Checking a daycare in Katy, Texas

State records show 304 child care operations in Katy, including 174 licensed centers and 130 home-based operations. From 2023-10-10 through 2026-10-10, records show 1,277 citations across all operation types. During that window, 136 licensed centers had at least one citation, and 38 licensed centers had no citations recorded. The standards below cover topics found in state inspection records, including supervision, children's records, background checks and operational policies.

Child care records in Katy · Search official HHSC records

Provider totals and citation counts include all providers, including providers omitted from listings for personal-name privacy or suppression requests.

Citations dated October 10, 2023 to October 10, 2026.

Providers by type

Provider type	Providers
Licensed Centers	174
Licensed Child-Care Homes	47
Listed Family Homes	39
Registered Child-Care Homes	44

Citations by HHSC risk level

HHSC risk weights of citations
Risk weight	Citations
High	313
Medium High	478
Medium	417
Medium Low	44
Low	25
Unknown	0

Most cited standards in this city

Standard	Title	Citations	Providers
746.5101	Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months	47	37
746.603	Children's Records - Immunizations	36	30
746.1205	Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity	33	27
745.641	AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation	30	27
746.3819	Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional	18	14
747.207	Policies Comply with Rules	18	15
746.2421	Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days	14	14
747.603	Children's Records - Immunizations	14	11
747.801	Records Maintained and Made Available - Children's Records	14	13
746.1601	Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children	13	12

ZIP codes by provider count

ZIP	Providers
77449	107
77494	77
77493	64
77450	56

How to check the record

Go to the Texas HHSC public child care search page (link below).
Search for the daycare by name or location to find its listing.
Open the operation details page and the inspection and compliance history page. DaycareList provider pages link to both pages.
Read the citations listed for the operation, noting the risk weight assigned to each standard and whether the citation was corrected at the inspection.
Read the narrative in each citation record to see what the inspector found.
Compare the dates of inspections and citations over the years covered by the state records.
Ask the provider questions about specific citations you read in the record.
Report errors on a DaycareList page through the corrections page. DaycareList data is refreshed from the state through the Texas Open Data Portal; the state's own record is authoritative.

Reading records

deficiency (citation): A finding that a minimum standard was not met during an inspection, investigation, or assessment.
risk levels: HHSC assigns each standard a risk weight of High, Medium High, Medium, Medium Low, or Low.
corrected at inspection: A citation record may show whether the deficiency was fixed at the time of the inspection.
correction date: The date shown on a citation record for when the correction was made.
correction verified: A citation record may show a date the correction was verified.
technical assistance: A citation record may show whether technical assistance was given.
inspection vs investigation vs assessment: Records published by the state include inspections, investigations, and assessments, along with the deficiencies cited during them.
three-year window: The period DaycareList uses when counting citations in its provider summaries. The state online records cover about the last five years.
minimum standards: The rules operations must follow. For centers they are in Texas Administrative Code Title 26, Chapter 746; for licensed and registered homes, Chapter 747. The governing statute is Texas Human Resources Code Chapter 42.

Cited standards

746.5101: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

This standard covers fire inspections before an initial permit is issued and each year afterward. Recent citations in Katy describe annual fire inspections that had not been conducted or had expired.

746.603: Children's Records - Immunizations

This standard covers immunization records in children's files. Recent citations in Katy describe missing records or records that had not been updated for a child's age.

746.1205: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

This standard covers supervision, including staying physically close to children and keeping track of their activities through sight or hearing. Recent citations in Katy describe children left unsupervised in a classroom or unattended on a playground.

745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

This standard covers receiving notification of background check results before allowing a person to be present at the operation. Recent citations in Katy describe a person attending orientation without an eligible background check and caregivers having direct access to children without an eligible or active background check.

746.3819: Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

This standard covers food allergy emergency plans signed by parents and a health care professional. A recent citation in Katy describes a missing plan for a child whose file noted a diagnosed food allergy.

747.207: Policies Comply with Rules

This standard covers operational policies that comply with the rules. Recent citations in Katy describe policies or a parent handbook that were unavailable for review, along with policies that were incomplete or needed clarification.

746.2421: Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

This standard covers written infant feeding instructions and their required review and updates. Recent citations in Katy describe instructions that had not been updated, including instructions updated during an inspection.

747.603: Children's Records - Immunizations

This standard covers immunization records in children's files. Recent citations in Katy describe records that were unavailable for review, missing from a file or not updated for a child's age.

This guide's text was drafted automatically, checked against the state records by a second automated reviewer, and spot-checked by hand; all counts are computed directly from the state data. It may contain errors. The official state record is authoritative. Records reflect only deficiencies published by the state after due process. This page does not rate or rank providers.

Data as of October 10, 2026. Corrections and removal requests