Step By Step Christian School
A licensed child care center in Tomball, Texas 77375
1119 S Cherry St, Tomball, Texas 77375. (281) 351-8197.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 4 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 10 inspections on record
- 4-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?
4 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 Sep 16, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the report to the state on Apr 29, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Franchise Tax Delinquent, at the inspection on Nov 21, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
4 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 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.
Apr 29, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“This standard was tasked as part of an investigation and found deficient. More than 12 months elapsed between the 2025 and 2026 fire inspections. The operation has since obtained a current fire inspection and corrected the deficiency.”
Nov 21, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Franchise Tax Delinquent
“As of the date of this inspection the operation’s franchise tax status is showing as forfeited on the Texas comptroller’s website.”
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Liability Insurance Requirements - Provide Proof of Coverage Annually by Anniversary Date of Issuance
“The annual liability insurance verification was not completed. The last verification was completed 8/30/24.”
Dec 5, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 30 Annual Training
“The director had 25 of the required 30 hours of annual training. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection when 5 hours were borrowed from the current training year.”
1 deficiency older than three years
Jun 15, 2023: 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
“There is evidence to show that a child was left unattended on the playground.”
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 21, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 3, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 5, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 20, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 15, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 6, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 10, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 2, 2021 | Report to the state | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 16, 1987.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 227 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.
- 5 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: 4-Star (the highest 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 4.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Step By Step Christian School This child care provider | 4 |
| Campus Kids @bernshausen Elementary School | 2 |
| Campus Kids@mahaffey Elementary School Sap | 2 |
| Danette Mathews | 0 |
| Susanna Wesley Day School and After School Program | 14 |
| Hearts 4 Children A Christian Montessori School | 5 |
| Campus Kids @ Creekview Elementary School | 2 |
| Campus Kids @ Tomball Elementary School | 0 |
| Eidin Arias De Bernabel | 0 |
| Mai Thi Nguyen | 0 |
| Busy Bee Playhouse | 9 |
| Honey Hogan Holt | Not given |
| Spanish Schoolhouse | 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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