, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Documented Annual Training- Required Content
“9 out of 10 caregivers did not have the required annual training topics in the following areas: * Preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction. * Understanding building and physical premises safety. * Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials.”
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Director Annual Training - Additional required topics
“The director is missing the additional required annual training topics: * Administering medication *Preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction. * Understanding building and physical premises safety. * Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials.”
Jan 31, 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
“A child was left unsupervised and whereabouts were unknown for approximately three minutes.”
3 deficiencies older than three years
Feb 3, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“A caregiver observed caring for kids does not have an active background check with and ELIGIBLE status. NOTE: The deficiency was corrected at inspection.”
Feb 2, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“A caregiver forgot a child in the bathroom while taking the rest of the class to an activity.”
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Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
“A caregiver failed to ensure all children were in their care prior to leaving the classroom to their next activity.”
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 5, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 21, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 24, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 12, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 17, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 13, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 1, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 31, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 29, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 3, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 17, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 3, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 2, 2022 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Dec 1, 1986.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 500 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.
- 4 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 rated in Texas Rising Star.
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 5.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| St Mark Lutheran School Extended Care This child care provider | 5 |
| Nabor House Community | 8 |
| Sproutstart Academy- Spring Valley Location | 8 |
| Sukyung Lee | 12 |
| The Preschool at Christ the King | 2 |
| Alianza Eco International School | 9 |
| Idea Lab Kids Spring-Branch | 6 |
| Lipp- Babble | 10 |
| Clever Kiddos Child Development Center | 9 |
| The Learning Experience Spring Branch | 11 |
| Learn & Play Academy | 2 |
| Ikids Valley Oaks | 6 |
| Jp Morgan Chase Backup Center | 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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