Compton Head Start
Licensed Center in Houston, Texas. License #893135, issued April 4, 2008.
- Address
- 9720 Spaulding St, Houston, TX 77016
- Phone
- (713) 635-4142
- Licensed capacity
- 119 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- 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
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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 4,070 standards at Compton Head Start between November 10, 2021 and May 26, 2026 and recorded 13 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 | 358 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 433 | 1 |
| Personnel | 4 | 566 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 270 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Discipline | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 4 | 178 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 338 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 220 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 271 | 2 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,034 of those standards. The remaining 36, including 9 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.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 24 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on May 26, 2026, and 13 citations.
4 of those visits began with Compton Head Start 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.
- 5High
- 6Medium High
- 1Medium Low
- 1Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 13. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High April 7, 2026 Correction verified April 22, 2026
746.605(15): Required Admission Information-Child's allergies and Completed Food Allergy Plan
Two children with diagnosed food allergies are missing completed food allergy emergency plans; both plans are missing the prescribed medications.
- High January 7, 2026 Correction verified February 4, 2026
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
A child was left without caregiver supervision for 3 minutes in a classroom.
- Medium High April 16, 2025 Correction verified April 30, 2025
746.5101(b): Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal
The operation's fire inspection expired on 4/14/25.
- Medium Low April 16, 2025 Correction verified April 28, 2025
746.1329(a): Documentation of Training Requirements - Original Training Certification Card or Letter in each Employee's personnel record
The operation did not keep documentation for 4 employees of training received for the following topics: Food Allergies, Administering Medication and Hazardous Materials.
- High January 8, 2025 Correction verified February 27, 2025
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
A child was left unsupervised during a restroom break and walked into the adjoining empty classroom.
- Medium High September 3, 2024 Corrected at inspection
746.5307(a): Inspect Fire Extinguishers Monthly
The operation is not completing a monthly inspection of the wall-mounted fire extinguishers. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the director performed a monthly check and annotated on the emergency practice drill log sheet.
- Low September 3, 2024 Correction verified September 23, 2024
746.1329(c)(2): Documentation PEDIATRIAC CPR-1st aid original certificate on file at center or copy available if licensing requests
1 out of 10 caregivers needs to complete pediatric CPR/ 1st Aid, not training for adults only and make the certificate available.
- Medium High September 3, 2024 Corrected at inspection
746.5537(a)(2): Electronic or Battery-Operated Carbon Monoxide Detector-Check All Detectors Monthly
The operation is not completing a monthly inspection of the wall-mounted carbon monoxide detector. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the director performed a monthly check and annotated on the emergency practice drill log sheet.
- High August 28, 2024 Correction verified September 26, 2024
746.307(b)(4): Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
- High August 28, 2024 Correction verified September 26, 2024
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
- Medium High August 3, 2023 Correction verified August 14, 2023
746.1301(a)(3)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing
The director's training certificate expired in January 2023.
- Medium High August 3, 2023 Correction verified August 14, 2023
746.1301(a)(4)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric CPR
The director's training certificate expired in January 2023.
- High January 20, 2022 Correction verified February 8, 2022
746.2805(4): Prohibited Punishments - Hitting with Hand or Instrument
Throughout the investigation and review of video it is evidence to support prohibited punishment
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About this record
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