Baytown Early Headstart and Headstart Center
Licensed Center in Baytown, Texas. License #1693253, issued December 20, 2019.
- Address
- 317 Massey Tompkins Rd, Baytown, TX 77521
- Phone
- (713) 696-3120
- Licensed capacity
- 246 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-04:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- hcde-texas.org
Programs listed with the state: Accredited, Meals Provided, Snacks Provided.
Openings
This program has not told us about its openings. We only publish what a program confirms itself, so there is nothing here yet. Ring them to ask.
Texas Rising Star
No Texas Rising Star rating
Texas Rising Star is voluntary, and a program joins it by applying. It is tied to accepting child care scholarships, so most programs that are not in it never applied rather than failed. Roughly three in five licensed programs in Texas have no rating.
This says nothing about the quality of this program. What the state has assessed about it is the inspection record below.
Where this is
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The pin is where the US Census geocoder placed this address. About one in eight is interpolated along a street rather than resolved to a building, so treat it as the right block rather than the right doorway. How we source this.
What inspectors checked
Texas HHSC records how many individual standards it evaluated in each area of the rules, and how many it found violated. Across 22 areas it checked 3,150 standards at Baytown Early Headstart and Headstart Center between May 7, 2022 and October 5, 2026 and recorded 22 violations. Those correspond to the citations listed above that were recorded from 2021 onward; anything older than that is in the citation list but not in these counts.
The 22 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 3 | 363 | 2 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 327 | 3 |
| Personnel | 3 | 437 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 267 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 2 | 90 | 0 |
| Health practices | 2 | 226 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 2 | 154 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 2 | 150 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 2 | 192 | 0 |
| Pools | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 2 | 135 | 2 |
| Transportation | 2 | 98 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,117 of those standards. The remaining 33, including 15 of the violations, were recorded under the state's own catch-all heading, “Individual Standards Evaluated”, which names no area. They are reported here rather than folded into an area above, because the state did not say which area they belong to and we are not going to decide for it.
A high number of standards checked is not a compliment and a low one is not a criticism: how many apply depends on a program's size, its ages served and what the inspector was there to look at. We publish the two counts the state published and do not turn them into a score. This data begins in 2021, which is later than the inspection history above it.
Ask about an opening
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Tell me about new inspections
One short message each time Texas HHSC records an inspection here, saying that it happened and linking to the record. We do not tell you what the inspector found: a finding without whether it was corrected is misleading, and that pair belongs on the page rather than split across an email.
We ask for nothing but the address, and we send a confirmation first. Your list is never shown to this program, never sold, and every message has a link to stop. An inspection is routine: programs are visited on a schedule and after a complaint, and a visit is not a finding.
State inspection record
HHSC records 35 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 28, 2026, and 22 citations.
7 of those visits began with Baytown Early Headstart and Headstart Center reporting something to the state itself rather than HHSC finding it. We publish that because it is part of the record and the state records it separately, not because it is good or bad: a program with none may have had nothing to report. 3,674 of the 12,933 programs listed here have at least one.
- 6High
- 9Medium High
- 3Medium
- 4Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 22. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium Low May 6, 2026 Correction verified May 7, 2026
746.901(4): Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)
One out of four employee records reviewed was missing affidavits for employment.
- Medium High May 6, 2026 Correction verified July 27, 2026
746.4751(c): Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Hazards Removed or Repaired
A rip in the playground turf surfacing was not documented to be addressed for repair.
- Medium Low May 14, 2025 Correction verified June 13, 2025
746.1329(a): Documentation of Training Requirements - Original Training Certification Card or Letter in each Employee's personnel record
Four staff files were reviewed and three files did not have current annual training certificates available for review.
- Medium High May 14, 2025 Correction verified June 9, 2025
746.1315(b): Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
Four staff files were reviewed. Three of four staff files did not have current CPR/1st aid training certificates available for review.
- Medium High May 14, 2025 Correction verified June 9, 2025
746.5205(1): Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
Documentation does not reflect fire drills conducted monthly.
- Medium High May 14, 2025 Correction verified June 9, 2025
746.5537(a)(2): Electronic or Battery-Operated Carbon Monoxide Detector-Check All Detectors Monthly
Documentation does not reflect battery operated carbon monoxide detectors being tested monthly.
- High February 7, 2025 Correction verified March 25, 2025
746.2805(5): Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
Based on the investigation findings and documentation obtained, prohibited punishment for yelling was practiced at the operation.
- High February 7, 2025 Correction verified March 25, 2025
746.2805(10): Prohibited Punishments - Using Inappropriate Long Period of Silence or Inactivity Including Requiring Child to Remain in a Restrictive Device
Based on information and documentation obtained, an infant remained in time out for over 20 minutes in a restrictive chair.
- Medium Low January 17, 2025 Correction verified February 3, 2025
746.303(b): Report Number of Employees
It was found that the number of employees who ceased working at the operation in 2024 was not reported through the provider portal by 1/15/25.
- Medium High September 4, 2024 Correction verified September 20, 2024
746.801(11): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Fire Inspection Report, Including Written Approval for Above/Below Ground Level Care
During the inspection the fire inspection on file was dated 10/28/22. The operation was able to provide a request submitted on 04/14/23 which is still out of date.
- High September 4, 2024 Correction verified September 20, 2024
745.509: Licensed Operations Required Fees
During the inspection there were $76 of unpaid background check fees that date back to 12/02/2023.
- High September 4, 2024 Correction verified October 20, 2024
746.201(1): Policies Comply with Rules
The operational polices were missing promotion of indoor/outdoor physical activity, parents' rights, where to find minimum standards online, HHSC website, and polices of administering epinephrine auto-injectors.
- Medium September 4, 2024 Correction verified September 20, 2024
746.605(11): Required Admission Information - Physician Information
I reviewed 10 children's records, and it was observed that two children physician information was not documented on the student emergency contact information or admissions forms.
- Medium September 4, 2024 Correction verified September 20, 2024
746.5205(4): Documentation of Drills
There is no documentation of any drills being conducted in 2024.
- Medium September 4, 2024 Correction verified September 20, 2024
746.503: Provide Parents With Copy of Policies
During the inspection signed copies of parent receipt of operational polices and/or parent handbook were not available for review.
- Medium High May 14, 2024 Correction verified July 8, 2024
746.5103: Documentation of Fire Inspection
Documentation of the annual fire inspection report was not available for review.
- High May 10, 2024 Correction verified June 3, 2024
746.2805(1): Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
A caregiver threatened to pop children on two different occasions.
- Medium Low January 29, 2024 Correction verified January 29, 2024
746.303(b): Report Number of Employees
The operation did not enter the number of employees who left the operation in 2023. This task was due no later than January 15, 2024.
- High September 14, 2023 Correction verified October 27, 2023
746.1205(a)(4): Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
Based on information provided as a result of children being inappropriately touched it is determined caregivers did not provide proper supervision.
- Medium High May 19, 2023 Correction verified June 1, 2023
746.1315(a): Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
A caregiver does not have CPR/First Aid training.
- Medium High September 8, 2022 Correction verified October 14, 2022
746.2803(4): Discipline - Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance
Based on information obtained during the investigation inspection and interviews, there is sufficient evidence to support the allegation of inappropriate discipline.
- Medium High May 7, 2022 Correction verified June 14, 2022
746.2803(1): Discipline - Individualized and Consistent for Each Child
Based on information received during the investigation inspection, there is sufficient evidence support the allegation of the child being inappropriately disciplined.
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About this record
Every figure on this page comes from the Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation open data published at data.texas.gov, reproduced as the state recorded it. We do not grade, score or rank programs. A citation is a finding by a state inspector on a given day; it is not a judgment about a program today, and the correction status beside each one is part of the record. This page reflects data retrieved on November 8, 2026. Full methodology.
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