La Petite Academy

Licensed Center

Provider details

City / County / ZIP: Houston / Harris / 77008
Street address: 1810 W 18th St
Phone: (713) 862-8092
Capacity: 102
Ages served: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours / Days: 06:30 AM-06:30 PM / Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
Permit type: Full Permit
Permit issued: October 13, 1986
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 18 cited deficiencies dated May 31, 2024 to May 26, 2026 (1 High, 7 Medium High, 7 Medium, 2 Medium Low, 1 Low risk). Correction status: 0 corrected at inspection, 18 with a correction date recorded, 0 with no correction date recorded.

High risk · Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months (746.5101(a))
Cited May 31, 2024 (correction date recorded: June 21, 2024; correction verified July 3, 2024; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The operation did not have an updated fire inspection report.
Medium High risk · Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes (746.5205(1))
Cited May 26, 2026 (correction date recorded: June 9, 2026; correction verified June 9, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Fire drills in March, April, and May were not completed within three minutes.
Medium High risk · Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less (746.4907(a)(1))
Cited May 26, 2026 (correction date recorded: June 25, 2026; correction verified June 25, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Three pieces of playground equipment did not have the required six inches of loose-fill surfacing.
Medium High risk · Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children (746.1601)
Cited January 23, 2026 (correction date recorded: January 23, 2026; correction verified February 5, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: One caregiver was caring for 17 children in the 2-year-old age group. The stated ratio was one caregiver to 11 children, so the caregiver was caring for 6 children over that ratio.
Medium High risk · Report Change in Director (746.303(a)(4))
Cited January 23, 2026 (correction date recorded: January 23, 2026; correction verified February 5, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The operation did not report a change in director to licensing.
Medium High risk · Nutrition and Food Service - Child must not go more than 3 hours (746.3301(d))
Cited January 3, 2025 (correction date recorded: February 13, 2025; correction verified March 20, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A child went more than 3 hours without eating while in care.
Medium High risk · Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age (746.1605(1))
Cited May 31, 2024 (correction date recorded: May 31, 2024; correction verified June 11, 2024; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The toddler classroom included a 17-month-old child and a 3-year-old child, an age difference of more than 18 months.
Medium High risk · Employee Handwashing After Handling or Cleaning Bodily Fluids (746.3415(7))
Cited May 31, 2024 (correction date recorded: May 31, 2024; correction verified June 11, 2024; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A caregiver did not wash their hands after cleaning a child's nose.
Medium risk · Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Sanitation Inspection Report (746.801(12))
Cited May 26, 2026 (correction date recorded: June 9, 2026; correction verified June 8, 2026).
What the record describes: The operation's current health inspection report was not available during the inspection.
Medium risk · Parent Provided Meals/Snacks - Parent Choice (746.3309(a)(1))
Cited January 3, 2025 (correction date recorded: February 21, 2025; correction verified March 20, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The operation did not have a written agreement about a parent providing snacks for their child while in care.
Medium risk · Required Personnel Records- Training Hours (746.901(5))
Cited June 11, 2024 (correction date recorded: June 24, 2024; correction verified June 14, 2024; technical assistance given); May 31, 2024 (correction date recorded: June 7, 2024; correction verified June 11, 2024; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Narratives describe missing documentation of caregiver training hours. One narrative also describes missing documentation of the director's training hours.
Medium risk · Children's Records - Immunizations (746.603(a)(4))
Cited May 31, 2024 (correction date recorded: June 21, 2024; correction verified June 11, 2024).
What the record describes: A child's immunization records were missing.
Medium risk · Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days (746.2421(b))
Cited May 31, 2024 (correction date recorded: June 7, 2024; correction verified June 11, 2024; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Six infants did not have updated feeding instruction forms.
Medium risk · Written Operational Policies Procedures for Parent Review Licensing Reports & How to Access Rules (746.501(a)(22))
Cited May 31, 2024 (correction date recorded: June 21, 2024; correction verified July 17, 2024).
What the record describes: The operational policies did not explain how parents could find the most recent inspection report or contact the local licensing office.
Medium Low risk · Report Number of Employees (746.303(b))
Cited January 22, 2026 (correction date recorded: January 23, 2026; correction verified January 23, 2026; technical assistance given); January 21, 2025 (correction date recorded: January 23, 2025; correction verified January 23, 2024; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Narratives state the center had not reported the number of employees who left in 2025 by January 15, 2026, or the number who left in 2024 by January 15, 2025.
Low risk · Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation's child-care program (746.611(a)(1))
Cited May 30, 2025 (correction date recorded: June 6, 2025; correction verified June 9, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: During the inspection, 4 out of 7 child records did not have a health statement on file.

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

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Texas Health and Human Services records list 18 cited deficiencies for La Petite Academy in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (1 High, 7 Medium High, 7 Medium, 2 Medium Low, 1 Low).

Records list 9 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-05-26.

HHSC risk weights of citations
Risk weight	Citations
High	1
Medium High	7
Medium	7
Medium Low	2
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

2026-05-26 · 746.801(12) · Medium

Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Sanitation Inspection Report

The operation's current health inspection report was not available during the inspection.

Correction date recorded: 2026-06-09

2026-05-26 · 746.4907(a)(1) · Medium High

Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

The operation has three playground equipment that does not meet the required six inches of loose fill.

Correction date recorded: 2026-06-25

2026-05-26 · 746.5205(1) · Medium High

Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

CCR reviewed the operation's fire drill practices and found that the fire drills were not completed within three minutes for the months of March, April, and May.

Correction date recorded: 2026-06-09

Full citation history from HHSC (31)

2026-05-26 · 746.5205(1) · Medium High
Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-06-09. Correction verified: 2026-06-09.
CCR reviewed the operation's fire drill practices and found that the fire drills were not completed within three minutes for the months of March, April, and May.
2026-05-26 · 746.4907(a)(1) · Medium High
Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-06-25. Correction verified: 2026-06-25.
The operation has three playground equipment that does not meet the required six inches of loose fill.
2026-05-26 · 746.801(12) · Medium
Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Sanitation Inspection Report
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-06-09. Correction verified: 2026-06-08.
The operation's current health inspection report was not available during the inspection.
2026-01-23 · 746.1601 · Medium High
Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-01-23. Correction verified: 2026-02-05.
During the inspection I observed one caregiver caring for 17 children with a specified age group of 2 years. Raito is 1:11, the caregiver was over ratio by 6.
2026-01-23 · 746.303(a)(4) · Medium High
Report Change in Director
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-01-23. Correction verified: 2026-02-05.
The operation failed to report to licesning a change in director.
2026-01-22 · 746.303(b) · Medium Low
Report Number of Employees
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-01-23. Correction verified: 2026-01-23.
A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2025 data from January 20, 2026, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2025 by January 15, 2026, as required.
2025-05-30 · 746.611(a)(1) · Low
Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation's child-care program
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-06-06. Correction verified: 2025-06-09.
During the inspection it was found 4 out of 7 child records did not have a health statement on file.
2025-01-21 · 746.303(b) · Medium Low
Report Number of Employees
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-01-23. Correction verified: 2024-01-23.
A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2023 data from January 17, 2025, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.
2025-01-03 · 746.3309(a)(1) · Medium
Parent Provided Meals/Snacks - Parent Choice
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-02-21. Correction verified: 2025-03-20.
The operation does not have a written agreement in regard to the parent providing snacks for their child while in care.
2025-01-03 · 746.3301(d) · Medium High
Nutrition and Food Service - Child must not go more than 3 hours
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-02-13. Correction verified: 2025-03-20.
A child went over more than 3 hours without eating while in care at the operation.
2024-06-11 · 746.901(5) · Medium
Required Personnel Records- Training Hours
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-06-24. Correction verified: 2024-06-14.
I was able to see four out of the five caregiver training. One caregiver is still missing the training documentation.
2024-05-31 · 746.501(a)(22) · Medium
Written Operational Policies Procedures for Parent Review Licensing Reports & How to Access Rules
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-06-21. Correction verified: 2024-07-17.
In the operational policies the operation did not have how parents could find the most recent inspection report or how the parent could contact the local licensing office.
2024-05-31 · 746.2421(b) · Medium
Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-06-07. Correction verified: 2024-06-11.
Six infants did not have an updated feeding instruction form.
2024-05-31 · 746.5101(a) · High
Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-06-21. Correction verified: 2024-07-03.
The operation did not have an updated fire inspection report.
2024-05-31 · 746.1605(1) · Medium High
Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-05-31. Correction verified: 2024-06-11.
In the toddler classroom they was a child that was 17 months old the oldest child in the class was 3 years old, which is more then 18 months older then the youngest child.
2024-05-31 · 746.901(5) · Medium
Required Personnel Records- Training Hours
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-06-07. Correction verified: 2024-06-11.
They was not documentation for training hours for the director or five caregivers.
2024-05-31 · 746.3415(7) · Medium High
Employee Handwashing After Handling or Cleaning Bodily Fluids
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-05-31. Correction verified: 2024-06-11.
A caregiver did not wash their hands after cleaning a child's nose.
2024-05-31 · 746.603(a)(4) · Medium
Children's Records - Immunizations
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-06-21. Correction verified: 2024-06-11.
One child is missing immunization recrods.
2023-06-08 · 746.3407 · Medium High
Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-06-22. Correction verified: 2023-06-26.
In the pre-K classroom they was paint coming off the wall and in the pre-school classroom board coming off the wall.
2023-03-29 · 746.5205(1) · Medium High
Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-04-03. Correction verified: 2023-04-06.
The operation did not conduct a fire drill the month of February.
2023-03-29 · 746.305(a)(1) · Medium High
Report Unsafe Facility Occurrence
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-04-10. Correction verified: 2023-03-29.
The operation did not report to licensing that a part of their building unsafe and unsanitary for children.
2023-03-29 · 746.3819 · Medium High
Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-04-03. Correction verified: 2023-04-11.
One of the children were observed to have allergies and did not have a food allergy plan.
2023-03-29 · 746.5202(1) · Medium High
Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down procedures
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-04-05. Correction verified: 2023-04-12.
The emergency preparedness plan is missing how children 24 months and with limited mobility, will be evacuated out of the operation.
2023-03-29 · 746.3401(a) · Medium High
Annual Sanitation Inspection
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-04-28. Correction verified: 2023-04-27.
It was observed the operation did not have the most updated sanitation inspection. The last inspection was 2/22/2022.
2023-03-29 · 746.2407 · Medium High
Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2023-03-29. Correction verified: Not recorded.
Two infants were observed without safety straps in highchairs. Corrected: When the caregiver fastened the safety straps.
2023-03-29 · 746.4503(b) · Medium
Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child's Name
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-04-03. Correction verified: 2023-04-06.
The cots in the toddler classroom were not labeled.
2022-10-25 · 746.1203(2) · High
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know Group Responsible For
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2022-10-25. Correction verified: Not recorded.
The caregiver stated they had 15 children, when I counted it was 16 children in care. Corrected: When the caregiver ensure all children were checked in and recounted the children.
2022-09-29 · 746.1203(4) · High
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2022-10-17. Correction verified: 2022-10-25.
The child was left alone in a classroom unsupervised by a caregiver.
2022-06-29 · 746.4503(b) · Medium
Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child's Name
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2022-06-29. Correction verified: 2022-06-30.
In the two year old classroom all cots were not labeled with children's names or numbers
2022-06-29 · 746.801(5) · Medium
Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Employees' Attendance
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2022-07-06. Correction verified: 2022-06-30.
The director did not have a time sheet or documentation on when she is in the operation.
2022-06-29 · 746.901(4) · Medium Low
Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2022-07-01. Correction verified: 2022-06-30.
An caregiver was missing a affidavit in their file.

Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=96806

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