Ivy Kids of The Heights
Licensed Center in Houston, Texas. License #1804881, issued May 21, 2026.
- Address
- 824 W 25th St, Houston, TX 77008
- Phone
- (346) 637-2772
- Licensed capacity
- 190 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:00 AM-06:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.
The state records conditions on this permit . What these mean.
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
A map of this address loads when you ask for it. Nothing is requested from the map host until then, so opening this page does not tell anyone which program you were reading about.
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 4,930 standards at Ivy Kids of The Heights between October 10, 2024 and October 27, 2026 and recorded 20 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 | 4 | 494 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 446 | 2 |
| Personnel | 4 | 628 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 144 | 0 |
| Infants | 5 | 450 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 76 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 52 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 135 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 452 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 234 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 225 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 120 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 5 | 337 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 147 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,869 of those standards. The remaining 61, 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.
Changes we have recorded
Texas HHSC publishes the register as it stands today and overwrites it, so nothing in the state's own data shows that a figure used to be different. We compare the register against the previous day's copy and keep what moved. We have been doing that since October 24, 2026.
- October 30, 2026Hours “06:00 AM-06:00 PM” to “06:00 AM-06:30 PM”
Each date is the day we first saw the new value, not the day the program changed anything or the day the state recorded it. A change made in February can appear in the register in May. We do not know which, so we do not say.
Ask about an opening
This goes to Ivy Kids of The Heights and nobody else. They reply to you directly: we do not sit in the middle of it, and we never pass your details on or sell them.
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 37 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 27, 2026, and 20 citations.
4 of those visits began with Ivy Kids of The Heights 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.
- 8High
- 8Medium High
- 3Medium
- 1Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 20. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High April 2, 2026 Correction verified April 2, 2026
746.3407(9): Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean
A toy playhouse in the outdoor area has spider webs on it.
- High February 25, 2026 Correction verified March 6, 2026
745.621(a)(2): AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone
A present caregiver was in charge of children without a current active background check. The caregiver was replaced with another qualified caregiver with a current background check.
- Low February 25, 2026 Correction verified March 10, 2026
746.1105(4): Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2912)
Nine of the reviewed caregiver files did not have a completed pre-employment affidavit form.
- Medium High February 25, 2026 Correction verified March 10, 2026
746.605(6): Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
One of the reviewed children files did not have a completed emergency contact.
- Medium High February 25, 2026 Correction verified March 6, 2026
746.3415(7): Employee Handwashing After Handling or Cleaning Bodily Fluids
A caregiver did not wash their hands after wiping a child's nose.
- Medium High February 25, 2026 Correction verified April 22, 2026
746.613(b): Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
Three of the reviewed children files did not have a current immunization record.
- Medium February 25, 2026 Correction verified March 10, 2026
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
Two of the reviewed infant feeding instructions have not been updated for over the 30 days time period.
- Medium High November 3, 2025 Correction verified January 8, 2026
746.305(a)(2): AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization
The operation did not self-report an injury where a child required medical attention.
- High October 17, 2025 Correction verified October 21, 2025
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The operation did not have a current annual fire inspection report.
- High September 24, 2025 Correction verified November 5, 2025
746.1205(a)(1): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children responsible for
The caregivers were unaware that one child in their care was missing.
- High September 24, 2025 Correction verified November 5, 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 inside of a classroom unsupervised for 55 seconds.
- Medium August 25, 2025 Correction verified October 1, 2025
746.701(5): Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
The operation failed to document and share a copy of an incident report with the child's parents in regard to an incident that occurred while the child was in care.
- Medium High June 2, 2025 Correction verified July 17, 2025
746.3425(1): Caregivers Must Wear Gloves When Handling Blood or Bodily Fluids
A caregiver did not wear gloves during assisting a child while handling blood after a child's incident.
- High May 7, 2025 Correction verified July 14, 2025
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
A caregiver picked up two children by one arm to wake them up from nap.
- Medium High April 5, 2025 Correction verified May 23, 2025
746.2407: Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
A caregiver placed a child in a highchair without using the safety straps, which caused the child to fall.
- High January 10, 2025 Correction verified March 13, 2025
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
Two caregivers were arguing with one another while in the classroom with children in care.
- High January 10, 2025 Correction verified March 13, 2025
746.1003(1): Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance
The director failed to actively address a staff incompatibility issue promptly to maintain child safety, ensure adequate supervision, and uphold the daycare's standards of care and compliance. ensure the operation remains in compliance and also maintain a safe and productive work environment.
- Medium High January 10, 2025 Correction verified March 11, 2025
746.1203(10): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Share Information with Incoming Caregivers
One caregiver left the classroom without providing any information to the other caregiver.
- Medium January 9, 2025 Correction verified March 11, 2025
746.701(5): Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
The operation failed to provide an incident report to the child's parents.
- High January 9, 2025 Correction verified January 24, 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 in a classroom for a moment.
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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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