Creating Little Scholars Academy

Licensed Center

Provider details

City / County / ZIP: Houston / Harris / 77068
Street address: 3903 Cypress Creek Pkwy
Phone: (281) 580-4442
Capacity: 64
Ages served: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours / Days: 06:00 AM-06:00 PM / Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
Permit type: Full Permit
Permit issued: January 27, 2026
Operation status:: Active
Corrective action: HHSC lists: No
Adverse action: HHSC lists: No
Temporarily closed: HHSC lists: No

Corrective action means HHSC requires steps to address compliance concerns; see the official HHSC record for details.

Adverse action means HHSC has taken enforcement action affecting an operation’s permit or ability to operate; see the official HHSC record for details.

Plain-English summary of cited deficiencies

State records list 20 cited deficiencies dated May 23, 2025 to July 14, 2026 (6 High, 7 Medium High, 6 Medium, 1 Low risk). Correction status: 3 corrected at inspection, 17 with a correction date recorded, 0 with no correction date recorded.

High risk · Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children (746.3407(12))
Cited July 14, 2026 (corrected at inspection; technical assistance given); June 15, 2026 (corrected at inspection).
What the record describes: Narratives describe cleaning supplies stored in a cabinet accessible to children.
High risk · Required Immunizations (746.613(a))
Cited June 15, 2026 (correction date recorded: July 8, 2026; correction verified June 24, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Of the 6 children's records reviewed, 1 showed the child was behind on immunizations.
High risk · Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity (746.1205(a)(4))
Cited December 5, 2025 (correction date recorded: December 5, 2025; correction verified December 18, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A school-age child was left unsupervised in the hallway when a caregiver went to answer the front door. The same caregiver also left a classroom of preschool-age children to open the front door.
High risk · Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months (746.5101(a))
Cited May 23, 2025 (correction date recorded: September 1, 2025; correction verified August 21, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The center did not have a current fire inspection.
High risk · Policies Comply with Rules (746.201(1))
Cited May 23, 2025 (correction date recorded: June 30, 2025; correction verified July 2, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Operational policies lacked information about illness exclusions, suspension and expulsion, infant sleep, screenings, transportation, water activities, field trips, parent rights and concerns, standards access, emergencies, abuse and neglect, staff vaccinations, inclusive services, gang-free zones, and outdoor play and physical activity.
Medium High risk · Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age (746.1605(1))
Cited June 24, 2026 (correction date recorded: June 24, 2026; correction verified July 14, 2026).
What the record describes: An infant was grouped with a child more than 18 months older than the youngest child in the group.
Medium High risk · Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact (746.605(6))
Cited June 15, 2026 (corrected at inspection).
What the record describes: Of the 6 children's records reviewed, 2 lacked an emergency contact's address.
Medium High risk · Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps (746.2407)
Cited December 5, 2025 (correction date recorded: December 5, 2025; correction verified December 18, 2025).
What the record describes: An infant was sitting in a seat with the straps unfastened.
Medium High risk · Annual Sanitation Inspection (746.3401(a))
Cited May 23, 2025 (correction date recorded: July 16, 2025; correction verified July 31, 2025).
What the record describes: The center did not have a current health inspection.
Medium High risk · CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based (746.1315(b)(1))
Cited May 23, 2025 (correction date recorded: June 13, 2025; correction verified June 13, 2025).
What the record describes: Three caregivers had not completed a pediatric CPR training course meeting American Heart Association guidelines.
Medium High risk · Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Orientation (746.1301(a)(1)(A))
Cited May 23, 2025 (correction date recorded: June 13, 2025; correction verified June 3, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Staff had not completed an orientation to the child care center.
Medium High risk · Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training (746.1301(a)(2)(A))
Cited May 23, 2025 (correction date recorded: June 13, 2025; correction verified June 27, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Two caregivers had not completed eight hours of pre-service training before being counted in the child-to-staff ratio.
Medium risk · Health Statement parent sign - Dated within past yr, name/address health care professional, states child can participate. Follow by signed statement (746.611(a)(3))
Cited December 5, 2025 (correction date recorded: December 10, 2025; correction verified December 12, 2025; technical assistance given); May 23, 2025 (correction date recorded: June 30, 2025; correction verified July 3, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Narratives describe four of the six children's records reviewed as lacking a health statement.
Medium risk · Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times (746.2207(c)(4))
Cited December 5, 2025 (correction date recorded: December 5, 2025; correction verified December 18, 2025).
What the record describes: Children were watching television while eating breakfast.
Medium risk · Children's Records Maintained (746.603(a))
Cited May 23, 2025 (correction date recorded: June 30, 2025; correction verified July 3, 2025).
What the record describes: Children's records lacked phone numbers for authorized pickup contacts, a parent's phone number, an emergency contact's address, an emergency care facility's address and phone number, and information about special needs and water activities.
Medium risk · Measurement of Use Zone for Stationary Equipment (746.4803)
Cited May 23, 2025 (correction date recorded: June 30, 2025; correction verified July 2, 2025).
What the record describes: The use zone for a piece of stationary equipment did not measure 6 feet.
Medium risk · Required Personnel Records (746.901)
Cited May 23, 2025 (correction date recorded: June 13, 2025; correction verified June 27, 2025).
What the record describes: Of eight employee files reviewed, two lacked documentation showing how education requirements were met, six lacked a notarized affidavit, and one lacked a pre-employment affidavit.
Low risk · Education Outside of U.S. (746.1045)
Cited May 23, 2025 (correction date recorded: June 13, 2025; correction verified June 27, 2025).
What the record describes: A staff member's foreign education documents had not been translated into English to show equivalence to a U.S. high school diploma.

Counts, dates, risk levels and correction status come directly from the state data. The plain-English descriptions were written automatically from the inspectors' narratives and checked against them by a second automated reviewer; they cover citations dated October 11, 2023 to October 11, 2026. They may contain errors; the official record is authoritative.

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Summary of the record

This summary is generated automatically from public HHSC records. It restates the official record and may lag behind it. The official state record is the authoritative source: official HHSC record.

Texas Health and Human Services records list 20 cited deficiencies for Creating Little Scholars Academy in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (6 High, 7 Medium High, 6 Medium, 1 Low).

Records list 9 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-07-14.

HHSC risk weights of citations
Risk weight	Citations
High	6
Medium High	7
Medium	6
Medium Low	0
Low	1
Unknown	0

HHSC assigns each standard a risk weight from Low to High. A deficiency is a finding that a minimum standard was not met.

Recent citations in the summary window

2026-07-14 · 746.3407(12) · High

Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children

Cleaning supplies were stored in a cabinet above the hand washing sink in the school-age classroom. The cabinet does not have a lock to prevent access to children. This was corrected at inspection.

Corrected at inspection

2026-06-24 · 746.1605(1) · Medium High

Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age

An infant was combined with a child that was more than 18 months older than the youngest child in the group.

Correction date recorded: 2026-06-24

2026-06-15 · 746.613(a) · High

Required Immunizations

Of the 6 children's records evaluated, 1 was behind with iummunizations.

Correction date recorded: 2026-07-08

Full citation history from HHSC (20)

2026-07-14 · 746.3407(12) · High
Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2026-07-14. Correction verified: Not recorded.
Cleaning supplies were stored in a cabinet above the hand washing sink in the school-age classroom. The cabinet does not have a lock to prevent access to children. This was corrected at inspection.
2026-06-24 · 746.1605(1) · Medium High
Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-06-24. Correction verified: 2026-07-14.
An infant was combined with a child that was more than 18 months older than the youngest child in the group.
2026-06-15 · 746.605(6) · Medium High
Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2026-06-24. Correction verified: Not recorded.
Of the 6 children's records evaluated, 2 lacked the address of the emergency contact. This was corrected at inspection.
2026-06-15 · 746.3407(12) · High
Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2026-06-24. Correction verified: Not recorded.
Cleaning supplies were stored in a cabinet that was accessible to children. This was corrected at inspection.
2026-06-15 · 746.613(a) · High
Required Immunizations
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-07-08. Correction verified: 2026-06-24.
Of the 6 children's records evaluated, 1 was behind with iummunizations.
2025-12-05 · 746.611(a)(3) · Medium
Health Statement parent sign - Dated within past yr, name/address health care professional, states child can participate. Follow by signed statement
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-12-10. Correction verified: 2025-12-12.
Of the six children's records evaluated, four lacked a health statement listing the name and address of the doctor that has examined the child within the past year.
2025-12-05 · 746.2207(c)(4) · Medium
Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-12-05. Correction verified: 2025-12-18.
The children were watching television while eating breakfast.
2025-12-05 · 746.1205(a)(4) · High
Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-12-05. Correction verified: 2025-12-18.
A school-age child was left unsupervised in the hallway when the caregiver left to answer the front door. The same caregiver left her classroom of pre-school age children to open the front door.
2025-12-05 · 746.2407 · Medium High
Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-12-05. Correction verified: 2025-12-18.
An infant was sitting in a seat without the safety straps being fastened.
2025-05-23 · 746.1301(a)(1)(A) · Medium High
Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Orientation
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-06-13. Correction verified: 2025-06-03.
Staff have not completed an orientation to the child care center.
2025-05-23 · 746.201(1) · High
Policies Comply with Rules
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-06-30. Correction verified: 2025-07-02.
The operational policies were reviewed and the following information was missing: 1. Illness and exclusion criteria 2. Suspension and expulsion policy 3. Safe sleep policy for infants under 12 months 4. Hearing and vision screening requirements 5. Transportation services 6. Water activities offered 7. Field trips offered 8. Parent's rights 9. Procedure for parent to discuss concerns with the director 10. Website for parents to review Minimum Standards 11. Emergency Preparedness Plan 12. Staff requirements for annual training in preventing and responding to abuse and neglect, procedures to increase parent and staff awareness regarding abuse and neglect along with prevention techniques, community organizations the center will work with and actions a parent of a child who is a victim of abuse should take to obtain assistance. 13, Staff vaccination policy. 14. Procedures to support inclusive services for children with special care needs. 15. Inform parents the center is in a gang free zone. 16. Benefits of outdoor play, duration of physical activity for all age groups, type of physical activity, setting of physical activity, recommended footwear and the criteria used when weather prevents outdoor activities.
2025-05-23 · 746.4803 · Medium
Measurement of Use Zone for Stationary Equipment
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-06-30. Correction verified: 2025-07-02.
The use zone for a piece of stationary equipment is not measuring 6 feet.
2025-05-23 · 746.3401(a) · Medium High
Annual Sanitation Inspection
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-07-16. Correction verified: 2025-07-31.
The center does not have a current health inspection.
2025-05-23 · 746.603(a) · Medium
Children's Records Maintained
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-06-30. Correction verified: 2025-07-03.
Of the 6 children's records evaluated, the following information was missing: 1. One record lacked telephone numbers for people that can pick the child up. 2. One record lacked the parent's phone number 3. One lacked the address for the emergency contact 4. One lacked the address and phone number for the emergency care facility listed. 5. One lacked information on special needs 6. One lacked information on water activities.
2025-05-23 · 746.1315(b)(1) · Medium High
CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-06-13. Correction verified: 2025-06-13.
Three caregivers have not completed a pediatric CPR training course that meets the required guidelines of the American Heart Association.
2025-05-23 · 746.1045 · Low
Education Outside of U.S.
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-06-13. Correction verified: 2025-06-27.
One staff's foreign education documents have not been translated in English showing the education is equivalent to USA high school diploma.
2025-05-23 · 746.5101(a) · High
Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-09-01. Correction verified: 2025-08-21.
The center does not have a current fire inspection.
2025-05-23 · 746.611(a)(3) · Medium
Health Statement parent sign - Dated within past yr, name/address health care professional, states child can participate. Follow by signed statement
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-06-30. Correction verified: 2025-07-03.
Of the six children's records evaluated, four lacked a health statement.
2025-05-23 · 746.901 · Medium
Required Personnel Records
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-06-13. Correction verified: 2025-06-27.
Of the eight employee files evaluated, the following information was missing: 1. Two records lacked documentation of how the education requirement was met. 2. Six staff lacked a notarized affidavit. 3. One staff lacked a pre-employment affidavit
2025-05-23 · 746.1301(a)(2)(A) · Medium High
Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-06-13. Correction verified: 2025-06-27.
Two caregiver have not completed eight clock hours of pre-service training prior to being counted in the child/staff ratio.

Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=1505174

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Provider data fetched: October 10, 2026.