SMART Academy

Licensed Center

Provider details

City / County / ZIP: Houston / Harris / 77051
Street address: 4202 Davenport St
Phone: (713) 485-6444
Capacity: 41
Ages served: Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours / Days: 06:30 AM-06:30 PM / Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
Permit type: Full Permit
Permit issued: February 3, 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 3 cited deficiencies dated December 17, 2025 to July 28, 2026 (1 High, 2 Medium High risk). Correction status: 1 corrected at inspection, 2 with a correction date recorded, 0 with no correction date recorded.

High risk · Notification of Additional Services Offered (746.301(7))
Cited July 28, 2026 (corrected at inspection; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The director stated that the operation took four field trips during the summer without notifying licensing that it offered field trips as a service.
Medium High risk · Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children (746.1601)
Cited July 23, 2026 (correction date recorded: July 23, 2026; correction verified August 6, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The toddler classroom had 13 children with one teacher. The youngest child was 2 and the oldest was 7, and the specified age group was 2.
Medium High risk · Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact (746.605(6))
Cited December 17, 2025 (correction date recorded: December 19, 2025; correction verified December 19, 2025).
What the record describes: Two out of four children had their parents listed as an emergency contact.

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 3 cited deficiencies for SMART Academy in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (1 High, 2 Medium High).

Records list 7 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-08-06.

HHSC risk weights of citations
Risk weight	Citations
High	1
Medium High	2
Medium	0
Medium Low	0
Low	0
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

2026-07-28 · 746.301(7) · High

Notification of Additional Services Offered

There is sufficient evidence to support that the operation went on field trips even though the services are not offered when the director admitted to going on four field trips this summer without notifying licensing that they now offer field trip as a service. This was corrected…

Corrected at inspection

2026-07-23 · 746.1601 · Medium High

Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

The toddler classroom had 13 children with one teacher. The youngest child was 2 and the oldest child was 7 with the specified age group being 2. This was corrected during the inspection when the director moved one child to the preschool classroom, and the other child went home.

Correction date recorded: 2026-07-23

2025-12-17 · 746.605(6) · Medium High

Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

Two out of four children had their parents listed as an emergency contact

Correction date recorded: 2025-12-19

Full citation history from HHSC (3)

2026-07-28 · 746.301(7) · High
Notification of Additional Services Offered
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2026-08-06. Correction verified: Not recorded.
There is sufficient evidence to support that the operation went on field trips even though the services are not offered when the director admitted to going on four field trips this summer without notifying licensing that they now offer field trip as a service. This was corrected during the inspection when the director had a discussion with me and notified me that the operation now offers field trips and we went over the policies and procedures of field trips.
2026-07-23 · 746.1601 · Medium High
Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-07-23. Correction verified: 2026-08-06.
The toddler classroom had 13 children with one teacher. The youngest child was 2 and the oldest child was 7 with the specified age group being 2. This was corrected during the inspection when the director moved one child to the preschool classroom, and the other child went home.
2025-12-17 · 746.605(6) · Medium High
Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-12-19. Correction verified: 2025-12-19.
Two out of four children had their parents listed as an emergency contact

Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=1509535

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Provider data fetched: October 10, 2026.