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St. Stephen’s Episcopal School-Houston

A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77098

1800 Sul Ross St, Houston, Texas 77098. (713) 821-9100.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 5 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 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?

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 Sep 8, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the inspection on Aug 25, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Aug 25, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Aug 27, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

5 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

5 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.

Aug 25, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling

    “A caregiver grabbed and pulled a child in care.”

    Rule 746.2805(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 25, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 8, 2026.

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “A fire inspection has not been conducted since June 5,2025.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 11, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 30, 2026.

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “An annual sanitation inspection has not been conducted since April 9,2025.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 23, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 6, 2026.

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “Training certificates reviewed for 2 employee’s file did not contain documentation of the required topics shown below: - Handling, Storing and Disposing of Hazardous Materials - Understanding Building and Physical Premises Safety - Responding to Food Allergies - Preventing the Spread of Communicable Diseases - Emergency Preparedness - Administering Medication”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 11, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 11, 2026.

Aug 27, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The annual fire inspection has not been conducted since June of 2023.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 6, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 28, 2024.

14 deficiencies older than three years
Aug 10, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

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

    “6 out of 10 personnel and training records were not available for review during operating hours.”

    Rule 746.801(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 24, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 25, 2023.

Jul 26, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Access to Personnel Records

    “Licensing staff did not have the access to all personnel records upon request during hours of operation.”

    Rule 746.909. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 31, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 10, 2023.

Aug 22, 2022: inspection6 deficiencies

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “Fire drills are not being conducted monthly. The last drill conducted was on 11/4/2021. Also, fire drills are not being conducted in 3 minutes or less.”

    Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 24, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 29, 2022.

  • Sheltering Drill For Severe Weather-Four times a calendar year

    “There is no documentation of at least four severe weather drills practiced within the past year.”

    Rule 746.5205(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 26, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 29, 2022.

  • Sheltering Drills for Lock-Down-4 times in a calendar year

    “There is no documentation of at least four lock down drills practiced within the past year.”

    Rule 746.5205(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 29, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 29, 2022.

  • Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

    “Two staff records reviewed were missing 5 hours of annual trainings.”

    Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 5, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 23, 2022.

  • First Aid Kit - Incomplete Kit

    “The first aid kit is missing the guide to first aid.”

    Rule 746.4003(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 24, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 24, 2022.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit

    “Three staff records reviewed were missing the Notarized Licensing Affidavit for Applicants for Employment Form 2985.”

    Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 5, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 6, 2022.

May 12, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Smoke-Detection System

    “The control panel for the fire alarm system in front of classroom Primary 3 showing error ‘System trouble. SLC Relay. Sys : T’. Picture taken.”

    Rule 746.5311(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 13, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 10, 2022.

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “1/ There was a leak from the ceiling in the exit path between Orientation 1 and Orientation 2. Picture taken. Compliance date : 06/13/2022. 2/ There were three broken tiles on the bathroom floors and door in Primary 01 that could potentially be a tripping hazard. Pictures taken. Compliance date : 05/19/2022.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 13, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 10, 2022.

Mar 8, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “There was algae on the outside wall from the walkway to the playground. There was mold on the outside windows facing the playground of the classroom Primary 2. Pictures taken.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 11, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 11, 2022.

Mar 3, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Smoke-Detection System

    “The control panel for the fire alarm system in front of classroom Primary 3 showing error ‘System trouble. Wireless NAC. SLC Relay’. Picture taken.”

    Rule 746.5311(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 11, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 6, 2022.

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “Multiple classrooms have paint peeling, water damage, broken floor tiles, and broken and missing ceiling tiles. One classroom has torn floor carpet, and another has a non-working light. Pictures taken.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 11, 2022. Correction verified: May 12, 2022.

Mar 3, 2022: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2021 Survey data from February 23, 2022, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2021 by February 22, 2022, as required.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 3, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 2, 2022.

All 14 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 8, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 25, 2026Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Apr 9, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 26, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Aug 27, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Aug 9, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Aug 10, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 26, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Aug 22, 2022Inspection6 deficiencies cited
May 12, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Mar 9, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Mar 8, 2022Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Mar 3, 2022Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Mar 3, 2022Assessment1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 30, 1986.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 152 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.
  • 2 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 5.
Source:

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

11 of the 2,139 in Harris County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Primrose School of Upper Kirby10
Miss Pattycake Childcare,llc D/B/A Miss Pattycake Montessori2
Children’s Hour Montessori3
Lipp-Upper Kirby7
Children Today @ Lamar High School28
Bethany Christian School0
Ikids at Poe Elementary School0
House at Pooh Corner Inc.1
St. Stephen’s Episcopal School-Houston This child care provider5
Yorkshire Academy4
Immanuel Lutheran Church and School12
Brooke’s Learning Corner4

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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